Anyone Know Where I Can See The CWA District 6 Surplus List?

Got a text earlier of an image of At&T 3rd quarter Prem Tech surplus list. Looks like 240 out of 3000 Prem Tech will be cut.

With the layoff happening how is it possible that in Rancho Bernado local 9511 there is a prem tech with manager duties. How is ken able to do this? Is he a manager or is he a prem tech. This seems like some type of loop hole while other people are... — read more 

Tomorrow a voluntary layoff will be announced to the premises technicians in IBEW 21. In the Chicago area they will be offering your regular pay if you were laid off plus $5000. If you accept you will be off payroll August 13th. They are looking to... — read more 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/beaten-down-utility-stocks-could-power-up-51593710476

D9 just lost over 200 prems today, thats a combination of DTV and IP techs.

If you are 50 or older plus have 25 or more years of service you are eligible for MR75. If you then decide to stay with the company after 1-1-21 you will lose that benefit. Then if sometime in 2021 you get laid off, you are without a job with no... — read more 

While his talk is the same nonsense, the comments from employees on that att insider site are revealing how angry employee base is and they don't give a damn that their names are show on the comments, here are some comments that people said. Stankey... — read more 

There is no such thing as ultimately safe anymore in AT&T, but my sources said that J Legg is interested in keeping FF. How is that we 90% of IT is now outsourced with cheaper vendors and offshore.

It seems a fair number of management layoffs so far in July but mostly L1 and L2. Although not all, most L3-L5 seem to be immune to layoffs. My guess is that L3-L5 also heavily skews toward having M75 status. For people still employed that goes... — read more 

Word came down that those in the EG-BBV group (Arroyo > Welday > Dillard) will hear about layoffs by the end of the month, but possibly as early as 7/17 No word on size or numbers. But one thing to consider is that this group has been marked as... — read more 

Noticed one strange pattern. In every director team I have seen, if they have female employees then the pick between male:female employee surplussed is always almost 50:50 even though the team doesn’t comprise of male:female ratio to be 50:50. 2020... — read more 

Remember when AT&T decide ignoring net neutrality principles by not counting the use of its new HBO Max streaming service against its customers’ data caps? AT&T data customers who use competing streamers, such as Netflix and Disney+, will have... — read more 

You know if AT&T and HBO were smart enough to rub a couple company sticks together.. They would own the whole media landscape.. :) The problem there is nepotism and rich RNC white men.. Have fun with that. Oh and a lot of Fred and Randall going on... — read more 

While AT&T is mortgaging the photos on the wall to pay the dividend, how is the shiny new plaza in Stank's backyard looking? Are people going to come from out of state to watch "Friends" on the new 104-foot media wall? Is it even open?

Supposedly from what I’m gathering as of now, only the legacy Dtv managers in d3 got the email regarding the fact that they’re getting notice of layoffs tomorrow

There’s a lot of info offered up surrounding the southeast and Midwest, but does anyone have the numbers for the southwest and west? I haven’t seen or read anything about those areas of the country which makes me wonder if there was even any impact... — read more 

Question for anyone who knows ... I was surplused on 7/10, the Benefits Center rep told me yesterday that for CEC (see below) I would be responsible for the full cost. What gets deducted from our paychecks is BEFORE tax and appears to be about 50%... — read more 

How is it determined who gets laid off? Do you have any say in the matter - considering that you should know better than anyone who deserves to stay and who needs to go - or is the decision solely on some number cruncher high above? Judging by the... — read more 

so with all this 5g fiber it needs a lot of fiber for the backhaul, my question is who is working all this fiber? did the union let contractors handle it? or is C and E handling it? being that construction and engineering is under the mobility... — read more 

This is so much like the long history of mistakes by AT&T. Olivetti, NCR, AT&T Wireless, Concert, Lucent,...I’m sure I’m forgetting some. Such a long history of failure. Why is now any different? Where the hell are Ed Whitaker and C. Michael... — read more 

based on randy's direction I'm ready for that promotion.

Anybody with updated news on the Southeast?

There is around of 40% lay off of MTS in the Lu Organization but there is no news for AVP Director or Area Manager lay-off. This seems very common across all the organization in AT&T ?

My best friend was fired for not making sales. They observed him endlessly and finally found missteps. The union says there is nothing they can do even in a PANDEMIC! I have lost all faith in CWA!

Wait. So I retired from AT&T two years ago (L2, Middletown, NJ) with AT&T retiree health care benefits, and I will be 65 soon. When I turn 65 I need to register for Medicare (that's ok), However, when signing up for Medicare it sounds like I no... — read more 

I was on the list of surplus employees last Friday. I am trying to get myself ready for another technical position outside of my current career which spanned 29 years( 23 great and happy years and the last 6 years being pure chaos). The benefits... — read more 

For Managers what’s the benefit of retirement versus just leaving

White House solution to help jobless 'find something new' WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House-backed ad campaign aims to encourage people who are unhappy in their jobs or careers to “find something new.” The opening ad in the “Find Something... — read more 

Verizon's alternative to layoffs: Retraining 20,000 workers 7:29 AM EDT July 14, 2020
New York Verizon hasn't laid off any of its 135,000 employees during the pandemic. Instead, the company has retrained around 20,000 workers for new careers

Because AT&T Executives work for Wall Street and its investors, not for American employees , it makes sense they outsource high paying American jobs, that can be off shored, to cheaper locations overseas for a fraction of the American cost, with... — read more 

You took the job, so you own it. That was your first big mistake, in a series of unforced errors. Most of them amount to wishing your CEO were an entirely different person: less impulsive, less attracted to fame theories, less voluble. reality is... — read more 

Please double-check what the HR reps tell you when you call as they have been providing incorrect information . Also, any legacy T, corporate L1, L2 who was hired January 1995 or later and meets the modified rule of 75 (for example, you are 55 years... — read more 

Can you share any details concerning the ABFS technicians / Network Technical Specialists? In OOR areas of the country, there are more technicians than there is work. Techs are basically getting paid full time pay for a part time work! How long can... — read more 

Back in 2004 when I was with the old AT&T Wireless, I lost my job. It was devastating and I had to work contractor IT jobs to make ends meet. Fortunately an RF engineer told me about a switch tech position which I took and still have. My group hasn't... — read more 

Anyone in sales role get severance notice? Trying to figure out how they calculated annual base pay...they don’t show the breakdown. Are they multiplying your total 100% comp+salary by 80%?

Approximately 800 management folks (at least) were laid off. HR sent an email to the affected people. Given the incompetence of AT&T HR, they sent the email to the impacted employees on the cc list, so everyone on that list could see who was let go. ... — read more 

After surviving fri 7/10 cuts, my usa group's survivors treated to a conf call beatdown today telling us that if we don't help facilitate moving all of our work out of usa to India asap, we may as well just leave at&t now. Mumbai m—acre, New Delhi... — read more