https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/three-french-executives-convicted-in-the-s–c-des-of-35-of-their-workers-20191222-p53m94.html
I own it.
I have give zero to minimal effort since the midwest contract was agreed on. I dont feel bad. The last 6 months was planning my exit and only 8 working days left.
Retiree discounts question.
So I know the wireless discount goes from 50% to 30%. Do you still get the multi phone discount? Currently looking at my bill (active Management employee), I see the 50% discount AND a 20% discount for having more than 4 phones. Considering... — read more
Has anyone dropped the union?
I would like to know the process. Leaving voluntary in march, vacationing out. F this place and F the Union. I feel bad for anyone that has to stay, it is a horrible life sentence. The union sold you out.
The bean counters are coming to the midwest
Just heard that Labor and Material costs are sinking the Midwest. They sent random auditors to Several areas including Dayton, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Chicago. They are estimating waste in the 10’s of millions. They Found whole roles of copper and... — read more
2020 is almost here.
Good luck to all. I was voted off the AT&T island this year and will miss all the fun. Just checking in to see what creative excuse they are now using to get rid of people. Maybe the Time Warner folks can turn this onto a game show and monetize... — read more
Prem Techs are Targeted for 2020
Our 2nd Line (L2) delighted us with Christmas Wishes today. His wish is that we spend the new year looking though AUTS for any available jobs we could possibly bid for. Our crews are a mix of IP Techs and Legacy DTV and he point blank... — read more
Married Retiree Medicare Medical Benefit Cut $4200 Per Year Not $2700
I am not surprised by the company sending an email to AT&T Managers (with little actual details) informing us that if we don't retire before 1/1/2021 we will only be entitled to government provided taxpayer funded Medicare and no longer have any... — read more
UPDATE: Eligibility for Retirement Benefits / Craft
To: Select AT&T bargained employees Planning for retirement requires careful consideration, and we want to point out an important update to the retirement benefits currently enjoyed by retired AT&T bargained employees. Once eligible for... — read more
Good and Bad about AT&T - December 2019 Edition
Hey all - here it goes - 28 employee reviews listed below. All created during last 30 days. Source below. Please upvote my post if you want me to post this summary every month. Client Solutions Executive II in Columbia... — read more
What to Do?
I'm 57.5-years-old, and 21.5 years’ service, met Rule 75 1.5 years ago, and am a Manager. I feel darn lucky to have made it R75 without getting shot, though attended many all hands-on deck calls, and couldn't take advantage of MVO's when offered... — read more
The devil is in the details.
Still SBC, just using AT&T name to gain credibility.
At least all the laid off people know they lost their jobs for the right cause /sarcasm
The telecommunications giant said on Friday that its board of directors approved a 2% increase in its quarterly cash payout, to $0.52 per share. The new, higher dividend will first be paid on Feb. 3 to shareholders of record on Jan... — read more
No more news about Craft/Union/CWA layoffs
If it isn't a management job within ATO, it doesn't matter.
Retail destroying itself
Authorized retail is now selling more than the retail stores. My store manager is forced to go train the AR stores that aren’t already better than us. My old Area Manager is being forced to support them Full time . He said the reps there... — read more
Randall and the Good 'Ole Boys
So I hear our glorious leader, Eagle Scout Randall himself, just received an award from Yale University for being a "leadership legend". And yes, they really are talking about the same Randall Stephenson who has basically destroyed the once great... — read more
Wire tech layoff
Any word on when us wiretechs could see a lay-off in the southeast? We’re hearing it could be a lot this time:/
Lay-offs weren’t enough - The latest kick in the teeth by Randall and Stankey
Just received email on the latest benefit loss. This is the first of the 4% reduction in labor cost, as announced recently by the Stank. Employees retiring after January 01, 2021 will no the longer receive the medical subsidy (currently... — read more
AT&T has applied the accounting methods from the shrinking land-line business to the rest of the company.
When landline was losing 15% of customer every year, they broke everything into silos and managed every penny just to stay afloat. That meant you couldn't spend a nickel without ten financial "analysts" rejecting it first and then reviewing it... — read more
This is a joke...right? Is it really April 1, and not almost Christmas?
https://som.yale.edu/news/2019/12/chief-executive-leadership-institute-honors-randall-l-stephenson-of-att-with-legend-in-leadership-award
Chapter 11 in 2020?
A number of analysts are predicting that AT&T is headed for a downfall in 2020, especially with the combination of customer loss and (with exception of Joker), Warner's recent box office bombs. From the inside, many employees feel the same. What do... — read more
Game Of Thrones
Anyone else feel like they are actually in the show but it is at work? The power struggle and The Who gets what. Add in let’s create mobility teams in business from employees that don’t know wireless very well, have maybe one team of support that... — read more
Retirement Notices
Got email notice of an AVP and Director in SER retiring. Any other groups getting retirement notices?
Will 2020 be any better?
I think we can all agree 2019 was a complete disaster. Is there even a slight chance that 2020 will be somewhat better or will it just be more of the same?
Has anyone switched to TMobile or Metro PC's?
How is the service? Don't want to pay full price once I am off the payroll.
Reviews about working at at&t
https://www.indeed.com/cmp/AT&T/write-review?stars=1&attributionid=rvwinline1502g3 I was surprised to see around 40k reviews giving it a rather favorable overall place to work. What the...? Upon closer reading, there is a single review from 18... — read more
Wave byby Stanky
Elliott Management had Dan McCarthy removed at Frontier Communications for gross incompetence, the same fate is waiting for Stanky at AT&T. Unfortunately all the employees now have to pay for years of buffoonery by Randall and Stank.
This is meow Office Space
The Bobs will need to see you today about those TPS reports... we most definitely have 8 different bosses telling us 8 different things. Toxic work environment is defined by everything that AT&T does and literally to the T.....
Questions of LIfe Insurance
My wife just got news she is getting laid off as of 3/12/2020..... I have several questions regarding life insurance stuff if anyone can help me. I know for sure that she will lose the life insurance since losing her job but my questions are 1)... — read more
Fireside chat
I found McElfresh’s comments on “forced migration “ to be disingenuous to put it nicely. I was here when the company “force migrated “ customers from DSL to Uverse. The company sells a new product. At the same time they stop selling the old... — read more
Once Tmus and Sprint Merge
ATT Wireless will be in the cross hairs of their relentless Battleship Guns. You thought just TMobile was bad after ATT screwed up their acquisition. Combined entity will have better network and far lower margin acceptance by management. Meanwhile... — read more
More Good news from AT&T, and your friend the FCC
Wait, what? You read that correctly: AT&T has convinced the FCC to stop using a third-party speed testing service and instead use its own, AT&T-created service (via The Wall Street Journal and ArsTechnica). In other words, AT&T will now conduct... — read more
Layoffs continure as AT&T announces 2% dividend increase and $4B share buybacks.
C suite gets richer while employees scramble for their jobs. Disgusting.
How the clusterf--k called AT&T was created
Illusion. A clusterf–k starts with the decision maker’s belief that a goal is much easier to attain than it actually is. The expectation that two car companies with different languages and different cultures would merge together flawlessly, as the... — read more
Know your Enemy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackmccullough/2019/12/09/the-psychopathic-ceo/#565d5ff6791e
Price to pay to avoid reserve labor army
Be forced to accept job offer 475 miles away in your 50s at the opposite end of the state. Leave family and friends behind as you rent a place with your co worker who accepted the same "offer." Try to hang on for dear life to make the MR 75. The... — read more
FBO Transfer of knowledge to Accenture offshore employees - how is it progressing in the early waves?
Anyone with firsthand experience or in touch with those doing the transfer of knowledge: can you please comment? I have heard Accenture employees are taking longer to train because there us more detail than they expected and still have not hit waves... — read more
AT&T to Buy Starbucks, John S. Convinced he knows how to make their coffee better,
It was announced Friday that AT&T had surplused enough employees to make another multi billion dollar acquisition to put them back in debt again. In true AT&T acquisition strategy tradition, it bought a business totally unrelated to its core... — read more
Where is the new southeast contract ?
Was ratified in October. Surely the contract is at least online somewhere ?
Legacy T layoff info 12/13
From CWA local 1150: VTP/Surplus Info In true AT&T fashion they have kept with the legend of Friday the 13th. Today AT&T has announced a major hit to Local 1150 members. Specifically to our LNS maintenance center in Bedminster NJ. This... — read more