I'll start... When in retail they had us convincing customers to put money onto an "Isis card" while Isis was beheading people
Anyone experience ongoing seating unavailability with RTO?
Our seating availability is first come, first served. It was great for 6 months but has gone downhill these past 2 months. Teams are laying claim to groups of unassigned drop-in desks. This week has been the worst. I was confronted by employees on... — read more
Culture Survey Results
When? Where? How?
Boss telling me to flip sales from other channels but ihx rules say I can't
I am new to the comapny and work for the iHX saleing phones in houses. My boss says to go to customer houses with orders for phones in the mail already andgit them to cancel and sign them up again with new phones now. Problem is it steal sale from... — read more
Do you think after AT&T has shed enough people they may revisit hybrid work?+
I ask because I may have an opportunity to go back to work there. I was laid off in the September round. I'm also curious if AT&T has been contributing to a pension for me, will I be considered strictly a new hire from that perspective or will they... — read more
Next Level Network ad with comedians
How appropriate because T customer service is a joke! The change in service from years ago really is next level! Directv’s was destroyed!
We are becoming a joke
Is it possible for AT&T to have executives who are not just a clown rodeo show?
Pension Transfer
How do you find out if your pension has been sold to Athene and you have lost PBGC protection or whether you are still under the AT&T pension with PBGC protection?
McElfresh being groomed to take over?
Found it curious he always seems to be the go-to for a lot of the questions. I figure he is being groomed and positioned to take over for the Stank. They even had matching sneakers! Speaking of sneakers. I'm guessing the uniform policy (for those to... — read more
New Jersey
Middletown or Bedminster. Which remains after 2025?
Lay Offs for Mid Market
Seems like the word is that they are coming. What do you know?
Leaving … T-Mobile or Verizon
After 25 years of never paying a full cell phone bill I’m getting laid off and for sure am taking my money with me. Does anyone have recommendations or experience on which provider they went to? Based on what I am hearing T-Mobile is better... — read more
$57 million fine from the FCC
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/tech/fcc-fines-att-verizon-200-million/index.html The hits keep on comin!
D9 Negotiations
Observation from afar. Difference between UAW, Teamsters and CWA unions. The first two don’t pu$$yfoot around, most of CWA will. Both sides in the bargaining session have had plenty of time prior to the contract expiration, to come to terms and put... — read more
In sales ? - you’re next
If you are in mobility / fiber - your position will be switching to contractor very soon. Stanley idolizes the Google/amazon infrastructure- they hardly pay benefits and most people are contractors - software engineer? India is the answer. God bless... — read more
Layoffs are keeping me at T
I've wanted to quit for a while now but I can't get myself to do it because of layoffs. I feel that if I walk out right now, I'd be 100% leaving severance behind. I've been here for ten years and I'm nearly 50, both of which practically guarantee me... — read more
How desperately they want employees to like Stinky
At the employee Q1 review, I noticed Fluffy used the argument "It would be easy for the stock to go up by buying back shares but who would be the one person most likely to gain from that?" I heard the identical argument almost word for word... — read more
Stock & Pension for New Hires
Do any new level 2 hires get stock and/or a pension? Is compensation limited to salary and bonus only?
TBR checks
Won’t get first real TBR check till June. WTAF?
Anyone notice who is on the Board of Directors?
The former CEO of Yahoo 2012-17, Mayer, has been on the BOD since March 2024. The annual meeting is coming up, so vote “no” unless you want more influence by her. She is the one that banned telecommuting at Yahoo after pulling VPN logs (and had... — read more
Some Orgs aren't telling Wave 2 their Off Payroll date
So, at least for some, the policy seems to be that if you declined to move for Wave 2, they won't tell you your off payroll date until 2 weeks before. How are we supposed to manage projects and work if we know someone is leaving, but it might be in a... — read more
New AT&T layoffs
Over 200 people were surplused this week effective active early May.
Cybersecurity spin off?
What's going on with the cybersecurity spin off? Haven't heard anything in a while
Fraud dept what a joke
So now when an existing customer pays their bill on time - auto pay ect, 2-5 yrs tenure, it's common practice to flag their account as " fraud " and deny them any more lines of service. Today alone our store lost 7 lines of service between 3... — read more
How long do you have to be in the company to get that vested balance?
I’m genuinely curious to know how long you have to be in this company to get that “balance” that shows up on your retirement savings, because dear lord.
ORG name change
Org name changed yesterday from Business Customer Sales and Service to Business Care and Sales. Anybody guess what's up? I imagine it can't be good for us employees. It can only mean further cost cutting consolidations, closings and layoffs.
Got my severance package today
Sales, in Public Sector, and glad to have received this today. Company was good to me over the years but can’t take the everlasting BS from some of our so called Managers aka AVP. Socially awkward, brought zero value to our meeting and believes... — read more
Leaked Layoff eMail
announcing YOU will be notified later today that YOU have been declared surplus so YOU are being laid off. Hah! Happy Friday! Let the $chitt $how begin.
Layoff Gulf Retail
So what about Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi markets as far as ARSM and DOS jobs? Any stores closing? Merging or more!
CWA D9 Bulletin 18
https://cwad9.org/news/att-bargaining-bulletin-18-april-23-2024
An article regarding pensions.
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/25/2024/private-equitys-latest-trade-corporate-pensions (Here is a snip from the article ...) "A brisk new trade in the financial futures of millions of retirees is unnerving some US workers, regulators, and... — read more
Layoff today
The boss just told us 20% of his staff got lay off notices today. All older white guys. FirstNet / Public Sector (not Sales)
No honest feedback
AT&T is filled with simpletons whose only skills are butt-kissing and yes-mening. That's it. That's why we've made so many bad moves over the last ten years. When the only feedback Stankey and those around him receive is an echo of their own words... — read more
"The company would be doing a lot better if a potato was the CEO". - J. Stankey 4/24/24
AT&T is a utility. Telecom is a utility. Utilities make money if customers get what they pay for most of the time. Our RSCs are crooks. Our CSRs are confused. Our techs are geezers. Our leadership are clueless. And yet, we make billions. So save a... — read more
"The company would be doing a lot better if we didnt have to pay benefits or boneses". - J. Stankey 4/24/24
What CEO tells their company that it would be doing better if it didn't have to pay benefits and bonuses? Stankey, news flash: Without incentives to work at this company, there would be no employees to do the actual work.
Can't believe sk----g Stankey said......
"Oh, you're all still here?" mocking the layoffs and RTO folks....what a great guy....
Earnings questions
Is no one going to ask about mass layoffs and what the goal is as far as headcount!?
New motivational message: "We're worth $17 !!!"
They're just kind of taking it now. LOL
Stanley ATG Live
Let the fun begin….Show us results of the culture survey, surely it will show a need for new BOD and C suite…
T vs VZ 20 year stock compare from MarketWatch about 5 min ago
T stock down 14% and VZ up 14% over last 20 years. You gotta work pretty hard at su-king to be down 14% over 20 years. Still, the 1998 VRIP was very very good to me. ha