I can just imagine how the decision making on this issue went. The pandemic is far from over but hey - we'll do some mental gymnastics to convince everybody that things are so much better now and everybody is safe and can come to work and sing... — read more 

will not be in the new org. span of control to be 15-20 direct reports. moving "executives" closer to decision making, closer to the front lines. VP i Director i ICs eom

Had anyone heard anything regarding layoffs in retail stores?

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/9423e52c-044f-3240-b45b-feebb78d2fa3/at-t-boss-retires-with.html

Stankey is going to have an uphill battle but here are my predictions. HBO max numbers will be met by giving away the service. Then when the numbers need to reflect this success, they will cut more jobs to make it look like the company is doing... — read more 

I know we are getting closer and closer to returning to the office and let me tell you - I'm not looking forward to it one bit. Just the commute time alone is enough to have me dreading the move back. I'd be willing to take a pay cut if it meant I... — read more 

Anyone else back to being told to commit COBC violations for sales? Just had my manager tell me if I didn’t want to do an improper sale, then I should hand it to her so she could give it to another rep. Gotta get out of this bull...

Management is the least efficient activity in your organization.  Think of the countless hours that team leaders, department heads, and vice presidents devote to supervising the work of others. Most managers are hardworking; the problem doesn’t lie... — read more 

John Stankey and John Stephens are schedule for keynote addresses this week at different investment bank conferences. I would assume some details will be forthcoming from these events instead of the opaque plans of Portfolio Rationalization and... — read more 

Will they be eliminated soon?

We keep hearing McElfresh and Morrow say that at&t has too many layers of management, which i agree with. They've been comparing at&t to our competitors, which i assume don't have a similar corporate ladder. I counted from myself to the CEO, it's 11... — read more 

maybe we will adapt it also https://www.yahoo.com/news/google-employees-told-expect-home-004220186.html

June 15 Doomsday

I think DTV would’ve been OK without ATT. Now the company is failing and ATT can’t pay its equity partners for the acquisition. Bad decisions by T have and WILL cause 10s even possibly hundreds of thousands of people to lose their jobs. Any thoughts? — read more 

https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEJ1UZjvVXWX4CPr5LaIVBQ8qGQgEKhAIACoHCAowzrL9CjDC7vQCML_L1AY?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

This is not Covid-19 related as CNN will probably report this summer when given what to report from Senior leadership as they never covered the last 25,000 layoffs since 2017 and when asked by multiple other media outlets AT&T claimed "We are... — read more 

Instead of working on keeping current customers and adding new ones to AT&T TV, the management is determined to make up for losses by charging those who are staying more. Which in turn results in even more people deciding to leave. Which management... — read more 

e. - someone who shows unwarranted confidence in themselves or what they are trying to sell you. Sound familiar?

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200429/11462344408/new-att-ceo-says-youre-mo–n-if-you-dont-use-att-streaming-services.shtml

Let’s talk about the areas that will get destroyed. My guesses: IT Engineering National Business

Will they take a hit and work go to core or since we are paid less will core take the hit. What do y’all think?

This is pre-recorded, the guy mcfresh just talk trash, not worth listening.

How much better off would we be if we actually focused on what we are - a telecommunications company - and not try and become something we're not - a media conglomerate. How much have we had to pay so far for the failings in parts of the company... — read more 

Anything to expect for the hour fifteen call tomorrow with McElfresh business, consumer, and ATO?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-05/hbo-max-s-price-too-high-for-most-americans-streaming-budgets?utm_source=url_link There it is folks, it’s time to dump everyone that got the company to this point. “ AT&T Inc.’s HBO Max... — read more 

Has anybody heard anything about the D6 contract?

Does anyone have information about the next round of surpluses? When? Who will be impacted?

The latest we've heard is that by June 1, we'll reach 3,000 deaths a day. Meaning the number will continue to climb. Meaning we are nowhere near the end of the pandemic. And yet AT&T is behaving like this is it, the crisis is over and we no longer... — read more 

Simply said, There done paying, back to Surplus.

New AT&T CEO 2024 reboots his predecessor 2020 plan, and starts a NEW three years of cost cuts and layoffs,I really hope all of you find that cohorts those who are graduate in what is going yo be the worse economy, consequences of graduating now are... — read more 

I finished watching Marie Kondo yesterday and I think the main conclusion I came out with is that I have to get rid of my AT&T job, since it hasn't sparked joy in years. Who am I kidding, it hasn't sparked joy in over a decade. If only it was as... — read more 

Folks today I had my HSIA upgraded via Comcast. Tech showed up at appointment time, explained he needed to test outside and verify speed and that he’d give me the new modem for me to plug in and 40 minutes later DONE. This is why my folks here within... — read more 

they both destroyed their respective companies.... I'd have to give then nod to zeglis, because at the end he took the #1 wireless company and turned it into sc-aps. Stephenson is on the way there, but hasn't accomplished the mission quite... — read more 

Are you waiting until T lays you off or will you leave the company prior?

Working from home right now as a call center rep, collections/billing out of the Bloomington Minnesota office. Wonder how long we working from home and when we will be layed off since we all know it’s coming

Seven weeks of dodging the Coronavirus beer flu with no protective gear other than what we could salvage from our own garages at home, today, today, my company came through for us. This very day, our warehouse handed out a bar of soap quite... — read more 

Just got notice that those impacted by the 1Q layoffs – whose layoffs were "paused" – have a revised layoff date of mid-May.

Vishy Gopalakrishan’s Transformation & Realization Team. He will assume responsibility for leading the team tasked with providing a cohesive approach, clear accountability, and improved agility across the IT Portfolio Management & Ecosystem... — read more 

Just one?

There was a time when HBO was cutting edge, offering gripping series' having great writing, in depth exposes, films folks wanted to see, but, having lost most talent and now being under a tyrant, those days are over. All Stankey wants now is 2nd rate... — read more