Board of Directors meeting is next week and the plan is to not extend Stankey's contract. Jeff McElfresh will be taking over. Bye, felicia.
I changed my wireless service and couldn't be more please with
the Network and Savings vs. my ATT Employee subsidized plans. With Cricket and 5 lines my bill is $80 cheaper than what I had with ATT Subsidized Plans and their Network is just as good as ATT.
Ratifications dates D3 & D9
Does anybody know the dates for the ratifications ? It seems mums the word.
I Love Friday’s!
I Love Friday’s! I woke up early to make some fresh ground coffee to start my Friday working from home. Friday’s are especially exciting because some people have a standing 8 hours worth of meetings I heard about this small group of three rebels: ... — read more
Sell Your Stock $
Don’t be an I di ot.
T in the news again
A mistrial was declared in the trial of former AT&T Illinois president Paul Schiazza, who was accused of bribing a powerful state lawmaker’s ally in order to obtain legislation favorable for T business. Do you remember the guy asking for PAC... — read more
Are any of you having luck with finding another job?
I’ve been with T for more than ten years. I can see that the company is changing rapidly and once relatively stable jobs are no longer secure. I assume there will be more layoffs, more attrition with RTO, and definitely more offshoring. I also badly... — read more
Anyone with the company hit the 2 million dollar + mark with investments yet?
If so 401k , Roth’s , brokerages. Etc.
T’s final offer to D3
What was different ? Seems to me D3 ended up with the same exact “final offer “ that T made weeks before. Seems the strike was for nothing.
what did you think about stankey first time you saw him?
what was your opinion? how about now? anyone saw him in person or directly interacted/worked with him, what's your take?
How it may play out.
Had to repost this it's good: Every Associate Director will be required to cut headcount down to 3 badged US based employees but allowed to keep any offshore badged like those located in Slovakia and India. Any contractor will not be impacted in... — read more
Who won? And don’t say customers.
Strike over. Did CWA get better deal? Why did it end?
CP Compensation
There is compensation that should be on your pay for tomorrow. Don't get too excited. It is not commensurate with the amount of time worked. Supposedly it's higher if you were deployed out of state, but local deployments got a lot less. (Like if... — read more
Stank Stock
The Fed cuts interest rates by 0.5%. The DJIA, SP500, NASDAQ all jump. Meanwhile AT&T stock goes DOWN 30 cents.
Managers worried about losing your jobs.
Take a craft job (union) guaranteed job security , better pay, better insurance and will keep it when you retire , pension with yearly increases , will not have to worry about RTO , work in same town where you live, if you work ot you get paid , time... — read more
The office politics of RTO relocation mandates
Many are terminated for refusing to relocate to offices long distances from where they currently reside and work. Others are seemingly given a free pass and allowed to work remotely from home. Those are justified as the employee making a contribution... — read more
Right around the corner from HQ
Why would anyone move to work in Dallas? https://www.yahoo.com/news/downtown-dallas-attack-suspect-arrested-192017713.html
Relatively new to AT&T - any chance for a career?
I’ve been with T for less than two years now. T has a lot of veterans, people with 20+ year careers and, from what I see and hear, decent savings and prep for retirement. I have a sense that those of us who came onboard relatively recently don’t... — read more
Chase RTO
Got 2 weeks to be back in. Some are really PO’d
Stanley vs Sievert
The man with a plan. https://www.youtube.com/live/r-xmUM5y0LQ?si=UkKR07UI-Rt-YRHW
Huge Org changes announced today
What other changes should we expect?
Thank you to those who speak up
On behalf of probably 95% of management, I’d like to thank those who speak up in town halls, in everyday meetings, and in particular, on the recent viva engage post regarding CRE. C suite has made it clear they don’t care what we have to say, but... — read more
Retail!
Why can’t ANYONE in this company explain why we can’t get equipment/accessories to sell in the store! From the Store manager to the ARSM, to THE DOS AND VPGM, no would will say anything, but we are getting slammed from the consumers for lack of... — read more
Is it possible
Could there be a possibility that the company is purposely overloading these shared work locations where there is not enough room to work, so people get sick, die, and the company can then cash in on their dead peasant insurance policies to pay down... — read more
Class of 8/9 Severance Payment
Anybody know when those of us that were laid off on 8/9 will get our severance payment? I signed the waiver on 8/9.
A tale of industry as it relates to RTO
I’m a former AWS employee: most of the hot takes on Amazon's new strict return-to-office policy are wrong. Anyone who’s been paying attention saw this coming years ago. And ultimately, it comes down to taxes and economics. Here's their plan: Phase... — read more
Dist 9
Just vote YES, and move on.
What did D3 win ? Was it worth it ?
Doesn’t seem worth it at all. Pay raise and new salaries sound paltry. Medical insurance is still expensive. Company is laughing at union.
Rigged
The stock has got to be rigged. I knew by posting the stock soaring comment would cause it to go south. It was a test and man was i right. Watch it tank back to $16.00. What an incredible game the company plays
Why even make a distinction between waves 2 and 3?
Wave 3 started already, wave 2 is still under way. Why don’t we just call it as it is, “uninterrupted endless wave of layoffs”? I’m sarcastic, but making the distinction can make some people falsely believe that they are safe from layoffs, for a... — read more
T hit with data breach fine
AT&T (T.N) has agreed to pay $13 million to resolve an investigation over a data breach of a cloud vendor in January 2023 that impacted 8.9 million AT&T wireless customers, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.
SE workload
2nd day back. Any insight on how things are going? Missing tools, dispatching on jobs not completed correctly, OT requests, ie forced OT etc. Would also be interested in how much of the work backlog has been cancelled. Would imagine yesterday was a... — read more
Stock Surge - LOL
LOL on the ‘stock surge’. Since 2016, the SP500 is up 173%. Meanwhile, AT&T stock is down 30% over that same time period. Great Leadership!
HR is still the biggest headwind to success
I'm a retired r/75 in the past year and watching many of my life long friends lose their jobs to the cuts over the last few years. I see a future with 75k employees and a set of assets that can turn a decent mid single growth to keep up a small... — read more
Union contracts before divestiture
Does anyone know the Union structure before 1983? Were wirelines contracts united across regions, and were Legacy T and Western Electric included or separate contracts?
Interview of AT&T CEO John Stankey and Mary Poppin’s
Fortune: by Ruth Umoh and Natalie McCormick / Sep 16, 2024 / 6:46 AM AT&T's CEO says 2 uncontrollable forces helped land him the corner office. But here's what he could control To ascend to the CEO position, one must possess vision, and industry... — read more
Keep going John!
Let’s see that stock soar to $32.00 by November.