Some people were asked to move to Accenture or leave and now this offer has been sent to employees. What the criteria for being rebadged to Accenture instead of being offered voluntary ? Does the voluntary offer apply to Accenture rebaged as... — read more 

Seems very crowded and near saturated. Seems like the dumb pipe was the meal ticket all along.

POLL: For those active management employees offered the MVO, please "Rate Up" the response below if you are going to accept the MVO or "rate up" the second response if you are NOT going to accept the offer and continue working.

just tired of the layoffs and chitty work environment

Same old, same old. They cannot seem to fathom why they are unable to get the numbers they are looking for from these. For those of us between ages of say 45-55 that have been around here a while, and are still too young to actually "retire", there... — read more 

I know ATO received the letter but that's a pretty large organization. What departments within ATO received the actual offer?

When he closed all hands call he said “50 of our team members will be selected to join mobile and acquire. Where does that leave the other 400 CSE???

to ATO

To: L1-L6 US-based Management Employees As we’ve communicated many times, we are on a journey. We operate in a highly competitive environment, facing both the opportunities and challenges associated with technology disruption and evolving... — read more 

Just curious if there ended up being a call for voluntary retirement, layoffs today? I read earlier in the week there would be one for ATO. If so, can folks state which specific departments and what was offered or talked about? I'm in craft and... — read more 

As of late all I see on this site is the bashing of At&t ( by employees, ex-employees, and customers) with very little viable lay-off Information. Majority of the comments that show AT&T in an unfavorable light get upvotes, while any other... — read more 

Posts 5 minute video instead saying "I have nothing new to say. Go back to work and I won't waste an hour of your time. Continue to sell and cut costs. Have fun."

Their upcoming streaming service better be something, and not a flop like dtv now. Disney+,Hulu, and espn+ bundle for 12.99. WOW just gave me 1 gig internet with free eero mesh system for $65 a month price locked for 2 years and installed next day... — read more 

Wanted to give this good post a bump from the older ARS Tecnica thread. FYI, A lot of TFS techs in our area (SE) were just written up and given B forms or put on a Performance improvement plan (PIP), one was sent home for half of a day. This... — read more 

Everyone else get the VSP notifications sent out today for southwest craft?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/disney-10-million-subscribers-eye-popping-analyst-says-2019-11-13 Disney+ 10 million subscribers 'eye popping,' says By Claudia Assis Published: Nov 13, 2019 1:07 p.m. ET SHARE The 10 million... — read more 

att’s loss his Apple’s huge gain. Thanks, Stank, for F’n up HBO and handing Apple a treasure. https://nypost.com/2019/11/12/ex-hbo-chief-richard-plepler-apple-tv-near-production-deal/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/11/12/1945866/0/en/AT-T-and-Amdocs-Expand-Strategic-Alliance.html

Of course, I mean in terms of layoffs. Are they going to intensify layoffs so they can reach a certain headcount number by the end of the year or are they pretty much done with layoffs for 2019?

DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Offices is reminding area residents that neither AT&T techs — nor representatives of any company — can require you to provide access to your home. AT&T UVerse technicians... — read more 

People who are being rebadged or surplused due to outsourcing can use the management transition plan (MTP) if they are within 24 months of rule of MR75 for either age or years of service. This is for benefits only; it won't help with pension. If... — read more 

I used to love every aspect of my job. I enjoyed coming to work every day, I felt valued, I had a sense of accomplishment and I loved my coworkers. 10 years later I find myself working in an office with people I barely know,feeling undervalued, and... — read more 

Title says it all; What are the odds, the chances that AT&T will make an MVO with maybe six months severance available to all Levels 2's, the largest group, with the most 50+/Rule 75 people, before the end of the year? I really and truly hope they... — read more 

20 years with the companyall in craft. Only 43 so no rule of 75. Ready to go but I think the evil overlords have no intention of letting me go. They know the slave labor I do, is fractions of the cost. I do twice the amount of work in the... — read more 

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/atandt-just-forced-customers-to-pay-more-for-bonus-data

Randall is the one they need to cut. Several bad decisions in a row going back to the 4 billion pay out for the failed T-Mobile merger, 45 billion for Dtv and 100 billion for time warner all in declining markets. How many bad decisions can the CEO... — read more 

I spent 15 years of my life with ATT and I couldn’t be happier that I made a decision about a year ago now to leave. I keep checking on this board and things seems to have only gotten worse. I couldn’t help but comment on the fact that the term... — read more 

wasted 20+ years here. c-ap hole

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/att-promised-7000-new-jobs-to-get-tax-break-it-cut-23000-jobs-instead/ A broken Quid pro Quo agreement that was lobbied for by the company . Notice how the execs have benefited, while the total number of... — read more 

Pipe(internet access) everything runs on it. I still find it hilariously funny that we are not investing in expanding fiber footprint. With all the wasted Billions we could have 3/4 of country paying monthly for the fiber network access $50+ monthly... — read more 

FBO POLL QUESTIONS: If you have been notified your position is going to Accenture, what date were you given that you will you receive your 60 day written notice? If you were told your position will not go to Accenture, what were you told... — read more 

When you are buying back shares, you don’t have a debt problem, you just have debt. When thousands of level 3 on up still get that 35%-40% yearly bonus on 200k and up salary, you don’t have a debt problem, you just have debt. when you are adding... — read more 

Also, some other nice gems in the article. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-opinion-att-hbo-hollywood-plot/?srnd=premium Randall originally wanted a career playing with animal cum. Should have stuck to it. "The Oklahoma native... — read more 

His yearly pay when from 28.7 million to 29.1 million. At a 40 hour week(I know he works more but just to make a point) that comes out to $13990.38 per hour.

Any info on why the event team is gone? They were part of IHX/Ready2Go

There’s undeniably a shift in the way consumers enjoy their media but the company is making decisions that drive customers away which results in the need to downsize the workforce. What are some decisions you’ve seen in your business unit that has... — read more 

Voluntary offer coming to management next week, off payroll by December 31st. Not sure if it’s across the board but ATO will be impacted so I assume C&E is about to get hit considering the nonexistent expense budget and recently announced $3B cut to... — read more 

https://www.fiercewireless.com/financial/marek-s-take-can-clearwire-s-former-ceo-save-at-t They are bringing Morrow in to do cost cuts, and Weaklend's implementation of the Accenture deal ought to be an easy target. I'm not sure I believe in... — read more 

Will we see a continuation of layoffs in the next month or so or is it going to stop for a while? In any case I believe that, if not now, we are in for more layoffs in the first months of 2020. Thoughts?