So out of all of this, did Retail Stores get affected? If so what positions?
Warnermedia layoffs
What are we hearing about this?
Training Should have been called “No Place 2020”
The new honest training plan for employees.
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FBO Whats the latest on management headcount reductions?
Any updates on HC reductions, reorgs, or outsourcing?
CONFIRMED information / inside intel thread
Please post lay-off related updates here. These could be either confirmed by your insider intel, or through official announcements.
LAYOFFS ALL OVER
Greed returns to Wall Street, and AT&T as stock market rebounds, amid the job cuts been planned.
If retail reps are laid off would they lay off the veterans or the newbies first?
On one hand the more senior reps make more money so they seem to be obvious targets but their severance would be significantly more as well. The new people are cheaper labor but their severance would be minimal.
Will At&t buyout pension ?
With the email we just got and as an Assistant retail manager I’m thinking their might be possibility of being let go. Will there be a severance package and if so will they also try buying out my pension ?
what timing for huge layoffs
wonder what the urgency had to be to align with the virus and other activities occurring...will be barely reported on or acknowledged, nice job att management
McElfresh email Part II
The product and platform teams within both consumer and business that I mentioned earlier will be responsible for making our product portfolio simple. These teams will partner with and rely upon our new technology services organization to align... — read more
McElfresh's email verbatim PART 1
To all employees and AT&T corporate and AT&T communications, and US employees and AT&T Latin America Team, For the past few months we've discussed our priorities to accelerate market momentum and wireless, fiber fed-broadband and... — read more
McElfresh - ACC Reorg Announced Today
AT&T Corporate and AT&T Communications reorganization was announced by Jeff McElfresh today around11:00am. New organizations to be formed as part of this Reorg: Consumer Customer Advocacy and Service (AT&T Consumer under Thaddeus Arroyo) .. — read more
HBO Max
HBO Max - to to HBO Max's page on Facebook and share/like it. Help us change the entertainment landscape. Thank you!
5 months from full pension
Getting surplussed 5 months from full pension eligibility should be illegal. Napkin math shows it costing me $1.2 million + benefits I would have received. Wow.
July 1
"We will communicate which jobs are being eliminated in the coming weeks" Layoffs be announced by June 15, out the door by July 1 which is the official retirement date of Randy as well. What's a coincidence.
organizing to win about 7 years ago would have been great randy, you t–d
organizing to win after the at&t bloodbath of bad decisions, yeah, don't see it.
NO WAY!.. SAID id--t AT&T
AT&T should cut its losses on the pay TV platform while it still has a chance
Money STRAPPED
The management team at AT&T has recently engaged in some additional financial engineering having not choice, aimed at improving the company's long-term prospects. This involves extending debt maturities, reducing fixed interest rates, and staggering... — read more
Don’t ignore the writing on the wall TRUST ME
I appreciate the honesty of the email. We will be laid off soon. So find another job. I’m looking now my LinkedIn profile is stacked. Thanks for the heads up stanker
In a perfect world ...
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the top execs were held to even the smallest performance standard and made to be accountable for their mistakes? Think about all the things ATT has managed to completely destroy in just the last few years. DIRECTV was... — read more
McElfresh Organizing to "win" aka layoff
and so it begins the first in what is likely many re-org emails.. Usual corporate dribble about improving customer service.. simplification ..blah blah blah.. Reading between the lines Looks like the reductions will hit contractors hardest and... — read more
14 Day Exit Window?
Surplus notice was just cut from 60 days to 14.
14 Dat Exit Window for new surplus
Did anyone else see this from mcelfresh? “Organizing to Win” email just out. So that means no more 60 day notice, 2 weeks and you’re out.
"Organizing to win"
another uplifting note from McFresh this morning "these reductions will be targeted, but sizable"
HBO Max
My local news just reported that HBO Max gained 87,000 subscribers the first day.
Retail
Any word on possible layoffs in COR stores?
Had anyone in MOKAT been effected here?
https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article4445567.html
Now that it's been a few days...
Has there been a single predominantly positive review of HBO Max? Just one where the reviewer thought most of the things were great about it? Not everything, but most things? I wasn't able to find one...
Our handsome leader on live National tv
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/05/27/incoming-att-ceo-hbo-max-streaming-service-squawk-box.html For someone that knows more about tv than anyone, why doesn’t he look into the camera? Why is audio so poor as if he was in the bathroom? Why didn’t... — read more
Opinion/Advice - Extensive Weekend Work
Need an advice... I work in IT, I am supporting certain 'mission critical systems', I am an engineer in my late 50s - I've been with AT&T for about five years. I have been working my regular hours, M-F, and I typically have 0.5 to 1.5 hours of... — read more
Flexforce in CTIO
Very likely Flexforce group in CTIO will be disbanded and surplused 100%. It is no coincidence that Felxforce AVP Monica Mitchell is having a workshop on June 9 for Resume writing, Linkedin and Interview skills.
Newby AT&T feeling handicaped
thats why, AT&T Need to know their new business, in/ out. had a particularly frustrating experience when the HBO Now app on his Samsung TV automatically changed to HBO Max but locked him out, claiming his internet service provider was not a provider... — read more
Why HBO Max Will Be a Failure
https://medium.com/@matthew.shaffer11/why-hbo-max-will-be-a-failure-5d5d67df2709
HBO Max’s Launch Failures Proves AT&T S---s.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/hbo-max/hbo-max-app-roku-amazon-fire-tv-fail/?amp
who are rhe mo--ns that sign for AT&T SERVICE?
Here we go again, AT&T Grandfathered Plans with HBO See a $10 Price Hike with HBO Max Launch
T CEO says I am a m0r0n
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200429/11462344408/new-att-ceo-says-youre-mo–n-if-you-dont-use-att-streaming-services.shtml
National Business Layoffs
National Business it is your turn. All the fiber seller build up is going to come to an end. 30% reductions coming in the next 2 months. No externals are allowed to be hired, the next wave is to cut low performers to eliminate severance payouts.
HBOMAX is a Mess
The comments say it all. https://gizmodo.com/hbo-max-review-it-is-a-mess-1843726427