This is just a play to get rid of as many people as they can without paying severance. I truly hope nobody decides to quit and then lets them figure out how to fit enough people in way too little space without pivoting back to WFH. I know it's not... — read more
RTO Dirty Offices
One has to love email where stankey makes comments about beautiful and modern offices. What about the rest of us who work in offices which are barely cleaned, run down office furniture, open spaces where employees can listen to everyone else’s... — read more
Relocation ultimatum
With high interest rates and families that have dual income earners AT&T’s relocation ultimatum will be too disruptive. In addition, job security is not guaranteed even if you relocate. People just have too many family commitments and obligations... — read more
RTO Management Support
A majority of union employees have been back in the office for months, so I’m assuming a majority of posts expressing disagreement with the new RTO policy are coming from management. If you are a L2-L6 manager, you need to start showing support for... — read more
Nothing original
I'm starting to believe JS is a copycat. Is there a rift between Elon & Stankey? Every decision ever made is based on what competitors are doing. Time after time employees suffer from historical poor decision making. We understand the needs of the... — read more
Schizophrenic leadership
AT&T has been on the decline simply because of schizophrenic leadership. We were a software/tech company(not really, but Donovan and the VPs he brought didn't think placing fiber and cell site equipment was se-y enough), an entertainment company... — read more
Convenient timing to announce this cr-p AFTER employee engagement survey
Who demands a redo? We score the lowest on “the company takes action as a result of this survey”, well give everyone the survey to take now and let’s see if they take any action. Cowards gave survey 1 month before announcing this so HR and Stankey ... — read more
So many lies and distortions from Stankey and Santone Return to Office videos and letters
They say in past 3 years, nearly 70% of management employees have experienced big changes in their work life: they’ve either just joined the company, have a new manager or have moved into a new role and that is a reason to move people to Dallas and... — read more
John is NO Elon
John is trying to flex a muscle like Elon but there is a huge difference- John is just a byproduct of T … Elon is on a different level! John is just a cr-ppy leader!!!
Moveon.org - petition needed to oust Stankey and / or the BOD
Moveon.org - petition needed to oust Stankey and / or the BOD — what do you think?
“If you are not meeting your RTO designation, you will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination”
Meaning, if you are told to be in the office 3-5 days per week and you don’t comply, you can be fired. (No severance) This is noted in the FAQ and the new How/where we work policy. From your work VPN you can read more at this link. Most of it was... — read more
RTO Severance
If you don’t agree to follow your work to Dallas will you get severance? I have heard you won’t.
New RTO policy very popular.
Employees are coming out of the woodwork to comment on the new RTO policy. Relax Frances, it will only affect 15% as far as relocation. Three days in the office per week is a cakewalk.
JVB Org and RTO
For those in JVBs org. Are we required to report to one of the 9 hubs or lose our jobs?
Streamiling and Layoffs
By closing offices, offloading the pension and other benefit liabilities and cutting 15k employees Stankey is preparing the company for sale. He’s offloading as many encumbrances as possible. Stankey would get 3 times his salary in change of... — read more
RTO: Another Major Benefit Gone
What’s next on the chopping block? I’m predicting continued payment into pension accounts.
Work Hard Enough To Not Get Fired
That is all this nonsense RTO business will create. People will just sandbag it and work just hard enough to stay off the radar and not get fired. It's actually way easier than you think. You can hide for years in certain departments here doing... — read more
Before July Expect a Surplus
There’s no way the company wants everyone to return to the office. Expect the company to surplus employees prior to July and September. Sad day for T employees and their families
Childcare Stipend
Does T offer any type of employee stipend for childcare? I had a child last year and am going to have to find a daycare option with a return to the office. Is there a daycare facility at Dallas headquarters?
Verizon launches new myPlan with customizable options
Verizon is pitching new price plans as something wireless plans typically are not known for: simplicity.
157K employees to 142K by 12/31
Current employee count per most recent qrtly report. 15K job cuts by year end per stinkmeister grinch himself. Also, he today cancelled Christmas, because it's just not woke enough, and also not cost efficient. Per stinky: "it's time to... — read more
RTO
Are they allowing employees to go into other ATT building locations or do you have to go to one of the hub locations?
Bedminster, New Jersey - RTO
So 9 core locations and Bedminster, NJ being one of them how do they plan on allowing folks to go into the new building which only seats around 700 people. Roughly around 2000+ employees in NJ. Curious to see how that's going to work out. Also no... — read more
The king has spoken.
The King, er, I mean Stankey has spoken! Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that this whole new RTO policy is nothing more than a diversion tactic by Stankey? I just don't trust him!
AT&T wants managers back in offices in Dallas, Atlanta, other locations.
The largest U.S. telecommunications company, which has operations in all 50 states, will consolidate into nine core offices with its corporate headquarters in Dallas and Atlanta as main hubs. Dallas-based AT&T Inc. is reducing its office footprint... — read more
Most of World employees
This announcement today focuses on US-based employees but I haven’t seen any news on how Badged employees around the world are being treated. I can’t imagine that is a growth area for the business and I know some countries employment laws are very... — read more
Improvise, adapt, and overcome!
Now that we have our new marching orders, time to improvise, adapt, and overcome, just like a real marine! Semper Fi!
Unionize
For those who keep saying that Stankey and Co. don't listen or don't care: unionize. They will listen when the company comes to a grinding halt, and we have the power to do so. This isn't even about RTO. RTO is just the straw that broke the camel's... — read more
Returned from my 3 hour lunch break (in office location)
What in the world just happened? Just got back from lunch (designated office location) and saw all of these RTO posts. What did I miss?
Office Consolidation
And it will require more than 60,000 managers to show up at the office in person at least three days a week, starting in July in those two hubs, and by Labor Day in the other core offices (in Los Angeles; Seattle; Washington; San Ramon, Calif.; St... — read more
Another Call Center Closing
Lebanon VA center closing as of July, employees can either WFH or say goodbye....
Sick of this RTO stuff
I'm just so sick and tired of it hanging around all the time. Now not only is it marching orders to go sit at a desk where I still won't be able to collaborate with those sitting around me, but now my livelihood is being threatened altogether with... — read more
How to keep off the remote worker radar…
Make sure that you have a badge swipe after 8:00AM local time. Stay off VPN until after 5 PM local time.
AT&T “down 15,000 employees from last year to this year, when it's all said and done."
[Headline] AT&T shrinking office footprint, calls managers back to work most of week [from Seeking Alpha] AT&T (NYSE:T) is shrinking into fewer core offices and tightening return-to-work policies, moves that could put pressure on some managers... — read more
(excerpt) On Meeting John Stankey, Master of the AT&T Domain
5/16/2023 (Dallas) My meeting with a Fortune 100 CEO started out with a belch. The door opens to the wood-paneled room on a hardened, ultra-secure floor in the Dallas skyscraper belonging to technology giant AT&T. I hear the end of a conversation... — read more
Grabbing at straws
The big picture: T stock is at 20 year low and Stinky posts a flower like message. Stock drops another 2% on May 16, 2023. Obviously the market does not approve of the job of the so called leadership. Time to bail.
An Update on How and Where We Work
To: All U.S. managers Since the onset of the pandemic in March of 2020, we have been through some remarkable moments that I suspect most of us never expected to experience in our life. As an organization, we were resourceful and adaptable in support... — read more
Official Announcement RTO from Stankey
An Update on How and Where We Work To: All U.S. managers Since the onset of the pandemic in March of 2020, we have been through some remarkable moments that I suspect most of us never expected to experience in our life. As an organization, we were... — read more
BACK TO THE FUTURE
In ten years T will be simply a pipeline. Fiber pipe and a wireless pipe. That is the only way this riderless ship can survive. If you think you can make it through this journey: Good luck. Or just abandon ship .