"The company today also reported a 138,000-subscriber net loss in AT&T TV Now, a streaming service that's separate from the premium TV category. AT&T TV Now is down to 788,000 subscribers, only a year after AT&T reported more than 1.5 million... — read more
Return to Workplaces (RTW) task force
Is anyone here on this task force or know anyone on it that can give us updates on the plans? Also, provide any thoughts/ideas here about return to work that can be shared with any task force members that may be on here.
RSCs lowest in seniority being informed they will be home next month with hourly but no commission.
In my store we had 7 people opt in to work and headcount has to stay at 5 on a given day. I and some of my coworkers were just informed we will not be allowed to work in May.
Out of touch in 2018 & beyond
Stephenson said of the government's theory that AT&T would inflate the price of Turner content to benefit its satellite TV provider DirecTV. A day earlier, Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes had called the proposal "ridiculous." Stephenson... — read more
Mc muffin's email
Return 2 work "task force" ...how original!
Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Hulu, Youtube
The space is very crowded and an ATT management leash held HBO/Time Warner has no chance.
Buy at Peak Prices with lots of Debt
Direct TV couldn't fetch $.30 on the dollar for what you paid. Time Warner maybe $.60 on the dollar. Then the failed TMobile merger. ATT never leads on anythingm. They just follow very late and overpay massively. Still remember Stankey talking... — read more
Be careful with "anonymous" surveys
I no longer fill out ANY of these "anonymous" surveys. I got a Q from the manager two levels above me that I have never communicated with before. After the usual friendly chit-chat, she wanted to know why employee moral was so low in my location on... — read more
We're looking at major cuts
Don't be fooled by the whole "we'll look at other options first" talk when it comes to cutting $6 billion in costs. I think this leadership has proven over and over again that they are only good at doing two things: making bad decisions and laying... — read more
AT&T Management team are the REAL PROBLEM..
Stanky “Rethinking” Theatrical Model? LOL AT&T COO John Stankey Doesn’t Expect “Snap-Back” Recovery theaters have entered a dire state during the pandemic. Theaters in the U.S. have been completely closed since mid-March, shredding Hollywood’s... — read more
Commission
Is there an anonymous way to report AT&T’s less than ethical practice of commission? And “assumed” pay? How can we go 5 months, with no quota, then we are just supposed to take their word when quota is released and they want money back? Most... — read more
Petition to remove C Levels
There has to be a petition we can start, pleading with Elliott Management and our Board to enact a vote of no confidence in Randal Stevenson and the rest of the id–ts that have driven this company into the ground. Let’s cut their salaries by... — read more
Retail Teams App
Well, today officially kicked off retail being back to sales. The Teams app is full of managers showing off their reps, at least in the North Dallas area. I still don't understand why we need an app just to know that a rep at a different location got... — read more
Randall DE Ja Vu 2020 Do Over
In using the pandemic our CEO illustrates the great unfairness of the Great Corporate plan. And we just witnessed the biggest redistribution of wealth in the history of this country, while all corporations are squeezing workers to boost short-term... — read more
Don't be AT&T
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/cramer-chipotle-netflix-are-good-corporate-citizens.html
COR REOPEN
A lot of COR Retail are reopening Friday. Received an email from a manager that I am to report to Friday. Ended it with "Let's go make that money."
OPUS
I have heard that a contract with SalesForce was signed to develop a replacement for OPUS. Anyone know if this is true?
AT&T starts $6B cost-cutting program
https://www.lightreading.com/services/atandt-starts-$6b-cost-cutting-program/d/d-id/759075 Trim 6 billion from its budget by 2023. First area would focus on AT&T's retail and third-party distribution operation. Second area involves cuts to... — read more
AT&T signals layoffs as it takes $430 million coronavirus hit
https://nypost.com/2020/04/22/att-signals-layoffs-as-it-takes-430-million-coronavirus-hit-in-q1/
Call transcript
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fool.com/amp/earnings/call-transcripts/2020/04/22/att-inc-t-q1-2020-earnings-call-transcript.aspx
Randall blames Cov_19
In today's financial report, we are running out of poor customers, per Randall Mission accompmished , LMao
Lean in, like peanut butter...
Did you notice the note this morning that said: We're sizing our operations to reflect the new level of economic activity, and we're leaning into our cost and efficiency initiatives. Add that to the comment made last week in the video: .. this is... — read more
It's not as bad as I thought it would be...
Not good, either, though. AT&T Inc. posted a 4.5% drop in revenue from a year ago and withdrew its forecast of 2% revenue growth for the year, saying it can’t provide a financial forecast for 2020 due to the coronavirus... — read more
897,000 more video subscribers lost
Earnings report in and in a quarter that Netflix showed record gains, we lost about 900,000 more TV customers. And the spin "focus on long-term value customer base". Do we have any of those left?
What’s going on with managers
I keep hearing that some large changes are coming to managers 1rst level up. A restructuring of some sort and layoffs? Are these rumors or is there something going on?
Field Ops Contact Policy-Dispatch Strategy Update
Communications Workers of America District 3 AFL-CIO MEMORANDUM April 6, 2020 Alabama, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi North Carolina, South Carolina Tennessee, Puerto Rico 3 516 Covington Highway Decatur, Georgia 30032... — read more
levels of leadership
What other channels are being laid off?
Has anyone received a culture survey?
Supposedly there’s a random culture survey for non-essential employees gauging thoughts on return to work.
Tomorrow's the day...
Not long before we find out what's the newest thing Randy and Stankey managed to mess up...
VP of East Business forced retirement
Announced today, very shady
Will there be cuts this week?
AT&T has a perfect opportunity to adjust the employee number and cut costs under the guise of coronavirus pandemic. Whatever the earnings report says, I'm thinking right after they'll use that opportunity. If not this week, then before the end of... — read more
Where is HBO MAX When you need it?
It would be nice if they could boost revenue with Early release of HBO MAX. Considering the exhausted amount of money put in it, as well as the licenses they kept instead of renew with other companies. So what's the hold up?
Illinois Manager Positive
Manager who had face to face interaction with crew and customers is verified positive Covid19. Now techs aren’t only facing possible exposure by the general public but of course our managers and staff who insist on reporting to the work center, not... — read more
IHX during Quarentine
So now they have us telemarketing at Trade St. I was wondering if this was even legal and are we really essential workers? Trying to sale you an iPhone over the phone? Oh and the IHX new training says "working from home" i dont remember my home being... — read more
CWA D3 1Q Surplus
For those who were announced to be surplused and off payroll late March, were you informed of a new off payroll date and able to jump into the job pool?
AVP - now that's a waste. WHO NEEDS AN ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT?
that position will be the first to go.
Office Space-2nd Largest Corporate Expense
In this era of extreme expense cutting do you think AT&T will be smart enough to recognize that bringing everyone into offices is an expensive mistake?
this web site deletes posts that it does not agree with
I ought to report this site to the SEC to investigate for insider trading. It would be an interesting case. The legal fees would run into the millions of dollars.
12 layers of management
think about that for just a bit. That's absolutely crazy considering the budgets available. I don't want anyone to lose their job, but we all know there is major overhead here.
Minimum value segment rates for March
The segment rates for March went up considerably from Feb. I’m a little confused why this happened . I’m aware it’s somewhat tied to corporate bond rates but interest rates have not Changed. I’m guessing there’s other market forces at work? Can... — read more