It Cuts the cost temporarily, we all know that, but can outsourcing in these quantities really be functional in the long run? I really don’t see any way that it could be sustainable. Also, is there a possibility that a company like AT&T could want to... — read more 

Just saying. My two cents? Wanna discuss?

To Dallas. One way to shed heads

The AFO-Business and C&E-DEG merger has nothing to do with the TFS/IEFS re-organization that officially takes place tomorrow. DEG (Digital Electronics Group) and Business Services (SSI&M/CPE/Managed Services) have been and will continue to be a... — read more 

To be honest, the badge thing was always good for a laugh for me. When I first saw how they were giving badges out right and left for literally anything I decided to have a little fun. By the time I was done I had over 50 of them. .. — read more 

Outsourcing to Accenture: Today's call included a long list of functions that will be retained within AT&T. Not all functions will be moved to Accenture with this deal. Now it is very confusing to know what is staying at AT&T, what is moving to... — read more 

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Slovakia moving to Accenture on Apríl 1st 2020. Contracts will be moved as the they are now. Who doesnt want to accept the move, will need to terminate as BAU. Other intl locations still under negotiations. For US it look from what Maggie... — read more 

Anyone know how the deployment of spectrum and the buildout is going? Also hearing about the deployment of 5G nationally, if I am hearing that correctly. Understand that it will be different from the dense cell deployment they are putting in the... — read more 

The ones we currently have are nothing but glorified customer service. So why do we keep adding to this mess? I honestly thought the end goal was to get rid of most if not all the stores and switch sales online. Now I don't know what to think... — read more 

Anyone know if Orlando CC center will close? Several managers have accepted positions in the new Minnesota call center. Orlando is looking a little sparse now a days.

Hello all, When I left AT&T, and my employee discount was terminated, I cancelled my direct TV. My viewing was done with mostly netflix and Amazon prime, so I saw no reason to continue at the subscriber rate. This weekend, i removed the dish... — read more 

I heard that this ATT building has now been sold. Does anyone know when all the workers at this location will be moved to the Data Center building? Are there any rumors of certain groups being surplussed before emptying the building?

That HBO has won but is essentially going to blow up HBO from what it was. I thought the purchase of existing Warner assets was a good one but only if it was left alone. ATT involvement ensures that future content development will have a stranglehold... — read more 

Do we at AT&T really have a department that gives us “Badges” for completing training required by the company????? Didn’t know we were in the Boy Scouts....Maybe instead of reducing headcount of technicians that actually do work in the field, how... — read more 

I have it on good authority that C&E-DEG and AFO-Business will finally be merging enterprise wide. Planned announcement is 10/3. Can anyone confirm?

Putzes Dorks S— Ups I don't think they can function in the real world outside of AT&T and thus have zero insight into what customers want. Step outside of your 1% world AT&T Leadership Nerds. Your chemistry over the years has done nothing but... — read more 

Are you kidding me. How can the blind lead the blind. The T beholds diversity and it is far from it. The only way the T satisfies their diversity commitment is through: the heavy hiring if middle eastern folks (at low pay grades) & women. Other... — read more 

Sounds like 3000 people invited for an update on outsourcing to Accenture. Any idea what will be announced on plans and progress?

Even if it's at lower pay? Do you know of an instance where somebody over fifty was laid off and then was given a chance to return in some other capacity? Asking because my dad has been applying for positions there for a few months but was never... — read more 

Like Verizon getting points against ATT.

Take a group of Incompetent and Ineffective Leaders and shake them up and move them around. Classic case of insanity. The entire system of promotion and identifying talent is broken. Having proteges follow incompetence for stints and then promoting... — read more 

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I read the email twice- super vague- It has been an honor to lead... Rudy and George are fantastic leaders and I am thrilled they will be leading Ops I’ll be cheering you on. JvB Svp ops

Tech Dev, CDO, CTO, combining into CTIO ee, eye ee, eye, oh!

Project fortress... Sure.. Moving to one vendor SS SVP Wonder??

So with all the impending Executive leadership changes, what does that mean for all the initiatives like Workforce 2020 or moving the Network to a more SDN technology.. is any of this still an issue. Or is the focus now on reducing debt load and... — read more 

Hey Cwa Goofs pay attention to the UAW !

As Stephenson told the New York Times in may 2016, the company has to look forward and transform; if it doesn’t succeed at retraining and reinvention, he said, “mark my words, in three years we’ll be managing decline and That is why he is on his way... — read more 

They should use that money to pay for better customer support, as we earned again that AT&T's websites secretly redirected penetration tests to the FBI's Tips portal, putting security researchers participating in the company's bug bounty program at... — read more 

On a brighter note.....the rate has lowered significantly that lump sums are figured on. The new rate will be locked in sometime in November. Voyager Fiancial has estimated a clients 506K lump will be 586K with the new rate. As you know it will vary... — read more 

For as long as our leadership is consistent in its decisions, I guess... face/palm "AT&T vows to keep DirecTV despite losing millions of... — read more 

We can say that it’s better just to leave and seek our fortunes elsewhere, but I don’t think that that’s realistic at all. The fact is that all of the competing companies are going through big changes and that they will not be likely to hire ex AT&T... — read more 

After much editing Burt Reynolds face has been replaced with Stankey. "Stankey's Machine" is coming out Spring 2020.

At this point, AT&T still looks good on a resume. If it's not a positive (and for many companies it is) at least it's not a negative either. But with everything that's been going on, I think that might change soon. And I don't want to be still around... — read more 

There is an eTech site on the internal sharepoint called Exec Conference Request. It is used by 5th line assistants to schedule large conference bridges. If you see your org on there, for a call with 500 or more ports, and a vague title and... — read more 

AT&T was mine... Oh, how things changed...

This is a detailed reply to the benefits list from @118j2Rvh Health Insurance — High deductible, high premium Dental Insurance — Standard dental coverage Flexible Spending Account FSA — Standard offering at any employer Vision... — read more