Yeah, neither do I. It was so poorly executed. Senior Executives running around trying to figure out what the cloud was. Sad.
Unions file lawsuit against Philadelphia for mandating that full-time city workers return to the office
Fos Business News-Mayor Cherelle Parker announced in May that city employees must return to working in office starting July 15 or risk losing their jobs. District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees... — read more
Finance Passing the Buck or Not????
Recall year+ ago Finance announcing everyone had to be in Dallas eventually. Then CFO says Atlanta or Dallas in Town Hall shortly after brining relief to everyone impacted. Then rush meeting called to announce only Dallas- again. All the while, VPs... — read more
New plan for growth
Stankey is negotiating a 5 year exclusive on the iPhone 20. Only available on AT&T 6G. Zoom meetings with Tim Cook and Jobs on a ouija board underway
Prime Com to buy IHX channel
Prime Communications Acquires IHX Channel from AT&T: A Strategic Expansion In a significant move within the telecommunications sector, Prime Communications has finalized the acquisition of the IHX channel from AT&T. This acquisition includes the... — read more
Relocation and medical benefits options
Ok if a person decides to long commute or just move to Dallas and leave the family in another region and split time, how will that impact what medical plan options your family back home has? Right now a person in missouri or illinois would get an... — read more
Ericsson clears SMO screen on AT&T's 'strict' open RAN
https://www.lightreading.com/open-ran/ericsson-clears-smo-screen-on-at-t-s-strict-open-ran
Silly Workspace
It's funny working where most people WANT to be laid off creating a joke of an environment without care. Managers at all levels are routinely surplussed leaving those left behind walking on eggshells in constant worry for their role and how much... — read more
We did it Charlie, We did it - Kamala Voice
Placing the bottom 25% of the organization on success plans is a standard practice—perfectly normal and logical. But what if we do the illogical, in true T fashion? Instead of 25% of the organization being on plans, let's open it up to 75%. How do... — read more
John Stankey, Super Genius
Saw a LinkedIn post from an Intern polishing John’s Cue Ball head by say he runs a $200B company and leads 150,000 customers. Guess nobody at his business school explained that we are a telecommunications utility and all that we need to do is keep... — read more
Most of us WANT to be laid off
It's funny working in an environment where most people really WANT to be laid off. Even funnier how we say: "I ain't leavin' till they PAY me to leave!"
How do you even get motivated anymore?
How do you get yourself to do your job to the best of your abilities? All I'm doing is waiting to hear about being laid off, and that's ki-ling my motivation. Why even bother if it's only a matter of time before it's my turn? I honestly am having... — read more
4th of July
Do I need to go in 3 days or is 2 sufficient. Anyone know? Happy Fouth of July
TW office indicator status
Hearing you will be told to report into an office minimum 3 days week.
Things are looking up for business sales
Morale is improving, change is in the air. 2nd quarter results were incredible. We dropped that loser cyber unit, and now we are free to focus solely on broadband and CRU. I hear so much positive collaboration when I go to the office for my mandatory... — read more
Bargaining, Work Stoppage & Contingency
Any updates on D9 West and D3 SE bargaining progress? The latest report is that D9 is continuing to work without a contract since April and somewhat at an impasse with the labor team. D3 has just started their negotiations and their contract... — read more
COR Employee that cares here and AT&T has no clue from the top down. Horrible employee and customer experience’s.
Where to begin…. This company has so many issues. Starting with no one seems to care. Our customer service is a massive problem. The authorized retail stores are a problem and commit more fraud than I’ve seen in my decade plus long career here. Our... — read more
Stankey Rally
11 Stay the course John!!
Survey results - anyone seen them yet?
Just curious what they were
Can I, pls, get my severance
and finally be liberated?
Offshore employee question
I was aggravated and lost patience dealing with a couple of our offshore employees. It can sometimes take hours to get a response from them. A US based coworker said they all work from home. I thought she was just taunting me because I was... — read more
Hi Office Empty Today
Per usual, my local office is dead today just like every Friday.
Once dust settles everything will be same as before except number of employees
I’m done with this company. Glad to be laid off. I was waiting for that moment. I will leave with severance. Last 6 yrs I have been miserable here. Lack of meaningful work, no opportunity to move and overall feeling that I waste my time. But I made... — read more
3400 Plano office
What’s the parking situation there and commute like from 30 miles out? Anyone make the move and if so how is it?
Where is HR to save the LDP and HIPO upcoming leaders?
It continues to amaze me that really good people get caught in the wrong role and teams out of their control and that are let go without HR inventorying the quality and capability of these employees that could be placed elsewhere to make a solid... — read more
About to be July and the culture survey is rotting in the ground.
I wonder how much they spent on the culture survey? It is now very obvious that it painted a very different picture than they were expecting. Not a peep about it. They have buried it deep to never be revealed. I would hope at some point someone with... — read more
FirstNet lies
Years ago, when we announced FirstNet, one of the promises was that AT&T would be improving the network and coverage, since First Responders would be reliant on the network to be available where ever they are. I was excited about the improvements... — read more
Over the years there were very few leadership figures that
I looked to and said "They have it!". Ralph De La Vega was probably the tops but the overwhelming amount of SBC people is positions of power were just drecks. Manage through fear and intimidation and not someone you would ever take a hit for. Stankey... — read more
Sc--w Contingency
The company needs to stop making old, fat people climb poles. Someone is going to die...
Return to Virtual
For those of you that said yes or are considering it for wave 3, major policy shifts are coming. Stick it out. Move if you need to. after wave 3, manager policy will change: virtual will be returning severance cap will be reduced from 6 months to... — read more
Middletown NJ Restack
How long until the Middletown restack is finished? They’ve been working that for 18+ months now.
levelblue
So the company just announced job cuts in Levelblue (cybersecurity) this week. And today there are 12 cybersecurity jobs open in India on Workday.
Stankey's Culture is "quiet quitting"
Stankey goes on and on about the "culture" that he and his band of id--ts are cultivating, trying to sell us on collaboration and happy employees. The reality is that RTO and the constant layoffs are doing nothing but promoting "quiet quitting". For... — read more
LDOP 7/9/2024 - when does my final paycheck for July show up?
LDOP 7/9/2024 - when does my final paycheck for July show up? I'm on a sales plan, when do I get my May, June commission checks? If you are in sales, do you get a commission check for July that is full, or pro-rated? I'm on vacation until then, so... — read more
Time to change the top and not lay off the bottom
This company is lead by incompetent leadership. Opposite to the stock market, in case of T we can use a forward looking statement that future performance will mirror past performance. What do you expect from company that has long term debt of 123... — read more
Greg Knutsons town hall
There is supposed to be some “can’t miss it” info on his call tomorrow. Anyone know what this might be?
Breaking News Midmarket Territory
Engaging in sales within the Platinum/Global/Public Sector is not regarded as a Conflict of Business Conduct (COBC). In fact, it is being blatantly disregarded nationwide. Despite the clearly defined segmentations outlined in the rules of engagement... — read more
Offshoring access to central office transport equipment.
Is it legal for them to giveaccess to transport equipment to India? I thought that was a national security item. Currently laying off telemetry techs after just training new hires in Bangalore India.
I Should Have Moved To Dallas
I should have agreed to RTO.