Was hired as teleworker (says so on my offer letter) but all of a sudden I’m an office worker now? Didn’t receive any letter about the change, what can be done?
Stock options or other compensation
Which level (1, 2, 3, etc.)gets stock options? I have seen a few colleagues leave recently for tech companies that include stock options at their levels.
ATT MVNO Reorganization due to Dish Echostar Partner Failure and Violations
$5 Billion Dollar Deal is only chump change after a few years.
T is going to subcontract down to three employees (and 1000 managers)
I can’t wait to see how these recent reorg ideas will play out. I will see myself out in the meantime.
AT&T to turn over more company owned stores to authorized retailers
Cutting COR doors, rationalizing AR locations, consolidation markets and regions, more layoffs or conversions to virtual call center. Starts tomorrow.
Happy "Corporation Day" for salaried workers 2/29
March 1st may be Employee Appreciation Day. But Feb 29, Leap Day, is the day salaried employees work for free. Enjoy giving back to the company. 😉
Do we have any COR stores left?
I recently purchased a phone at what I thought was a COR; but it was actually an Authorized Retailer (AR). How can I tell the difference? I've never had issues with COR, but the AR placed device protection on my new phone without as much as telling... — read more
Sams
So did AT&T AR loose contract to be in Sam”s? Hopefully so!!
4 locations?
Has anyone heard that company is reducing to 4 places only? Dallas, Atlanta, Middletown, NJ & Seattle?
Cultural Survey: Describe AT&T in Three Words
Ok... you saw it! Lets see your response. This should be entertaining!
RTO
Has anyone received a non-compliance letter for RTO saying your bonus check will be forfeited?
Another win for T-Mobile
https://www.lightreading.com/5g/t-mobile-wins-more-5g-spectrum-over-at-t-s-objections
Very good advice on culture survey
A couple of other things about the survey and please do take it. Don’t just choose the most negative for the multiple choice. Giving a few positive responses here and there helps show that you give a damn (even if you don’t) and you aren’t a... — read more
AT&T BENEFITS
What is going on with AT&T benefits? First they messed up the monthly amount for the Medicare Advantage retirees. Now today I received a letter saying they were cancelling my plan effective 2/29. I called and was told it was a mistake. I said what is... — read more
El segundo campus
PSA to anyone who is in the area and didn’t get the notice: a transformer blew at the el segundo office and there is no power to the building. DO NOT go to the office until we are told otherwise. this is after the flooding, HVAC system breaking... — read more
Hiring offshore to save a buck is extremely foolish
Just another day with another outage caused by a change request performed in India. Can’t understand a single work they’re saying. What could possibly go wrong?
CSO Leadershiop Gutted
Two VPs within CSO announced either retirement or leaving the business on less than 3 days' notice. Something fishy is going on with the higher-ups for those making $350,000+ to walk with 3 days' notice.
The Culture Survey is Out
The culture survey is out today. I am wondering what ya'll going to say? Did you already respond?
101 Days of Cyber Dreaming
It's been just 101 days since AT&T pledged to give away their Cybersecurity unit in marriage to bachelor WillJam Ventures, announcing their intent to form a beautiful Joint Venture. In the days since, if you work in this BU, what things have they... — read more
Question for retirees o social security
I’m trying to decide if I want to take the lifetime annuity or lump sum. I’ve learned our pensions are classified as qualified vs non qualified. Qualified means taxable non qualified means not taxable. Does social security consider your pension as... — read more
Company Did Indeed Sc--w Up Severance Withholding
As I posted about a month ago, the company did sc--w up the federal withholding for severance when they took 32%. I received a letter today from AT&T saying they will send the additional funds that they withheld within two weeks. For those of you who... — read more
Those leaving AT&T
Here is the link to unlock your phone to port your number. You will need the phones IMEI located in your settings, IOS about all the way to the bottom. Click on this link https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/
Greed and incompetence are coming home to roost
There will be more systemic failures. System su-ks because it has been designed and managed by people who su-k.
The Outage was Inevitable
It finally happened. John Stankey spent years destroying moral by taking away benefits and laying people off every year. Then he enacted the Return to Office mandate and went about it in the most hateful way possible, pi----g off every employee in... — read more
After outage, yet another misstep
$5.00 credit. So, the communication with the customers have been necessary and good in the wake of the big outage. Mea Culpa. We sc--wed up, we're sorry, we need to do better. Had to be done. The decision to credit $5 is actually making most... — read more
ATT might want to think about getting into the garbage business...
it what you all seem to do anyway...what a terrible company
Working at AT&T can't be healthy
Does anybody else feel like they're in an abusive relationship with their job? Or is that just me?
Severance $ statement for direct deposit...
where can I find the statement with details? I received 2 direct deposits; I can't find it online benefit portal; benefit line has a LONG wait
Work Place 2020
Hey whatever happened with all the work place 2020 ridiculous training as it was mandatory? Instead of being laid off, my bosses and nearly every exec that pumped this rhetoric is now off the books. Any 2020 folks still around?
AT&T West proposes canceling worker pensions during contract negotiations
https://cwalocal9333.com/att-west-bargaining-update-2/ Nothing will get us old fogies do strike more than this nonsense.
AT&T credit
Really a lousy $5! There needs to be a class action lawsuit!!
Doom loop
The real reason companies are enforcing return to office policies. Not because of collaboration, but because of the tax revenue for the city and the tax breaks for the... — read more
If you see something say something
FTC enforces federal consumer protection laws that prevent fraud, deception and unfair business practices. Make the call~
AT&T finds out what happens when you run a skeleton crew
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/atts-botched-network-update-caused-yesterdays-major-wireless-outage/ This is what the media is running with. The sad part is, leadership will blame the guy who pushed the update. They don't have the... — read more
2023 surplus, prorated bonus
When should we be expecting it?
Surplused 2023, prorated bonus
When will we get it?
Outage: I'm not Carl, but could be
**As someone with extensive IT experience, I can almost guarantee the AT&T outage yesterday was over some certificate expiring somewhere and nobody knowing how to regenerate it because Carl got laid off seven years ago and the only machine with the... — read more
Still no YTR
Our group haven’t received our YTR and were told yesterday was the day. Anyone else? What is going on??