Does anyone know how many were impacted by last Fridays layoffs? Heard it was mostly L3 and L4 affected.

That's the only thing that can save this company from sinking to the bottom. All this strategy and this leadership have achieved is to make our debt astronomically high. That's it. I can't think of one positive thing they can point to and say, "Here... — read more 

Saw fiber going in all over the place in the spring and early summer. Now the work seems to be abandoned. Did the budget dry up?

Does anyone know when the reports will change and what exactly it will capture?

How does realeasability work for those of us who were placed in to new roles once our previous role was done away with? Are we able to move around as soon as an opportunity comes or do we have to meet the 18 month rule

Looks like CWA may actually strike was recently asked if I have tool bag experience doesn’t look like they’re budging off bringing the wire thec aka premise technicians into the core agreement I hope this company realizes I’m not gonna be climbing a... — read more 

Are there any health benefits included in the severance or only COBRA? Thanks if anyone with experience can comment.

Would HR entertain severance negotiation?

Some of you are still confused about the most recent 3rd party survey for which the results have been deliberately buried by executive leadership, and the more routine eNPS surveys we are asked to complete. They aren't the same thing. The executive... — read more 

If you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all.

How much did it cost to send Stankey to Paris?

AT&T Retiree here that just joined a class action suit against my former employer that hide the fact that my social security #, driver’s license #, DOB, personal cell #, address, etc were all part of the data breach. Now I’m getting alerts from my... — read more 

Like a pervasive rot in the professional culture during the past 10 years ? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/fcc-details-att-sc--wups-behind-outage-that-blocked-25000-calls-to-911/

AT&T has a hundred executives pulling in around a million bucks a year in salary, benefits and perks. There’s also another thousand directors and avps pulling down about a half million. But, when all is said and done, outside of coming up with ways... — read more 

https://cwad9.org/news/att-2024-bargaining-support-letter-congress Will the letter signed by 20 members of Congress and addressed to Mr. John Stankey, get the negotiations moving? He may tell them, employees are just human capital and if they don’t... — read more 

Anybody got the 2 week notice?

I am retired but still have work friends still working at T. They say they have nothing to do and take every Monday and Friday off. If I knew I could have done this I would have stayed.

Feelings aren’t facts!

10% of platinum account managers were surplussed today.

ATS is bloated with non technical people with technical titles, relying upon a technical few. ATS is wiping out technical people with the same net used on non technical ones. Lots of L3 IC’s too. Legg’s ATS is rife with alignment problems. You can... — read more 

Late tonight I got an email to meet with my boss tomorrow. Assuming I am finally getting my 2 week notice for Wave 2. Anyone else?

I had a question in terms of choosing to not relocate. If you choose to not relocate is that considered quitting, or being laid off? As in, would you still receive severance and your prorated bonus if you get fired for choosing to not move to Dallas? — read more 

People leaving for other companies, slow months, high pressure, performance plans, angry landline customers, no expansion of fiber, low morale, increased quotas, leadership that has no clue how hard the role is… will things get better?

CWA has released a new report detailing how AT&T has let down their employees, specifically those in the Premise Technician and Wire Technician title... — read more 

It’s interesting how big companies seem to always be in headlines when they lay people off. How has ATT managed to stay under the radar when it seems like they’ve done more layoffs than anyone else? Is it because T cuts less people at one given time... — read more 

“Angry T-Mobile customers have filed a class action lawsuit over the carrier's decision to raise prices on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price... — read more 

From Fox, may or may not be true

https://fortune.com/2024/07/23/women-workplace-return-to-office-mandates-losing-talent-upwork/

I’m really annoyed that leadership has said absolutely nothing about how everyone is essentially walking on egg shells about lay offs, so when is it going to be addressed? It’s super uncomfortable coming into the office and hearing that multiple orgs... — read more 

Does not being a white male make you an automatic DEI hire? I see people with education and qualifications being called DEI and I would like to understand.

I'm underpaid, overworked, and not promoted, so it's not as if I have much to lose. I just feel like a complete id--t for not doing this much sooner.

The employee count is now at 146,000. It was 150,500 end of 2023. Chances are employee count will be slightly less than 140,000 by end of 2024, as wave 2 hits for those who decided not to follow their jobs to a hub city, and more surplus to come. .. — read more 

As per usual it's word salad answers to real questions at his 2Q earnings webcast. I had the "honor" of being in the audience to watch him stare off in to the distance as others answered questions. When he answered questions they were meaningless... — read more 

What is this rumor of severance getting cut?

Since many of us are literally waiting to be laid off, I guess you, guys, are looking into other options. How are you faring? I’ve been searching for a job for 3 months now, not everything looks as dire as others comment. I wonder if things will get... — read more 

He said he read our surveys, didn’t he? I swear I heard him say “I read all your surveys!!” When do we get to hear those results. Then he basically said he is doing everything “perfectly” and it is all our fault for not executing. He threw in... — read more 

Does anyone know the real plan for mid market? This does not seem sustainable

Just some reading material to ki-l some time...

The clock has ran out for West D9 for over 2 1/2 months, they can have a work stoppage at anytime. SE D3 clock is winding down because the contract ends at midnight Aug. 3rd. With all that has been happening internally, a major transitional period... — read more 

I heard that if you take "x" number of vacation, sick, holidays in a week they ignore looking at how many days you are in office for that week. Is that true? If true, what number is "x"?