Presidents were supposed to be informed on Tuesday. Have they informed members yet of details of agreement ?

This is a reply from another thread, but this is some of the best advice I've read on this site: Get your CCNA certifications and start applying for IT positions with companies. You’d be surprised how many IT DEPTs will hire an ex at&t employee... — read more 

Any surplus in Bham,Hoover coming up or recently?

CRE is drastically reducing our portfolio of buildings across the 21-state footprint. The few buildings not for sale or being leased back are being set up with drop in space. It’s obvious the company plans to continue reducing headcount otherwise... — read more 

How much longer are we going to do all of the work and pay an SP to just order? Have we lost our minds completely? They are a very expensive channel that we pay and Most of the time they bring little to no value and we have to clean up their mess!... — read more 

U-verse tv on fiber works great!.... they should improve that version and go forward with that offer it in 4K and future options would be the best move you can’t beat a hardwired fiber connection!!

I was just notified I will be losing my job in September. I am a lineman out of the Roscoe garage. 18 + years of service. Has anyone heard of companies hiring laid off AT&t employees with this much experience? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. — read more 

Maybe a question every one asked themselves recently, and I doubt that anyone has an answer. Just wanted to get some other views and opinions on the company future here.

and that's their bottom lines...

Today after 19 years i was text by my mngr that i am at risk of losing my job and its a waiting game on what the company and union decide to do . 112 people will lose there postions and there is only 16 openings available where does that leave... — read more 

Was 10 bucks a month when I was an employee. Now $115 a month as a retiree. Called 3 months ago to see if they could reduce it. Nope. Call back. Just did... still nope. 17 year customer. I went from T 8M Uverse to 100M Spectrum for less $$$ a few... — read more 

D4 is getting ripped apart. After the next prem tech surplus management will be reduce to 1 per 45 to 50 techs. Managers will now have a mix of Inr and prem techs. T is also planning to close several garages with fewer techs and either force them to... — read more 

What are thoughts on call Monday? Seemed most on the call were construction management or staff? Any ideas on numbers and dates? Heard approximately 100 people. With 911 tech's math says ~50 NM, ~7 AM, ? Dir, ? Schedulers, ? Support staff...

District 4 , vote no and wait 3 weeks for district 3 to be out of contract. You’ll have a lot more leverage with D3 out of contract. They cover much more area and employees

I have paperless billing and received notification that my next bill is ready. T can only deliver 6Mbps UVERSE / INTERNET in my neighborhood. My bills were paid up to date at the middle of last month. I went off payroll at the end of March. When I... — read more 

AT&T/DirectTV blacks out local TV stations in 97 markets across USA on July 4th after rejecting Nexstar offers to extend access for consumers to leading local content Local DIRECTV/AT&T once again holds its subscribers hostage instead of negotiating... — read more 

Louisville Metro Council passed the One Touch Make Ready ordinance LAST YEAR in an attempt to make it easier for Google Fiber to come to Louisville. The ordinance allowed Google Fiber to use existing poles, which mainly belong to incumbent ISP... — read more 

So far, I haven’t seen any positive effect of al the records that resulted in cuts and shifts of the workforce. Am I the only one wondering why are the cuts a purpose only to themselves. I understand corporate greed, but seems a little too much to... — read more 

T is back at it again. Now they change the upgrade options so if you want to upgrade early you need to spend an extra $5 a month. You need to wait until 50% of the phone is paid before you can trade it in. What is actually going on is, the $5 is... — read more 

Now if D4 would reject their tentative agreement , then in 3 weeks both D3 and D4 will have a lot more leverage over the company. District 4 members, Vote NO ! Let’s work together and show both the company and the cowardly CWA “leadership” how it’s... — read more 

AT&T, ...

Keep your phones by your sides! Let this demolition derby begin. Bump Bump——Bump Bump

Management announcement 7/8 under Knight, some groups getting “all clear” email notification up to the VP level but not sure what groups or percentage impacted.

I’m going on 18 yrs with the company. I was happy for the past 16yrs and then it started to go downhill around the time DTV came onboard. The clash of cultures between AT&T and DTV along with the some very stupid leadership decisions created a very... — read more 

Simple yes or no and local. NO. 4100

This article says it all. It sums it all up with : “T-Mobile is the clear winner in this matchup. I'd much rather own a growing iconoclast than a drowning giant.”... — read more 

Since the latest surplus and tentative agreement with Legacy T/D4 we have no clue what to believe or trust in District 3. Does D4 agree with their contract? Are the wire techs okay with what they will be receiving? We in D3 would like to know, since... — read more 

When we were DirecTV - a honest to god company, and not just some brand - our 3rd Levels and our Regional VPs would come to each yard at least twice a year and tell us what was happening. We could ask embarrassing questions and they would attempt to... — read more 

Where does the dance of the musical chairs end ? Is it like dominoes where one who is bumped can then also bump? Where does it end in D3 ?

Prem techs stop blaming the core-as far as I am concerned I wish they would put y’all in our contract At&t bought Directv but they don’t use employees I just had a subcontractor come to my house and replace my dish No one is safe because the company... — read more 

Just thinking out loud. Not one tier of management has been affected by any of the layoffs lately, except, of course a few lower scapegoats here and there. At the same time a lot of knowledgeable folks that know the work and the business were given... — read more 

Interesting article how AT&T cut off local programming. https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/att-and-directv-not-carrying-kxan-kbvo/

Details to follow........

Construction surplus bumps I&R, what happens to the bumped I&R? Can they endlessly bump out Prem techs? Is there a certain percentage of core/prem ratio?

SE management cuts - wireline construction and engineering 30%

Reading posts here, it's obvious this place is full of dissatisfied employees. Is there anybody who is actually happy here?

This company is $180B in debt, and wireline isn’t helping. What exactly did you expect from them? The union? There’s no fairy tale ending here. Think of how you would cut $180B in debt if you were a business owner. Let’s be realistic. At this point... — read more 

Seeking dominance, AT&T sinks $2 billion over 3-year period in NC’s wireless network 5GAT&TWIRELESS NETWORK Seeking dominance, AT&T sinks $2 billion over 3-year period in NC’s wireless network 5G NetGear router by WRAL TechWire staff — July 2, 2019 ... — read more