From Motley Fool: AT&T could use cash raised from selling DirecTV's assets to pay down its debt faster. The company refinanced $17 billion worth of debt in the second quarter, issuing new lower-interest long-term bonds and retiring near-term debt... — read more
Covid
How can a billion $ company send reps home to quarantine for 14 days OR test positive and be sent home WITHOUT PAY??? No Pay ZERO
Rumors, rumors and wait..... more rumors
Ok . So there are posts saying “this Friday” or “afternoon VP call” or titles invoke “CWA or IBEW” and blah blah blah. We hear the rumors at work and that’s all. Rumors. If you’re going to post something on here , darn it at least TRY to make it... — read more
Taking Bets on Next $tup!d Thing AT&T Leadership Does
Please wager your best guess on what the next dumb@$$ thing AT&T will do, say or blame in order to distract next. It'll be hard to beat, as they've already got quite1 a head start on everyone.
Running out of Excuses
John Stankey told analysts on the earnings call that it will take some time before it resumes that to February 2020 levels. He said restarting production was “critical” to driving growth for HBO Max to 2030 plan. 2030?
New WFH Position
Are any of you doing the new CSR WFH position? If so, how is it? Is it a good position and worth it?
Manager meeting SE District 3
Manager meeting today 2:30 EST. Will update later.
More cuts under the radar
I understand that 20+ people in Subscriber Product Engineering (Mansfield org) were given the choice to rebadge to a company called Luxoft and be contracted back to AT&T to continue their current roles. If they don’t take the offer they are off... — read more
“More work to do”
AT&T is really stepping in it with their attempts to be “woke”. People have lost discrimination lawsuits before because they didn’t have enough proof or the ability to show intent. Please keep today’s email as “Exhibit A” in any lay-off or... — read more
Fmla
Is FMLA time paid off or is just you keep your job and insurance
August notification dates?
Does anyone know the management notification date for August?
Stankey Smokescreens for Incompetence and
Strategic Disasters. Covid 19 and Racial Injustice are a gift from the gods for our Executive Leadership. You couldn't have dreamed up a better scenario to cover up TMobile, DTV, and Time Warner as well as getting your backside kicked by every... — read more
Stankey. More work to do
Well if you got the email you know who will be part of the next lay-off.
Google wfh through July 2021
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/google-work-from-home-july-2021-1234717111/
AT&T Stock Lacks A Boost From HBO Max Video Streaming Launch
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/t-att-stock-hbo-max-launch/? A00220&yptr=yahoo The hbo max format is very good when you have little content to display. So you categorize, hide it deep screen after screen to make it seem like there is... — read more
Should AT&T hire the “cream of the crop” for its executive positions in view of their high compensation?
Some people say that the background of CEO and CFO does not matter. Well why are we paying them tens of millions per year in total compensation to talk in buzzwords if they cannot perform basic tasks such as determining whether a merger is beneficial... — read more
Solution Providers
A good play or had its day? What is the future of SP’s?
HBO MAX success!
https://variety.com/vip/hbo-max-subscriber-math-demystified-1234715002/ $85 billion to buy Time Warner to get 3 million customers at $14.99 a month. How long before T makes their money back?
Layoffs and Surplus
Hate to break the bad news to you... ... NOBODY CARES... ... it’s the truth... ... Monday morning comes and nobody will be missing you... ... they’re all happy it was you and not them... ... you got no cards... no going away party... no gifts... — read more
Lost Friends Today - Did You?
A bit somber today with this being several friend's last day after the 14 day notice. Did you loose someone today also?
Corporate to Dealer??
Any recent rumblings on this? Will the dealers still be taking over a large percentage of our stores? If so, when?
So long old friends and co-workers, it was a great run.
https://youtu.be/YTs7GWr7URM
Human Resources
Heard we are getting mailed a letter from HR about our benefits. I have already received an email so why send through USPost ? I have been with T for over 15 years and everything that has been happening within the last year has caused me to worry... — read more
Strong wireless customer additions and cash flow...
highlight Verizon's 2Q and first-half 2020 results. Just sayin'...
And for the latest in completely unsurprising news...
Telephone giant AT&T has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors amid a widening criminal probe encircling House Speaker Michael Madigan’s political operation, a source with knowledge of the investigation told the Chicago... — read more
Do Randall and John have good cost-benefit analysis skills?
Do people feel that Randall and John have good analytical skills and a solid telecommunications background? According to Wikipedia, Randall “earned a Master of Accountancy from the University of Oklahoma, then began his career in 1982 with... — read more
A Billion years from now,
the Earth is going to be a big ball of ice. No one will care about what happened at AT&T. Life is too short and every second too valuable to waste them on lamentation and worry related to the aggregation of miscreants that call themselves... — read more
Endless coachings in retail union won’t help
I am being targeted because management doesn’t like me they’re excuse is my sales are low but i get like 2 coachings a day on every little thing and it makes it impossible i have a checklist of 26 things i have to do as part of my action plan thay... — read more
Have you ever watched Jeff Dunham's routine?
I thinks his puppet named "Walter" was patterned after the image of John Stankey. No joke. Put their pictures side by side.
Liar, Liar....
5G Nationwide???? Oh My God... That is too funny. More like, "Limited 5G in limited spaces in major cities and mostly 4G improvements that we are calling 5G E". I wonder if a lie that big can get you in trouble with the SEC? After all, if someone... — read more
15 Layoffs in 5 years
March 14 2014 June 19 2014 Dec 10 2014 March 19 2015 Sept 15 2015 Dec 14 2015 March 15 2016 Sept 15 2016 Dec 15 2016 YOU GET THE PICTURE 3 LAYOFFS PER YEAR WITH 2017 BEING ONLY ONE BECAUSE OF A CONTRACT YEAR BUT THEY STILL GOT ONE IN ON DEC... — read more
“A workforce realignment and reduction of labor costs is under way"
Direct from the horses mouth: During the conference call, Stankey and AT&T chief financial officer John Stephens also made references to a downsizing effort that is under way that is expected to result in significant layoffs. The writing is on the... — read more
7% dividend yield with business failing...good luck with that
randy and the stank really goofed this up, not to mention the board and i'm not sure how they continue to collect $$ and options. complete corporate management failure
Dear AT&T Employees
Dear AT&T Employees: As someone who deeply cares about my colleagues please listen, take care of yourself. Update your resume, update your LinkedIn profile, and build out your network of contacts starting now. Get enough sleep, eat right... — read more