are there any voluntary offers coming to the West? Anyone have any information?
Management retiree question
Do level 3 non-bargained get medical retiree benefits A. regardless of hire date? B. regardless of discontinuations for level 2, level 1 retirees?
Rescinding an offer
Is it normal for AT&T to rescind an offer a week after somebody accepts? With no reason provided. I haven't heard of something like this happening, but a friend swears this happened to his cousin. Not that it would surprise me if this were true, I... — read more
VTP coming in 2 weeks
Two weeks from this coming Friday will be VTP announcements totally welcomed by many who are so looking forward to gtfo with up to two year paid vacation and then retirement.
RTO is causing increased OT and short staffing
Duh, right? So now that they have laid off people who are in outlying areas, and implemented 3-5 days in offices with not enough work spaces, guess what is happening? You guessed it. Overtime. More people are using sick time than ever before(because... — read more
Retail store
How is every retail ATTCORP down?
AT&T 2024 SMMs, SPDs
I quit AT&T some years ago, fortunately when GATT rates were low, lump sums bigger. Severance was still a thing. I waited until the day I turned 65 to draw my pension annuity. But I digress. I hired in with Ameritech in 1999 and was told all about... — read more
how does PTO work?
So, in January I receive 28 days PTO for years of service - if I leave in February and don't use PTO, do I get all 28 days paid out, or do I only get 2 months' worth?
being an employee is embarrasing
once upon a time AT&T was something. now working the same fake projects for years and no budget. paycheck arrives every 2 weeks so not going anywhere. watching "executives" think they are someone is a crack up
Get rid of Stankey!
AT&T is in trouble until we kick out him and the whole upper management and bring in some folks who know what they're doing. He and his cohort are basically the source of all our headaches. How big of a mess do you have to make in the top dog role... — read more
The Nortel bankruptcy. Stankey is repeating history
https://youtu.be/I6xwMIUPHss?si=duU8VcTZRnddCWLk
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tiny Tim, here’s hoping we make it through Christmas and New Year without being involved in the next layoff.
Everyone is getting tired of attrition, layoffs and increased workloads
https://stocks.apple.com/ALuvHig1tQKq87ANcAoNZ0Q AT&T employees aren’t the only ones tired of the excessive executive pay, lack of consequences, employee treatment and their living in a bubble. It’s the year of employee strikes from all parts of the... — read more
Fiber expansion coming
I know a lot of field technicians are in a hostile environment right now, but there is a lot of construction coming next year to our fiber network. This came from our ACE director in our turf. He assured us next summer is going to be a busy time and... — read more
Gov contracts
ATT should be the first to provide consumers reasonable rates in light of all the gov't contracts they have bringing money into the company. Starting 2022: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/att-lands-167m-5-year-fema-contract -- 15 yr... — read more
RTO this week…
If I can't find something nice to wear I'm not going. Even if I wanted to RTO this week, my schedule wouldn’t allow it. Let’s see here… 4:00, wallow in self-pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss. 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30... — read more
Jeremy new ideas coming this December
Yes, the public need to know that Jeremy Bachellor in Arts has new ideas. And he has a town hall coming....oh yes. Great ideas from a science man, a technology man, a brain. That only took 4 years of Arts. Yes arts. Feel positive my friends, this new... — read more
Don’t forget to RTO and collaborate this week
Just because it’s a holiday week doesn’t mean you don’t have to report. 3 days in the office you filthy animals!
AT&T Inc. T plans to create a standalone managed cybersecurity services
So… who is getting sold off???? “AT&T Inc. T plans to create a standalone managed cybersecurity services joint venture, the company said Friday. WillJam Ventures, a Chicago-based investor, has agreed to make a capital investment in the new business... — read more
I understand why all the Layoffs now
Pre SBC days in my RBOC, even us lowly Union employees every year used to get a bonus that amounted to two weeks pay. It was very nice to have around the holidays. This time around we get a whole sum total of approximately $167.00 and that is pretax... — read more
When you check a Box at ATT your upward climb to
The top of the mountain is only 5000 feet in a cool, calm, sunny day. You don't check a box be prepared to summit a 20000 foot peak in a blizzard. It's just the way it is with government contracts which has created an average malaise like culture... — read more
2022 Fiber Chargebacks
Unless your sales were composed of absolutely nothing but white space, your sales will also be pulled from 2022. This will result in unprecedented chargebacks for the fiber org. “Rip and Replaces” / “Migrations” are both going to be subject to comp... — read more
The ineptness level of those who thrive at AT&T is astonishing
The less you know, the less capable you are, the higher your chance of getting ahead is. It would be funny if it wasn't sad.
Asset Protection Big Brother
Asset Protection is trying to find every little mistake to fire salespeople. They are now finally after a decade making sure no one counts fiber upgrades as new sales. All AVPs never said anything about upgrades so they could be on top of reports... — read more
T is quietly firing people
Does this sound familiar? To avoid the financial, psychological, and legal costs associated with forcing people out, some companies may intentionally create a hostile work environment that encourages people to leave... — read more
Uverse Prices
Just went up. I guess I will downgrade my package as a retiree.
Indiana Billing Ops going to India
01/15 Announcement
Excel file Underutilization-Audit-Rec
Anyone familiar with this file? A contractor showed it to us yesterday. Some type of productivity rating. She showed our Organization at level 3, and all the offshore employees had a comment indicating +14. Their rating number was also a different... — read more
Last day is 12/15, got surplussed
Where are people moving their cell service to. I like Cricket and Metro PCS plans and offers and hear their Networks have better coverage and higher speeds. Thoughts? They sure are cheaper than our employee plans.
Suspended for BS! But for how long?
Just informed I was suspended without pay because I had 8 lines last year that aren’t being used by a customer and now I’m in trouble. They called it no usage or zero usage lines, something like that. My question is how long can I be suspended... — read more
AT&T to create managed cybersecurity joint venture
Per MarketWatch: AT&T Inc. T plans to create a standalone managed cybersecurity services joint venture, the company said Friday. WillJam Ventures, a Chicago-based investor, has agreed to make a capital investment in the new business. “At close, the... — read more
Any Surplus today?
Last day for off payroll Dec 1 (before HR switch to workday)
AT&T and American employee layoffs
Time to start supporting companies that hire mostly American workers to support middle class jobs, it’s what made America great and helped many people to rise from poverty. It’s become a troubling trend for American companies to offshore or hire non... — read more
Can anyone confirm a rumor I heard...
Accenture closed on deal or will soon be closing on a deal to buy AT&T business unit Integrated Solutions & Consulting (IS&C) which was led by Mike Leff. Can anyone confirm or deny. If true, what have additional details have you heard?
C Anthony Meet and Greet
Did anyone attend the Corey Anthony meet and greet yesterday? I heard from a birdy that if you want to remain with the company and grow, you need to move to Dallas or Atlanta, and if you have a remote position, your job can be replaced by someone in... — read more
Texas safety team
Hearing they have been or are being axed completely. All required training is available on line and any observations for craft technicians can be completed by the local manager.
Big Changes for RAN
Let me share what got shared with me. AT&T will move towards Ericsson being the single RAN platform vendor. They expect it to take 30-36 months to swap out all the Nokia tower top and shelter equipment required. During that period HQ RAN design will... — read more
He Knows Something
Would you buy $1 million in AT&T stock knowing Stankey is steering the ship ?. Or would you buy it knowing he will be walking the plank soon ?. Stankey will be leaving soon and the stock will pop. As for employees, you are still stuck on the listing... — read more
Large supply chain alleviation
After the CTDI transition, the remaining AT&T supply chain distribution centers were said to be safe going forward. However, information has now leaked that there is an initiative in place to start trial in January 2024. This will outsource the... — read more