Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

@qn pretty sad that You feel that you have waisted your life and are such a failure. Hmmmm..

If you’re under 30 and still here. Gtfo and don’t look back. 26 yr T vet

@j4 ok boomer, now go back to ranting at Newsmax while the people whose minds haven’t turned into mush talk.

We grew up online, made friends online, had relationships online. We learned online, collaborated online, and even went to school and got degrees online. We don’t need a five-day RTO mandate to know how to be connected and productive.

Your disconnect with reality because you did everything online shows. Gen Z has garbage social skills and can't cope with challenges and stress.

I constantly lower the bar for Gen Z so I don't get disappointed.

Did he wax on about roadkill like he did at the MGO conference. Sports teams should try to have him give pregame speeches to opponents. There are very few people more demotivating when they open their mouth.

Was Kool Aid served? That little additive is how they plan to get the new TDP’s to conform…Welcome to Stepford, I mean AT&T.

It’s time for stink to be fed applesauce. Everyone is sick of him.

@aj agreed! And the TDP leadership will try convincing all that it was a successful event-embarrassing and in denial.

who will go extinct first the dinosaurs or the stock

Here’s what this pre-computer dinosaur fails to understand.

Here's what you fail to understand: he doesn't care.

I’m not sure what was worse, saying that wanting hybrid was socialism, or saying that to the new TDPs on their first day.

@c0 I wouldn't be in such a hurry to cheer Stankey out the door because the likelihood is that Legg will take over, or worse, McElfresh, who has the personality of a tree stump and the sympathy quotient of a honey badger.

@dw leadership wants you in the office 5/5 because CSO has told them that the Chinese are in every ISP except yours. VPNs are no longer secure.
But if they say that out loud, you're looking at a $16 stock price. So you didn't hear it from me. 😉

Anti-social wu-s generation doesn’t want to physically go to work and deal with people in real life because it makes them nervous, grow up!

It’s a bummer how adversarial the relationship between the work force and upper management is…

This is the kind of culture Stankeys attitude and policies create…you can tell employees genuinely hate the company they’re working for by the things they say on here and the worst part is I hear the same or similar things in the office - so it isn’t just an online echo chamber, people genuinely hate this place.

Very unfortunate, used to be a good place to work.

@d8 exactly! Not sure why they feel the need to have people near them in the office. If you wanna go in 5 days, go ahead! What do you need me there for? Don’t worry about where I am. As long as all my work gets done it shouldn’t matter. These are the people who have nothing besides this job in their life and are so desperate for human interaction. Pathetic.

I have said it before and I will say it again… when John T Stankey speaks, no one should listen.

@be

You were given all the tools for critical thinking, and this is the best you can do?

What a shame.

@a7

No, bootlicker, I won't.

I won't do very much work, either.

Find a way to deal with it.

@cb It's amazing that JS has no awareness what-so-ever, here's a classic corporate stooge who has spent 41 F@(KnG years with at&t telling younger workers to change their mindset. He has no vision, an abysmal track record, no charisma, is all ego and hubris, and is despised by the majority of the employees, his only consistent strategy is to spend a boat load of money on consultants every few years, then cut headcount so T can continue to pay a dividend, further enriching himself at the company, & employees expense. That the BOD gives this guy $2.3 million a month to run the company into the ground borders on insanity.

Just one more reason not to stay. I feel bad for the people that are stuck here.

Well how about Baskergoat... Keep head down, don't say, do anything... Keep logging years

I hope someone was recording… that was the worst town hall I’ve ever seen. Stankey is a geriatric that should be rambling on Fox and Friends, not the CEO of a company.

Sure grandpa, flexibility in the work place is the same thing as socialism in the USSR. Let’s get you to bed.

And this stupid fu-k goes on, and on, about “expectations”, well what if my expectation is the stock price goes up and the company does well? I would except a CEO to have even the slightest amount of competence, but this guy should be riding to work on the short bus, and in a nursing home simultaneously.

I honestly think he belongs in a nursing home. He doesn’t seem like he’s mentally well. After the event his handlers were trying to keep him distanced from interacting with TDPs.

His rambling rant was giving old man yells at cloud… Every time baldo opens his mouth he’s damaging the company. He needs the Joe Biden treatment. Just hide him away in a basement until his time is up.

@b3 he kept going on and on about how Gen Z needs to change their mindset and expectations from their employer. Basically what he kept saying is everyone else is wrong and he’s right. He is totally power drunk and delusional.

@ae the irony and choice of the quote given he possesses all of the characteristics of a narcissistic dictator. The entire company with few exceptions will break out in thunderous celebration when the man leaves which doesn’t seem to be anytime soon. His performance isn’t an indicator of his longevity.

Hater gonna hate.

I didn’t bother watching it, what did he say?

@ag 🥱🥱🥱

A warning to the young, please don’t waste your best years here. This place isn’t changing until tech savvy mavericks take control of the ship. Gain a few key skills, scoop up a few juicy certs, build a nice resume and move along quickly as you can. Follow your instincts. Find the right company, one that represents the future of our industry. It’s out there, don’t be afraid to go for it.

@a7 "So what is the problem? Don’t like the rules? Quit,"

Are you really that dim? The OP explained that the event was a "rah rah" session for the TDPs to encourage them to stay. Stank basically told them to F-kOff with their opinions on what they expect from work. That is certainly not the way to convince someone to stay. Of course, this is further evidence of why almost 100% of the TDPs from the previous group have left the company.

Ok zoomer

He quoted Margaret Thatcher, and said that Gen Z wanting to enjoy the place they work and caring about their well being is socialism. He’s the stupidest fu---r on the planet.

@a7 your an id--t Let me know under Stanks leadership if our stock price is any better ?!? Dip$ht Typical kool aid drinker

His goal was to win over some haters. Not sure he was successful.

Pre-computer dinosaur for the win! Perfect description.

So what is the problem? Don’t like the rules? Quit, this well get your message across faster than anything. Being the company will obviously fold upon all the RTO complainers leaving you all will have bragging rights.

when was it? didn’t see it… what was he “pitching & Since when is everyone invited to a TDP watch?

Guess what . . . that is who Stank is: dismissive, disrespectful, and out of touch.