Variety has a very interesting article about the latest departure. Captain Stank Bly is gonna save the breadfruit and lose the ship. LOL https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/brian-lesser-xandr-departure-att-warnermedia-1203531084/
10% pay cut at C-Suite level
What does an engaged CEO do when they see their company struggling financially? Step up an take a 10% pay cut. Way to be a leader Gary Kelly, CEO SWA. Step up to the plate AT&T.
Chicago Metro Area Techs Denied Hand Sanitizer & Disinfectant
Managers in Chicago told technicians that it is their responsibility to provide their own supplies in order to prevent the spread of Covid19 while on the job and were told that janitorial services were to be suspended as well in all garages. Area... — read more
COVID-19 and Retail/IHX
Anyone know what the plans are to protect employees? Stores get hundreds of people a day and IHX guys go into peoples homes everyday. With the Travel ban to Europe and NBA cancelling their season will we still have to interact with customers? Will... — read more
Lesser resigns @ Xandr
https://www.adexchanger.com/platforms/xandr-ceo-brian-lesser-reportedly-resigns/
District 6 surplus here it comes
How many and when is the question
List of AT&T TV Fraud practices
Let's start a list of ways people are activating AT&T TV fraudulently. Different scams and schemes. What have you seen so far in this short amount of time?
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey's Pay Rises to $22.5 Million in 2019
Hey guys, we need to lay you off and cut costs so we can almost double Stankey’s pay. Doesn’t that just make you feel good inside knowing your sacrifices will help Stankey make ends meet ? He’s struggled enough: The AT&T executive had made $16.6... — read more
People are dumping the stock.
Buyback $4b right. Good luck in this environment keeping up with the dividend yield. People are dumping everything. Especially companies with huge debt...and do you know who has the most in the history of the world.....?
Great advice
Great advice and why I left. Got tired of the criminal att and their billing practices or mal-practices. Along with the products and how they try to rip people i.e. let your fiber speeds go down to 110 mb download after six months of use. Now... — read more
Don't get s---ered into the "gig workforce"
Basically, they're asking people to work for free on projects and calling it a "learning opportunity". If they've got a bunch of projects they need people to work on, let them hire someone to do the work. Just the latest attempt to get something... — read more
Delivering 5G at 4G-like speeds should be our motto!
Verizon 5G users continue to see the fastest average and peak download speeds, but with very low availability, while T-Mobile and AT&T are delivering 5G at 4G-like speeds that are less likely to impress... — read more
Frontier
The Uverse portfolio has been sold to frontier.... The company didnt even warn us. I tried to work with a customer and the account has been purged!
At&t TV
So it has begun....from upper management it has been told if opus wont let you sell it because of slow uverse speeds to back out and set them up as a new customer so it doesnt recognize speeds. I can see all the new hires getting tricked into this... — read more
We got stuck in a loser company.
Is it the employee's fault that management missed on every major decision, I don't think so. Could have we have left and tried to find a new opportunity, yes, but with 10-20 years of experience and not moving into a executive role somewhere, I don;t... — read more
COVID 19 COR Retail
TEMPORARY PTO to care for yourself and or family... But if you have Flu, Strep etc you will be assessed attendance points.
Ouch. Att dead last
https://www.phonearena.com/news/verizon-t-mobile-sprint-att-5g-speeds-availability-comparison-major-cities_id122878
Something on the funny note.
Could this happen only with AT&T, somehow? https://www.azfamily.com/news/investigations/3_on_your_side/originals/phoenix-woman-gets-at-t-cellphone-bill/article_1d27a10c-631e-11ea-afd9-47d3f78680e5.html
IBEW 21 Chicago negotiating increased CORE surplus in lieu of PREMISE Technician surpluses
Once again IBEW is trying to pad their membership count by talking the company out of laying off so many prem techs and increasing the number of core techs to be laid off. Just like last year as they traded high paying CORE jobs to save some lower... — read more
3/13 surplus announcement
My supervisor showed us the email about the call for Friday!!!! Highly confidential!!! SHhhhhhhhh!
Any Publicity is Good Publicity
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/slap-face-t-workers-upset-080027903.html
Honestly, is anybody really surprised?
A slap in the face: AT&T workers upset jobs slashed despite Trump tax cuts Company has cut more than 37,000 jobs in the US from when the first Trump bill went into effect in 2018 to the end of... — read more
For those that missed it
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/13P1uymP
Direct tv is slow
I travel for work every now and then and there is such a difference between hotels with cable vs direct tv. Direct tv takes forever to fricken change a channel. It is no comparison. Good job randy and Stankey for wasting billions when you already... — read more
Because why not?
Why make things simple when you can make them complicated, right? https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/att-now-has-5-different-tv-services-what-they-are-how-they-differ/
Let's start from the top
Here's an idea - let's start cutting people based on who makes the most in a year. But wait for it, let's not limit it to low-level employees! Let's include all levels of management and leadership. All our cost-cutting problems will be solved with... — read more
COVID19 , is the start of the 2020 Recession, how soon before AT&T begins headcount reductions related to this issue?
So I think it's safe to say at this point with all the world turmoil related to COVID19, its just a matter of time before T executives , its board and investors will realize they will need steep cuts as this pandemic will likely cause depressed... — read more
Randall tanking AT&T
Intentionally so the stock drops enough for someone to come buy it up. Who would get Government approval to buy AT&T and off load DirecTV? A company that could use the TW assets and AT&T's Cellular/Wireline footprint as well as store fronts... — read more
District 3
How large will the reductions in employee be in District 3
Sums up this Board pretty well 👌
https://youtu.be/vjt9UsduRfU
Pension info if anybody needs it
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/13Bism5N
Struggling AT&T plans “tens of billions” in cost cuts, more layoffs
AT&T is planning tens of billions of dollars worth of cost cuts, AT&T President and COO John Stankey told investors yesterday. Stankey also discussed the future of DirecTV satellite service, saying it won't be the primary TV option AT&T pitches to... — read more
FYI
https://protectusworkers.com/anti-american-sold-out-companies/
Curious as to what Strategy you all think
Executives could have taken that would have the company fat better positioned today? We know the following have been epic disasters: #1 TMobile Debacle. Everyone talks about the cash and spectrum assets but what TMobile did with that lifeline was... — read more
Mandatory Dispatch On Demand Billing
Make sure you get 5 stars on your customer satisfaction survey. Oh and by the way, it is a tech expectation for you to p1ss off your customer by making them sign for a $99 DOD charge too now. As if our customers weren't upset enough already. Why... — read more
WiFi mapping and True Testing
Why ? remember when bellsouth use to win JD customers service awards now everyone customers and employees hate AT&T but for god sakes do your WiFi mapping and true testing
Southwest surplus march 15 ?
Will there be a surplus on the cor side
Setting the Record Straight... Or Not...
This looks like a business communications 101 form letter, in response to a customer complaint. Single narrative, appeal to readers emotion, limited supporting details in attempt to persuade. No bad, any grading assistant will give it credit. Just... — read more
How soon do layoffs start because of Coronavirus?
What are your thoughts?