Did anyone on the SLT (senior leadership team) go to business school? We’re they all sick the day they taught the lesson on maximizing the stock price.

Anyone know how to get a waiver for tkt2? Is there a course or certification I could take to get it waived? If I get an associates degree will it work?

WHAT IF…….. CBS would halt the regular Survivor show……. And pan the cameras over to AT&T for a moment? WHO will Survive???? Inquiring minds want to know!!! Stand back folks, you can’t believer it!!! WHO can do the best PPT presentation? You thought... — read more 

For everyone who MUST relocate or leave, if you have been holding off on surgery do it now while you will still have disability and healthcare benefits.

We should start an employee relief campaign to accept Donations & company matching contributions for moving expenses & housing assistance. Local directories for shared housing & native people willing to provide temporary boarding room’s. Definitely... — read more 

Confirmed Sambar organization hit with another large surplus coming. Notification on June 22nd with last day July 6th. No org announcement (AWG). Level 3/4 have been asked to not advertise or discuss much with Level 2 this time. Based on ranking... — read more 

Does anyone know how the pay bans are going to affect our current salaries? Are you taking a pay cut or will we maxed out on the lesser ban pushing us out? Catch 22 for sure. Or are we to leveled up with a pay increase to offset the cost to do... — read more 

On a call today, CSuite Managers diacussed this as a strat to get cash to buy back stock and that employees really don’t matter.

I'd like to tell Stankey to stick his relocation where the sun don't shine and leave but I'm not feeling motivated to look for another job. Just the idea of having to find something that pays as much and has at least as good benefits (to be honest... — read more 

Search it on Insider. 1st wave for those outside of the 9 core locations to be notified in late June and reporting to office location by Dec 31st. 2nd wave for those outside of ATS’s 4 chosen hubs (Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta, NJ) will be late 2024... — read more 

How do I deal with the anxiety and the pain of what feels like a deep betrayal? I gave everything to this place and now it’s coming to an end. I’m not ready to go. How can they reward my loyalty like this? I don’t have a future, my skills are... — read more 

I read several previous posts where people reported their lump sum significantly increased when they hit the rule of 75. I am within a year to making the rule of 75.  I am estimating my lump sum now and then also using a date after I reach rule of... — read more 

Stankey and his Minions have taken Employees, Shareholders, and Customers into the gutter with his follies. He is trying to rebrand himself away from Randall as the man who is fixing things. He was Randal's right hand man and main strategist during... — read more 

Someone had mentioned they were including health benefits along with the severance for up to 6 months. Can anyone confirm this?

I’m a technician in the CWA NIC contract. Current contract expires in July. No bargaining reports yet. When does bargaining start?

To the few who spend their time on here, unfortunately behaving poorly to your fellow employees and humans, I hope you get the help you need. I am sorry if you've been hurt, but you may find it is time to move on with your life. Look inward. Find... — read more 

If a person has a resume on Glass Door and indeed you are given the chance to review the companies you work or have worked for. This is an opportunity to tell other wo I ld bee employees your feel I ngs.

are union leaders gearing up to protect craft from masive layoffs coming soon to a place near you.

LA Times, NY Times, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Just need one to assign an investigative reporter.

Jen Robertson told us one of the benefits of RTO was that 2 programmers who do nothing in common can go to lunch and connect. She got what she asked for yesterday. A few peep I haven't seen in ages showed up yesterday and we went to lunch. Result:... — read more 

Some employees even in Dallas and Atlanta, are being designated as virtual. Other employees, doing similar stuff, will be asked to come to office. This is setting yourself up for lawsuits. Policy should be universal. Same applies to out of state... — read more 

Do anyone know where do ATT posts their WARN act notices?which state?

Atleast 15000 folks will be laid off by end of June. Hearing it from multiple sources.

In the realm of office walls, I dwell, Where echoes of cubicles and ringing phones swell. A bittersweet tinge hangs heavy in the air, As I bid farewell to the solace of working from my lair. Oh, how I reveled in the cozy embrace, Of home's... — read more 

https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2023/02/21/judge-allows-age-discrimination-claims-to-proceed-against-att-after-plaintiff-challenges-validity-of-collective-action-waiver/?slreturn=20230507220327

With zero blowback what would you do or say?

I’ve noticed every time executives have visited a location, over the last few months, it becomes a hub and/or a target of being closed. Thoughts of why they would visit Alpharetta?

Any news on Thaddeus Org RTO plans? Awfully quiet.

Just received an attached email pdf from HR with my relocation letter. Have 2 weeks to accept severance and be off payroll first week of July or commit to move to Dallas by 31 Dec. no relocation assistance. Debating on retiring and calling it a day. — read more 

Was notified today to move to Austin from San Ramon, I can’t move for family reasons, and officially rejected the notification, what should i do?

The company began backfilling this job with contractors as people retired. A few weeks ago they gave those contractors their 2 week notice. Is the reason being that there's a massive layoff coming for those in that job title (next week?) and this is... — read more 

No more WAH.

2015 - 281,450 2016 - 268,540 2017 - 254,000 2018 - 268,220 2019 - 247,800 2020 - 230,000 2021 - 203,000 2022 - 160,700 2023 - 15,000 less per Stank interview with Bloomberg News in May ‘23

So, in the relatively short time of a few months Chris Licht, the CEO of CNN, was dumped for what amounted to a series of bad business decisions and poor treatment of staff including such things as: The fact he had his office in a fancy suite away... — read more 

We got timelines in the JVB org recently. July 7 we get the notice of whether we are office or virtual and if you get to stay in your current location. Give individuals 2 weeks to decide. If you don’t want to relo you’ll be on payroll till “end of... — read more 

As of June 7, 2023, AT&T Inc. has a total debt of $193.8 billion. This includes both long-term debt and short-term debt. The company's long-term debt is $167.3 billion, and its short-term debt is $26.5 billion. AT&T's debt-to-equity ratio is 4.1... — read more 

These people bear full responsibility for the situation we find ourselves in. William E. Kennard Scott T. Ford Glenn H. Hutchins Stephen J. Luczo (2019) Michael B. McCallister Beth E. Mooney Matthew K. Rose John Stankey Cynthia B. Taylor Luis A... — read more 

Just like the government, too many people in the most senior positions are senior citizens. They have been in the company so long that they are old, crusty, irrelevant. They don’t know life outside the walls of the organization. Their career is... — read more 

A bit overkill to hire an attorney as your executive assistant?