Started the day with this tu-d in the mailbox: "How we're performing against success bonus measure." Simply put - it's hard to build durable relationships with customers when we have outages and data incidents. We must do better. Fu-k you, you... — read more
MS Teams
Does anyone know if they monitor our chat conversations?
Talent drain
Anyone else notice very competent people leaving? Seems that those that can leave and fleeing.
D9 contract details?
Anyone have a link.? Can’t find any info on line.
D3 - Unfair Labor Action Filed
The company continues to bargain in bad faith and hasn’t offered one improvement since, bargaining began over 2 months ago. It’s been over a week since the contract expired at midnight August 3rd so, the union filed the ULP. Last contract employees... — read more
Where are the survey results ?
Thought they were important and were going to be released a long time ago. Must not be the results Stankey and team, were expecting. How can things be improved or move forward if it isn’t shared? Must have finally gotten the unvarnished truth on how... — read more
We don't need another hero.....
Working at ATT has become Thunderdome with Master Blaster.
District 9 Contract
They're trying to freeze their severance pay at 120 weeks. Brutal.
Can't work from midwest, but India is ok?
Interesting to note team members being let go for living in cheaper areas as you have to be in a Hub location for "culture" or "collaboration", then you see FTE hires in India 12 hours off from us getting green lit. I'm sure it's not because they are... — read more
Construction and Engineering Layoff Remek Org?
Any rumor of layoffs expected in the Kertz-Remek organization?
Severance Payout, Within 45 days, but when actually?
Today is my last day. I received my last paycheck with a PTO payout, signed the waiver, and will get severance within 45 days. For those who have been laid off with severance, when did you get it? Was it the full 45 days, or was it sooner? I just... — read more
More work, fewer workers
Is anybody else getting really fu--ing tired of this?
Another Exec has ‘retired’
They announced Brenda Kittila has ‘retired’ today. Head of Operations, Business Development and Product Strategy. Probably got the boot with a golden handshake.
If John Stankey is The Toecutter then
Who will rise up like Max?
Auf Widersehen to the 8/9 Alumni Class
One you your turnover documentation is complete, your time at T is done! Onward and upward.
The Goal is Skeleton Crew Zombie Company
There will be no innovation and nobody to put out the fires. Just a highway with tolls where it becomes Mad Max and the problems and issue takeover and snowball.
Mid Markets
There is a known structural issue with this group. The modules are not even from a potential perspective. The “plan” seems to be change nothing about this (or do so on a very limited basis) There are many reps being fired for performance or leaving... — read more
Is this an EEOC violation?
Everyone selected for surplus in the business unit is over 40 years old. Business unit is about 30 people. Ten people under the age of 40 were not selected.
Are you looking for another job?
I started a while ago, because I just can’t be bothered with cr-p here anymore. I’ve received several offers, none of them particularly spectacular, but they are coming in. I’m in no hurry, so I’m going slowly in hopes I will come across a job I... — read more
John Stankey Cratered Time Warner
It's like he sent the company through a two year nuclear fallout and hit the eject button.
Zuckerberg-Open sourcing
Sound familiar? One of the boldest moves taken in this direction is Meta’s AI strategy open-sourcing its most effective AI technology, Llama. This is instrumental in allowing developers to use Llama to create chatbots and also train AI models for... — read more
Is it illegal
Is it illegal for somebody to cancel an order and the reopen the same order so that can take credit for the order.
Layoffs late August
I heard a rumor there will be layoffs targeting 30-40% L3/L4 in late August and 15-20% L2s. Is this across the organization or in a specific area?
Warner Bros. Discovery Posts Nearly $10 Billion Loss
holy sh-t imagine if at&t still had this garbage
CEO, putting financial woes on the employee leads to long-term problems…
https://www.businessinsider.com/economic-fears-job-cuts-employers-less-flexible-with-workers-2024-8
What is happening to this company
Honestly, this company is getting worse and worse. Some people have jobs that are useless and don’t even know how to do them, others work their as--s off and get no recognition and then leadership look like clowns. lol, please get me out of here. can... — read more
Rep fired from T-Mobile authorized retailer says he has collected evidence of fraudulent activities - PhoneArena
https://www.phonearena.com/news/rep-fired-from-t-mobile-authorized-store-asked-to-cram-customers-accounts_id161182
District 3 strike imminent
Anyone have insight information on if the district 3 southeast union is getting ready to strike? The last update #35 sounded like they weren't too far from it.
Town Hall Season
Who’s got the questions they don’t wanna answer?
Does anybody else miss Stephenson?
He was bad, but Stankey is ten times worse.
What to expect from HR when reporting an ethics violation?
What to expect from HR when reporting an ethics violation?
AT&T is a sh*t company
Left AT&T for a better job a few years ago and so glad I did. Mostly what I get from T these days is notifications of data breaches. Have received a minimum of 3 in last couple of years, to be honest have lost count. And I’ve noticed a trend which... — read more
The AT&T Pension Fund is heavily invested in Bitcoin!
Bitcoin briefly dropped below 51,000. If it collapses, how will I get my pension?
Mid market lay offs
Are they going to have the guts to lay off or are they going to plan everyone out? Anyone have a real scoop on when this ridiculous division will either slim down, die or change? Real insight only please.
RTO Waves - Clarification question
Does anyone know how many Waves there are, or how many are planned? I thought we were "in" Wave 2 but not sure.
T-Mobile making aggressive moves
While ATT dabbled in things they have zero clue on T-Mobile is out there acquiring wireless and fiber assets like a company driven in success.
Severance
Wave 2, 7/9. Lets speed it up Payroll. Tired of waiting on your lazy @ss.