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 

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 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 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 

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 

Just went up. I guess I will downgrade my package as a retiree.

01/15 Announcement

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 

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.

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 

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 

Last day for off payroll Dec 1 (before HR switch to workday)

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 

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?

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 

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.

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 

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 

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 

Excited!/s

Just curious when you got your severance, truly 45 days after your final date or sooner...thanks & good luck to us all!

The West core contract expires 4/24 and the SE contract 8/24. There may be a slow down in management layoffs due to the real potential of strikes, a 3-4 day strike happened during SE 2019 negotiations. The company needs management for contingency... — read more 

Social Media Influencer Danny Duncan slams ATT service and is switching to Cricket Wireless for better coverage and faster speeds.

Scratch another 1k employees off payroll! After 5x losers at shedding it…they finally dumped it!

curious if being drafted contingency would save you from surplus in the meantime (for west april CWA strike).

Long rumored spin off of Alien Vault announcement went down today. Lots of unknown but so far all employees are no longer on AT&T payroll after it’s closed. Supposed to be a joint ownership with T and a venture capitol company WillJam Ventures. Start... — read more 

Would you leave the company given the right severance package and what would that package need to look like.

Just wondering: mostly union workers, managers, contractors, subcontractors, offshore, C-suite, robots, none of the above?

My vote goes to Stephenson.

Everyone wants cable or fiber. For some the plug and play product with no appointment, no installation, no contracts, and a fixed monthly rate with no junk fees is appealing. But Stankey knows better as Fixed Wireless is an inferior product. Well so... — read more 

I keep hearing that 2024 will be a year of stability. That there will be only minor changes to limit disruption. Should we believe that? I’ve only been at the globe for 3 years. Has it always been this chaotic or is there times when the ship sails... — read more 

Just saw this: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/att-dumps-96000-retiree-pensions-thomas-steed?utm_source=share&utm_medium=guest_desktop&utm_campaign=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1fLGPxt_SGKBUvLYXKrhYSl1jRowzSfx8GQVfNeee_ZZ8ZITwY3PfXHpA

Load up and get ready for the bidding war. Mid Band Spectrum is Gold. Stankey missed the boat chasing Hollywood.

......TWO years of pay!! and a offer called V.T.P. !!!!!!!

Wireless Network Only Ericsson AT&T will be eliminating those Nokia markets and converting them to Ericsson. Eliminating all Local RAN design teams to move towards national HQ RAN model. Ericsson will be the single OEM that will design, preform... — read more 

Our Director doesn't care, AVP doesn't care, just collecting a paycheck and now have a growing side business. Sent from ATT COU iPhone 13

https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@OP+1pBOFTNH

Up over $2 yesterday. ATT is eeyore the donkey.