Do I want to RTO? He-l no. But between that and being laid off, sadly, I'd take RTO. I am happy for those of you who can afford to lose your job over this. I'm glad you have an option of not complying and risking it all. I don't have that option. So... — read more 

As simple as that. Its only purpose will be to chase away as many people as they can without cashing out. I intend to comply. I will sit in some corner of some dirty office and use the dirty keyboard, being half as productive due to noise and limited... — read more 

I've heard from multiple people that we are going to be forced back to the office 5 days/week starting 1/1. My biggest question is: why? I haven't seen a single productivity metric from the C-Suite. I thought they'd already hit their goal of layoffs... — read more 

I think it's safe to say that many people here are unhappy with AT&T and would jump at the chance to leave if they could maintain (or even improve) their compensation. This post is for the people who genuinely want to put in the effort to make that... — read more 

Wondering why we haven’t heard anything on the SSP??

You're getting laid off? Your manager or someone from HR?

It's exhausting to feel like management only sees us as a cost they want to cut. Do they really think AT&T can thrive without the people who do the actual work? Not going from a useless meeting to a useless meeting, but doing to work that keeps this... — read more 

Aren't you supposed to get 2 weeks' notice when you get laid off?

https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/at-t-doesn-t-rule-out-using-open-access-model-in-own-fiber-footprint

Specifically for management/Exempt/Salaried employees. Exciting things to bring up with leaders in town halls and emails Tracking by hours is illegal. If the company wants to do that then everyone needs to file a Department of Labor claim that we... — read more 

I will comply with all administrative requirements. But I will also do bare minimum instead of putting in an effort, adhere strictly to office hours (so no more accommodating work requirements outside regular office hours), and wait for them to lay... — read more 

My group announced return to office 5 days a week starting Jan 2025. Yikes.

I detest making the in office or from home decision every morning. Monday, extremely unmotivated about the drive Tuesday, still pretty apathetic Wednesday, I know I gotta do it Thursday, I can summon the will Friday, really rather not, but it gets... — read more 

152,740 to 143,630.. And the debt ratio is now sitting at 2.8% versus the 2.5 they want to achieve.

We on track for Bonuses?

As we move forward with the new contract we will slowly see how much CWA negotiating team lied, and how much they protected their own, OPT. Now that we know OPT can pretty much bump anyone. Just found out I can no longer go to Ascension, if you plan... — read more 

Does anyone else throw up in their mouths when they hear him say thank you for all of our hard work because through the other side of his mouth he’s telling his reports to keep F’ing us harder?

AT&T's fiber business added 226,000 customers, missing expectations of 257,860 additions, according to Visible Alpha. This was mainly driven by a work stoppage that began in August in its southeast region and impacted fiber installations. (Reuters)... — read more 

I see people saying they're planning to quit and I can't figure out their logic. Why in the world would you help them by quitting? That's exactly what they want, they're hoping people will walk away on their own. No severance to worry about, no... — read more 

Number one rule about the office is to keep politics at home. Then you have Mr. Honey I Shrunk the Kids ranting about the election for a good five minutes into the town hall as the first thing out of his trap. This dweeb should consider how much... — read more 

I was in the mid-May wave and had just hit my 23 yr mark. I’ve officially applied to 400 jobs as of today. The job market is rough. I’ve gotten 130 no’s and nothing on the rest. I’ve had two interviews but they didn’t pan out, one they out on hold... — read more 

Once you get a surplus notice, how long until you leave? Two weeks or more?

Let’s see if next Outage Stankey admits it is because he has forced out all that were competent!

They were told to implement also in their orgs ASAP. Legg turned around and told GMs back 5 days a week 11/22. Yep that is Thanksgiving week. All orgs have to do it for all Levels by January. The only way to stop this is for all to just not... — read more 

https://www.lightreading.com/5g/verizon-t-mobile-reportedly-lose-4-9ghz-battle-to-at-t-s-firstnet

Going to work today laughing about putting out the very least amount of effort as possible without getting fired, also thinking about more ways to get more days off work - paid of course.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/back-office-orders-become-common-100031656.html

Keeping it real…. What has happened to T-Mobile? Actually, that's a pretty easy question to answer. With CEO Mike Sievert apparently more interested in the well-being of the company's stock instead of the company's subscribers, making sure that... — read more 

Why are our employee benefit costs increasing significantly, even after all of the layoffs, etc? ~20-25% increase is significant.

Grow up!

https://www.lightreading.com/5g/t-mobile-relinquishes-mmwave-spectrum-not-feasible-to-deploy

Connections Awards funding being used to shore up budget gaps in Finance Org. Maximum number of participants by band is limited to 30% and an employee can be awarded no more than one. What are the limits in your BU?

Since there is no live q&a, what do we think will be discussed?

How much longer are we gonna pretend this makes sense?

Hoping someone has already navigated these waters. Ended time with T almost 18 months ago. I’ve been taking advantage of COBRA. As I live in CA I’ve been thinking I get 3 years of COBRA. I’m starting to hear that’s not true as T isn’t based here... — read more 

Do you think there will be mass layoffs in addition to ones now during a recession even if it's a short one? I'm interested in opinions. Can AT&T survive given its dependency on the consumer?

what is the fee they charge for leaving 401k under T? Mine is growing nicely, and prefer to leave it there; serious replies only, thanks!

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