Kirk McDonald is leaving AT&T’s advanced advertising unit, Xandr, to become CEO of North America for WPP’s GroupM ad-buying unit. McDonald was Xandr’s chief business officer, and had also been serving as interim head of the business since Brian... — read more 

It seems at&t is hiring now after the layoffs?

Recommend ATT products and services. Now I simply recommend TMobile and Cutting the Cord. Go check out ATTs web site from a consumers perspective. Total dumpster fire of confusion and links that don't work. TMobile, Metro PCS, cut the cord and I... — read more 

The Week Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died The streaming services are in charge, and bringing a ruthless new culture with them. The New York Times / Ben Smith (Archived at http://archive.is/wcuxy ) Aug. 16, 2020, 8:43 p.m. ET For... — read more 

I mean, who sits down in front of 200,000 people and says, "Hey guys, let's make a new culture. Here's a powerpoint on what it looks like" ? Culture is something that's fostered and created through interactions between employees, cultivated by... — read more 

7/31/13 —At&t Market Cap - 187.17 Billion 7/31/13 —T-mobile Market Cap - 17.52 Billion Fast forward to 2020 7-31-2020- At&t Market Cap - 210.76 Billion 8-3-2020- T-mobile Market Cap - 132.20 Billion What’s even more puzzling is At&t had a... — read more 

Working here is becoming more mentally taxing. Does anyone else feel the same?

Matt Rose, AT&T’s independent Lead Director, said, “Randall has done an outstanding job as CEO in transforming AT&T into a leader in communications, technology, and media and entertainment. His strong leadership and strategic investments during a... — read more 

Estimated 80% tied to CPI or IPI as well? Appreciate the memo and know uncertainties but still a little hard to plan finances. L2 still likely to get 11%, plus or minus taking CPI+IPI?

Att is so screwed lmao https://mashable.com/article/spacex-starlink-internet-speed/

Is anyone else having difficulty getting through to an "Associate" to confirm COBRA coverage? Have held for an hour twice to confirm that COBRA coverage is needed. Disconnected both times. Dialing the number provided in the Severance Paperwork. ... — read more 

I know that seems to be the order of the day on this forum, and people use it to vent their frustrations with the company. That's fine... to a degree, but we can also recognize when it does things well or right. McElfresh's recent memo about... — read more 

sorry for those stuck on this ride. there really isn't a way this company can turn it around. huge debt, huge competition, and honestly leadership is about as bad as you can get.

It’s a sensitive topic that needs to be openly discussed: prioritizing promotions based on race. As a white male I’m not going to sit here and claim that my life was harder growing up than my black colleagues because it likely wasn’t. I won’t claim i... — read more 

All the Social Justice commentary by the leadership team and their sycophant followers in Dallas is only being used to deflect from their extremely poor performance and bad decision making. It is being used to create tension among the existing... — read more 

Game of Thrones, Sopranos, with so much being pumped out everything feels like it is diluted and a commodity. No premium to be had with Time Warner content. And I doubt ATT Time Warners ability to even stay within a few laps of Netflix or Apple given... — read more 

Has anyone heard anything about more corporate stores closing ?

AT&T's backyard aka AT&T Mexico has named, AGAIN, obsolete and incompetent VPs and a CIO that can't even manage to get up and running trivial systems and technology, but worry not, they excel at : arse-kissing, zero accountability, manipulating... — read more 

Axe it now, ridiculous to try and sale a service that is outdated. Let’s start a streaming service that is limited streams expensive has a contract and 2 year price increase. This is 1995 television tactics. A lot of good people will lose employment... — read more 

Nice analysis of current and not so current events at ATT. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200811/07375045088/att-fires-hundreds-dc-hbo-execs-latest-example-merger-synergies.shtml

Thursday, March 27, 2008 Yeetle Box - AT&T Breaks Pledge, Keeps Pledge to Shareholders AT&T pledged in 2006 to bring back 5,000 customer service jobs to the U.S. from India, eliminating its low-wage foreign call centers. But CEO Randall... — read more 

Levels 1-4. Wonder How many will take the offer?

https://investorplace.com/2020/08/att-still-failing-up-for-income/

I am not going to post what organization, as I don't want this traced back to me. So they wack people for the last 5 years where I am at, like most orgs. Then they reorganize, and squash groups together and make the span of control too large?... — read more 

If The goal of HBO is to expand the audience beyond HBO's core demographics, they are going to invest a lot more Billions to make that happen. To do that, the company will need to take a more Netflix-like approach with its HBO Max original, IT will... — read more 

I see a lot of posts but very few about people’s personal experiences about getting laid off on this “lay-off” board. So I’d like to ask, has anyone gotten a notification of getting laid off?

The best comparison that I can make to my 4 years with AT&T is the Netflix series, Stranger Things. Prior to my time with AT&T, I had worked with several other Fortune 50 organizations. All had their idiosyncrasies and blind spots. AT&T, however... — read more 

Does anyone know how many employees received Masters degrees from Georgia Tech per the big push by RS and company, how many graduates got promotions, and how many are still with the company? Is that program still active and are employees still... — read more 

Vsipp marching has begun in Indiana, vsipp acceptance form was required by yesterday, does anyone know how many in indpls have accepted the match? 7 were on the list, also if any from south bend accepted it?

Is it just me or do many old-timers here tend to wear rose-colored glasses when thinking about AT&T's past? I see so many posts talking about the good old days and I can't help but ask, what good old days? I've been here for more than two decades. In... — read more 

Awhile back RS made a pledge to hire something like 10,000 veterans over a relatively short period of time. I can't remember all the details but did that go by the wayside or did that really happen?

Rumor is Chow's org will take another major hit at the end of September. They are preparing lists now.

Southwest few asms getting surplussed and moved around. Some will be let go.

Stankey definitely seems like he's laying the ground work for freezing the pension program which would REALLY hurt mid-career employees. This article did a nice job summing up the situation. ... — read more 

https://att.pinnacle1.com/register

AT&T says FirstNet is faster than the company’s own core network During an Oppenheimer investor conference, AT&T CFO John Stephens said that based upon the company’s own independent testing, FirstNet is “Lighting bolt” faster than AT&T’s own core... — read more 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/524f2c84-07dd-37b2-a1b6-c396468db2c8/cord-cutting-accelerates-.html

This may be shocking to hear, but nearly all of the promises AT&T made in the lead up to its $86 billion merger with Time Warner wound up not being true. The company's promise that the deal wouldn't result in price hikes for consumers? False... — read more 

AT&T news releases Press Releases 25 FEBRUARY 2020. AT&T Named One of the 2020 World's Most Ethical Companies. 13 FEBRUARY 2020. Banners to Backpacks. 29 JANUARY 2020. AT&T Release Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Earnings. 07 JANUARY 2020... — read more 

Current situation best excuse to justify Workforce 2020 ? All this really part of "Workforce 2020" ?