"AT&T has struck a deal to sell its majority stake in Central European Media Enterprises for $1.1 billion as part of the telco giant’s larger campaign to shed non-core assets and pay down... — read more
CA power shutoff
So how many cell sites and remote cabinets failed almost immediately due to lack of maintenance?
Term of employment
This site has a wealth of great information with regards to layoffs, benefits etc and what and how to get your benefits from the T. My question is not about a layoff but sorta related for others to know. Question is, why on Fidelity statement does... — read more
Content gets stale very quickly
No one sees this Management Cast delivering new valuable content. In fact they have set the tone that creative talent is fleeing as quickly as they can. ATT tries to dictate what the customer will receive while other companies are delivering what the... — read more
AT&T Selling Off It's Crown Jewels
As of October 25, AT&T has finished selling off the last of it's North American cell towers. As Randall sells the very assets the built this company, what is he spending the money on? Media content. A business whose value lies in the creativity... — read more
From nothing but borrowed and vc money
American Tower, Crown Castle, and Sba Comm took from AtT, Vz, S, and Tmus and built a $185B market cap. In 10-15 years as a result of the current AtT slaughterhouse you will see someone take atts cast offs and turn it into $50-$100B businesses. You... — read more
AT&T and Peppertree Capital Agree to Tower Transaction Valued at up to $680 Million
October 25, 2019, 11:26 AM EDT Sale-leaseback is part of AT&T’s ongoing monetization initiatives Business Wire DALLAS – October 25, 2019 AT&T Inc.* (NYSE: T) has announced that it agreed to a sale-leaseback of its remaining domestic... — read more
T WANTS DirecTV to fail ...
"We didn’t buy DirecTV because we love satellite,” said Stankey. “We bought DirecTV because we love the customer base and the customer base could be migrated into more on-demand-oriented products and... — read more
Verizon Earnings Show New Subscribers Signing Up, but Little Revenue Growth to Show for It
Verizon Communications signed up more new customers than Wall Street expected in the third quarter, but growth on the financial front was minimal. Stepped up marketing and promotions including buy-one-get-one smartphone offers and a lower price of... — read more
AT&T Gives Retiring Donovan $7.85M Lump Sum Payment
https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/at-t-gives-retiring-donovan-7-85m-lump-sum-payment
Are these analysts crazy?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-earnings-season-could-great-142002719.html
Posts being removed
So what’s up with posts being removed? There have been several that have disappeared. The most recent was about the former ATT VP that has a pending lawsuit against the company. Wonder who takes posts like that down?
Open-plan offices are a failure
Harvard study says open-plan offices are a failure. They actually decrease rather than increase employee collaboration. Other studies say the same thing. Yet AT&T continues to spend money creating them. Always behind the curve. And if they want to... — read more
Project Collaborate Update
We just had a call with our VP in ATO, they said this is the new policy ATO-wide: All telecommuting besides full time is now a supervisor decision All forced relocations are off, you can stay where you are or move back at your expense if you... — read more
All employee town hall scheduled next Wednesday
Anybody know what the agenda is?
Another day
Another dime. The smartest thing to do is give me a Sipp. You are just handing me a check at this point. Your move.
Collaboration Project On Hold?
Rumor mill is churning with reports of a draw back or at least “hold” on the collaboration relocations in ATO. Any truth to this?
layoffs to increase after Q3 results
AT&T Has Reportedly Lost Over 1 Million TV Subscribers In Just 3 Months From DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, & U-verse TV Luke Bouma Luke Bouma 4 hours ago
FBO notifications being pushed out a month?
Is it true that FBO is delaying the notifications to employees by another month while the Accenture deal is re-evaluated?
Skate to where the puck is going
And not to where it is. ATT cannot even put the skates on the right foot. This is beyond embarrassing. DTV could not get 30 cents on the dollar in the open market and Time Warner assets are rapidly depreciating and no one sees a Stankey run division... — read more
Need some financial advice, abt to fall off payroll
I am a little shy of a month before I fall off payroll due to being put in surplus status. How do I maximise my pension and 401k? If I am currently in except status. If I stay that way when I fall off payroll and break both pension and 401k...will... — read more
AT&T will unveil its streaming service, HBO Max, next week — but it won’t be available to the general public until next year.
What? more waiting? how come others can do it, and we can't? We may never see anything, this company is run on hope, PR, and assumptions. sorry excuse for a content company. Have you eve been lost? AT&T's case... is a telco lost in Technology city. — read more
No deal, from the insider
AT&T Saga Has It All as a Cautionary Investment Tale AT&T has it all: inflated valuation, mismanaged growth, a personality cult and bad assumptions, a personality cult and bad history dealing in aquisitions It’s tempting to dismiss the latest... — read more
What's the point of mandatory 50hr on-line training, if little applies to your job?
What's the point of having all these 50hr mandatory online training courses, when your division may be outsourced tomorrow or your business unit downsized, plus most of the training has nothing to do or is applicable to the work you're doing. It's... — read more
Could we be wrong?
Could we be in a stealth bear market? On the face of it, the question is bizarre: a bear market is usually defined as a 20% fall from a peak, but the S&P 500 is just over 1% off its all-time high. If you hold the index, you’d laugh at the idea that... — read more
Castlight Diagnostic Screening
Given the number of times AT&T has required us to do health screening and jump through B S hoops just to keep from being fined just to receive the benefit we're due, I'm wondering about the new system, Castlight Diagnostic Screening. I've been... — read more
AT&T is DOA and has been for ~5 years
its a c-ap hole. but, i know people will stay as long as they can because they have no choice. your 2020 skills and sitting around for the last decade wont help you land a gig
Collaboration Zones
How are they working out for everyone? Has anyone taken MVO or quit yet due to some of the hardships involved? It appears to have been the company’s strategy to reduce headcount. I’m too stubborn to quit, I’ve dedicated years of loyalty & hard... — read more
NEWS Verizon Will Give One Year of Disney Plus for Free to All Unlimited Wireless Customers
Verizon Will Give One Year of Disney Plus for Free to All Unlimited Wireless Customers https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2019/digital/news/verizon-disney-plus-one-year-free-wireless-1203377660/amp/
5G Wireless Is Coming. But a Payoff for AT&T, Verizon, and Other Telcos Might Not Be
Moffett Nathanson telecom analyst Craig Moffett raises that question in a new report Thursday. The bottom line? He’s not sure where the carriers will find the revenues to support the 5G... — read more
How long could it take to bring back the customers that T lost?
I don’t get it. The company officials are talking about growth and development in a situation where they’re not even able to retain the current level of business. I imagine that even the leaders don’t even have the courage to look at the realistic... — read more
Layoffs & Company employees total
Anyone have the numbers from the beginning of the year till now on layoffs and company employees?
Elliott should be AT&T CEO
Priceless yo see Randall- Stink faces, for what I can see, Randall is doing everything he wants, poor Randall&Stink is going back to business school 101
Is T is shopping around Mexico properties to help sure up balance sheet?
I have a friend on Wall Street and he heard through the grapevine that T has started the process of shopping around for interested parties to take over their Mexico holdings. Sale would probably happen in late 2020 . Anyone corroborate?
letter to congressman
I sent this to my congressman. Any suggestions? I may send other copies to other government officials. Feel free to use if you like. This year, AT&T has had several partnerships with large outsourcing companies including Tech Mahindra, IBM, and... — read more
ATT Business MVO
I heard today that the company did not get enough volunteers for their generous MVO (You are now looking at my shocked face). So, job cuts are coming to ATT Business. For those who are in ATT Business, stay tuned.
D3 Raise? Has anyone gotten it?
To my knowledge we were supposed to receive a 3% raise upon contract ratification in D3, yet no one has received it.
Listen: H1B slavery visa & abuse
Sounds familar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CIXZljyQAo
AT&T Reputation
"If your company is having trouble attracting fabulous people, it is because your company s—s." Tom Peters, author