The rapid spread of the coronavirus this week dealt a blow to investor confidence in the biggest U.S. corporate debt boom on record. Companies like AT&T have enjoyed a mostly frictionless relationship with their creditors for much of the past... — read more
Closing COR will be the end of retail for all channels
Shutting down COR will destroy all of retail. They're the channel that provides the extremely bloated, fake numbers. AR's actually feels the hits when those fake numbers become chargebacks and affect their profits. COR has the financial backing of... — read more
AT&T TV Launch (k--l it)
I swear my managers are drinking the KoolAid and keep saying, IT IS THE GREATEST TV PRODUCT EVER. Not even joking. Out of Footprint areas that have 3rd party internet are gonna be a hard sell because those 3rd parties have slow speeds and/or data... — read more
AT&T/Mobility To Be Fined by FCC for Violating the Law by Improperly Sharing Customers' Location Data
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing enforcement actions against the nation's four top mobile carriers for improperly sharing customers' location information. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ________________________________
Retail managers and asm
Retail managers and ASMs to have their salary cut and move to at risk. Is that even legal? Rumor has it that its 10k off guarantee salary to at risk comission a year
T stock heading right back to ~$27
the story here is AT&T is a mess. DTV, done, AT&T Wireless, #3, with smarter/better competitors, HBO, give me a break, subs are from free wireless offer, NOBOBY is signing up for $15/month HBO. Elliot tried to rip the stock through buying call... — read more
Hey Union Leaders and members!!
Can someone please explain how the union allows the company to give our work away to contractors? We are trained to do the job. Isn't that what a union is about? Fighting for jobs to be retained by us? In my 19 years I have never seen such... — read more
Corona Virus Preparation
No one knows at this point how extensively Coronavirus will spread in the United States. Currently, at least 11 states have confirmed or suspected cases of the virus. In California, 8400 people are being monitored for Coronavirus. One CDC estimate is... — read more
McFreshness Town Hall Recap
gee whiz, they sure chopped up the original broadcast to cut out the ridiculous comments from Stankey like: "...and if the answer is because we're trying to get rid of the last 25% of certainty, get over it because that's not the way the world is... — read more
FBO/Accenture update?
Heard pause has ended, has training off shore resumed?
AT&T Milwaukee is Done!
Real Estate is up for sale. No real local decision-makers left. Glad to be gone!!! Best of luck to the few remaining.
Get ready
Get ready for another Enron.
hope u saved your $$, its over
the greatest pump job in the history of the world. buybacks and the fed for the last decade -it's over. and of course our ship was run into an iceberg and didnt get any benefits except showing up to work and getting over $100k, which isnt much into... — read more
Layoff in Midwest in March!
A mechanic was told that 3 high dollar repairs to line trucks were not to be fixed....as a surplus was to be announced in March!! Here we go!!
AT&T Names itself as one of the worlds most ethical companies!?!?!
WTF - who are they kidding. I wonder how much Ratty, Stinky and Zucher paid for that BS? UNF*CKING believable!
One more lawsuit to add to the list...
"Cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin can move forward with his case against mobile operator AT&T over his claims the firm was in part responsible for a SIM-swap hack that robbed him of holdings worth $24... — read more
AT&T and Corona Virus
What do you expect to happen here? What's the impact? The market is panicking, but I am more curious about how this impacts AT&T and it's workers. If we go into 'self isolation' like they did in China, all hourly people will be screwed as they... — read more
Corporate re-organization down sizing???
JS has mentioned a reorg/downsizing at Corporate. Any updates or rumors as to the extent. I've heard third-hand market research, competitive analysis, pricing, and financial analysis are on the block but the source is pretty sketchy.
BIG STANK MOANING ABOUT CONGLOMERATES, WHAT AN id--t
John Stankey, president and COO of AT&T, a mega-corporation forged from multiple big acquisitions, is worried about tech companies’ power. In an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Influencers with Andy Serwer, Stankey said he’s “really concerned about... — read more
AT&T and Verizon axed nearly 30K jobs last year
https://www.lightreading.com/ai-automation/atandt-and-verizon-axed-nearly-30k-jobs-last-year/d/d-id/757740?f_src=lightreading_editorspicks_rss_latest Job cuts at AT&T and Verizon soared to their highest level in at least seven years in 2019... — read more
Why would one go from craft to management ? Seriously.
Why would one go from craft to management? Seriously. I don’t get it. I make more than my L1 manager with overtime and standby pay. In all I cleared $120k. I’m not bragging. I actually feel for L1 managers. They are treated poorly by upper management... — read more
AT&T What do you do when you dont know when your career is Dying
Be prepared to leave your self-dignity and pride at the door. You're just part of the head count they project the need to do the daily work. If you're not one of the few golden children, then you're invisible or targeted for firing. To say this place... — read more
Sweet the sell off just got started, lol
about valuation? This company’s Enterprise Value to EBITDA is 7.78 and its Total Debt to EBITDA Value is 2.78. The Enterprise Value to Sales for this firm is now 2.51, and its Total Debt to Enterprise Value stands at 0.39. AT&T Inc. [T] has a Price... — read more
For folks who need the info
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/13Bism5N Don’t forget to check the math and call them on it. That haven’t been updating the tables.
Management salary increase percentages
Management employees: YTR statements for 2020 available soon - post your % base salary increase here - feel free to include impact rating - it’s anonymous and we should have transparency in how we are being treated with respect to compensation as... — read more
Forgot the link
https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/at-t-banks-fiber-build-to-fuel-its-ott-services
Is this BS or are we finally getting serious about FTTH residential.
Here in south Florida , I see no evidence we are deploying FTTH except for new homes. What say others in other areas ? Are you seeing the company finally getting serious about FTTH or is this just Stankey talking out his arse as usual
How much is Steve Harvey being paid?
Terrible advertisement. Cringey.
ATT just cant shed its reputation
with customers that we are here to screw you. Whether it happens or not that reputation had been branded into the marketplace mentality. Simplicity and straight forward services and billing has never happened. Now that very same reputation and... — read more
EG business reorg coming and its not good news. major reduction in layers
you know what that means for ATO
Vsipp
Vsipp letter says only valid for current matching phase.What is that time frame?
Has any layoff round so far resulted in any long term positive effects?
Anything other than short term financial gain? From what I can see, every single one just degraded the company further as more and more of our best people were shown the door and walked out with years of priceless experience and knowledge. Is... — read more
Irony, thy name is Stankey
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/24/21150638/john-stankey-facebook-att-monopoly-media-power
CWA District 9 PTs
We have been waiting 13 years for the job security that was promised. We are tired of being told to be grateful for an extra week of severance pay. Unions are supposed to better the life of workers, not the reverse CWA. PTs, dont be idle when... — read more
And then it will be April... then May... then June...
Cord Cutters News has learned that AT&T has moved the launch date of their new live TV streaming service AT&T TV back from its announced February date to March 2020. This is also supported by a Barron’s story posted last week. No set date has been... — read more
The Content Paradigm is shifting fast and
ATT will figure it out by 2024.
ATT leaders have confused having a keen
Perception for the obvious years late with being visionaries. They overpaid and bought all this content just as high priced content is being devalued, saturated, and watered down through the onslaught of cheap near zero cost content. Should have been... — read more
Pension lump sum question
For those who have taken the lump sum payout, how long did you have to wait to get your money? I filed Feb 2nd and still waiting. Thanks for your insight.