Is there a department or specific location or position or any single person (outside of the top management, of course) who can be considered safe? It's hard for me to believe that every employee in the company lives with the same stress I do each... — read more 

I don't know when it will be, but if I happen to impacted in the next one, I expect a severance package of 52 weeks pay for every year at the company. It's only fair.

and It now rests in the hands of taken advantage of consumers. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-08-05/pay-tv-companies-are-too-powerful

Dates and planning differ by org, but their goal is to remove US payroll workers by November 22. Then, some orgs will have option to replace headcount with Slovakia and India workers. Makes way for greedy Randall et al to get some bigger bonuses... — read more 

ATO will be a skeleton crew when its over and they won't have to pay some huge severance across the board. IBM and whoever runs consumer will run those folks out of the company thru reduced pay, benefits and work environment. i didn't think the ATT... — read more 

Texas repair techs heading to Kansas for 2 weeks to assist with the load next week. Seems weird that loans are getting shorter and shorter.

AT&T will pay ATN International's Commnet Wireless $167.5 milion to build and maintain AT&T's wireless network in the Southwestern US. AT&T will use the network for its own commercial mobile services and for its public-safety offerings through... — read more 

my question is if i do get surplussed, and cant bump (we got hit hard) im a CORE i&R tech with 6 years. what are my options as far as severance, do i get a call if jobs open back up (yea right) legit question though, and unemployment how does that... — read more 

Just got received my surplus package in D3, I’m on the surplus list. Feeling pessimistic about being able to bump someone, with so a many techs being surplussed or a bumpee with more time than 13 years in the state. This process will be interesting... — read more 

What was the purpose of the contract extension for a week? Anyone with a clue?

Game of Thrones creators ditch HBO for Netflix in big-money deal David Benioff and DB Weiss will exclusively develop shows and films for the streaming giant in a deal worth a reported £164m

I came across this titled post from four years ago, which seems even more appropriate today. I trimmed it, for readability, but hopefully kept its integrity. I placed the Post ID number below should you wish to investigate It in more detail. “How... — read more 

Jon Summer is having a meeting on 8/14 for L4+ (AVP and up only). What now?

It's all a damn mess down here. No knows wtf is going on, dtv is in the sh–ter. I get the feeling the union reps gave up and dont give a sh– about anyone, especially the dtv techs. To be completely honest, alot of the techs at the dtv yard in... — read more 

Are there any retail sales managers on here that would be willing to share your base salary. I don’t think that mine is aligned with others in my area and I would like to get an idea of what some others were or are making as their base

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/bill-gates-says-companies-that-offer-this-perk-to-employees-will-have-a-clear-edge.html

Which side caved?

In the last year our credit and collections office in MPLS has gotten MANY visitors. Managers flying in from all over to "get a tour, and learn about us" We have had several manager buy outs within the last few months as well. Rumors all over the... — read more 

Since the last voluntary offer, the corporate direction and job responsibilities are all spiraling out of control and I want out. Has anyone heard of a voluntary offer in the works or am I just dreaming? I'm in Tech Ops. Thanks

A director in the Midwest has written up 2 perm techs so far for not WiFi mapping a house after the customer refused the techs. The tech are good techs and good people. This director didn’t care that the customer refused the mapping. Hey Andy “ No... — read more 

Hearing news that lot of ATO folks will be notified on 08/16.

We STs received our surplus coverage today in Mississippi. With there being no vacancies around the entire Southeast, I can only imagine that T wants all 911 of us bumpers/bumpees completely off the payroll altogether. This IS A LAY-OFF. Trust me... — read more 

I haven’t heard about the score-assume it was terrible. Someone commented it was -13, what does that mean? Considerably worse than years past? Any insight into score and possible action plan to fix appreciated. Have heard rumblings on a “fix”. Thx in... — read more 

Trials will soon be under way to replace U-verse IPTV with AT&T tv (happening this month). T will discontinue selling IPTV and will drop ship an AT&T tv set top box or use customers existing capable hardware. If the customer needs assistance... — read more 

Does anyone have in-depth details for D4s contract that passed?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/disney-sets-high-bar-with-new-1299-streaming-bundle-for-disney-espn-and-hulu-2019-08-06

Hmm ... https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-t-employees-took-bribes-to-plant-malware-on-the-companys-network/

if you don't accept the IBM offer you get nothing at all, no pro-rated bonus, no severance, no unemployment (because you quit, you weren't surplussed), unless you can retire in which case they offer MTP.

We in D3 are shaking our heads. Every single time , we in D3 are coming up out of contract , D4 takes AT&T’s bait. Bunch of guppies.

I was at the VB open mic – to clarify what she said... She does not look at the VPN usage reports and specifically said you can use VPN whenever you wish, and recognized that many folks need to use it while in the office to do their job. She did... — read more 

I have been laid off from AT&T last year after 14 years of service. Since then I’ve gotten a new job out of the telecom industry and I couldn’t be happier, so what I’m gonna say doesn’t come from anger or resentment and I believe I can look at... — read more 

You ask the union questions about anything they tell you they will get back with you and never do. Can’t tell you anything about contract and what we are asking for. It will make you sick when you add up all the union dues we all pay to line there... — read more 

I know we’d like to wish upon stars here but realistically, we all know what’s going to happen. More surplussed employees and business as usual. Bare raise, yadda yadda. Don’t miss the back pay like D4 did. History repeats itself every 4 years.

This is unbelievable. This time its a good economy and should have waited on D3. AT&T promised to cancel surplus in 3rd quarter.....you took the bait. AT&T takes us as a bunch of naive jokers....i think they are right! I have more respect for the... — read more 

You know that there will never be another strike, right? Ain’t happening. Nada. Zilch. Never.

Details or dates? I am part of that group and after the Business side got notified of the IBM move i am pretty certain the rumors posted here are correct, but anyone know dates?

Let's say your MR75+ and fully vested, and even on the grandfathered Pension. Then either Surplus, or even Outsourced finds you. Do you still have the option to regular retire and take the voluntary retire standard plan, or, are you screwed into... — read more 

Passed with flying colors! F—ing id–ts!

Does anyone know if there's another made up department somewhere in Texas thats just monitoring employees vpn usage? Also, anyone here outside ATO and still allowed to do vpn and telecommute? Which dept? McRotten is still tight lipped regarding... — read more