All relaxed in his chair, legs crossed, top leg bouncing in confidence- chuckling with the big wigs in government and business. He’s not aware of ( or concerned with) anyone who’s left here. After the McElfresh town hall a few months back, one of the... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/layoffs-hurt-t-image-more-120659887.html

Found out yesterday that I got reassigned to a new location - from a 25 minute commute to a 2.5 hour commute. Been with the company for 23 years. I have until Sept 2020 to show up there every day.

Any info on June 28th surplus’s?

When your let go from ATT get rid of any service you have with ATT. HR may tell you your discounts will remain for a certain period but ATT will send you a bill with discounts but than will send you an email right before your bill stating discounts... — read more 

I see people let go under the guise of location and collaboration when really what's happening is their job functions are being outsourced and/or off-shored. Ultimately everyone is just a cost in a spreadsheet to this company. It doesn't matter what... — read more 

The announced surpluses affecting IBEW Local 21 members are as follows: Customer Systems Technicians RCA - #2 2 – Alton 4 – Centralia 1 – Greenville 3 – Maryville RCA - #3 2 – Danville 2 – Decatur 1 – Petersburg 2 – Springfield 2 – Urbana RCA - #4 10... — read more 

How do I get out of the union???

https://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/346452-att-cuts-over-1800-american-jobs-in-24-states/

I’m a FT in central GA. Can I bump a OPT guy if I have other FT guys I can bump first here in town.

Looks like we finally have media press on the recent plans for layoffs. https://oklahoman.com/article/5634251/union-criticizes-att-cuts-totaling-1800-jobs-across-us?access=330c2194fbe1fc610981486ce3779439

IBEW 21 visited the garage today ....with ZERO information!!! No numbers on garages that will be affected..nothing on the ..headcount at each garage that may be surplus....ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! BLANK STARES....AWKWARD SILENCE. Can’t wait for the cuts... — read more 

Executives, Senior VPs.......Crickets.

Can they offer us any job in the national transfer system? Retail jobs?

Anyone cares to share guidance or experience?

Seems like a limit of us got hit with less than 1 year to full pension. Has anyone contacted a lawyer about this. Pension, not benefits

So how many garages are planning to participate in the walk out next week to disrupt the company’s end of quarter onslaught of work? Prem techs have nothing to lose now so we are on board here.

As usual no comment from the big dogs as this surplus takes place! Get them clowns out of here! Now

How does prem tech bumping work in D6?

Is there anybody here who can identify anything positive to come out of all the changes that have been implemented in the past year? Anything that you could point to and say, yes this is much better and it's made us a better organization than we were... — read more 

When are the "core" guys and gals going to realize that the company is going to surplus you into the prem position until there is no more core, or try and get you to volunteer to retire. By the end of 2019 we are going to have complete single... — read more 

Just spent a billion dollars for more of it. Anyone remember when we thought more capacity was a good thing?

It would be misleading to refer to this as "layoffs." Most affected CWA-represented employees, including affected employees in the Midwest and Southwest, have a job-offer guarantee that ensures they'll be offered another job with the company—only... — read more 

Like ATT I'm also trying to build up my 5Ge network but I can't find any good documentation for the 5Ge standard. Is it because I'm searching on my iPhone using Sprint's 5G network?

Anyone have success on ignite day or should I consider my job safe at COR?

https://i.redd.it/644r3c1eq2531.jpg

With regard to management layoffs...there has been lots of chatter and speculation about how the severance plan will eventually be cut (currently tops out at 6 months depending on years of service). It's becoming clearer what the new direction is. In... — read more 

Source below: https://www.channelpartnersonline.com/2019/06/17/att-cwas-claim-of-1800-layoffs-is-misleading?re85305383324920-4830243-49394309-re85305383324920re85305383324920-re85305383324920re85305383324920-re85305383324920

So, the news "on the street" is that AT&T has "good cash flow" and "always pays a dividend". Okay. If you want to believe it. Do this for me, though. Look through the publicly posted financials. Back out the debt. Go drop some numbers into a... — read more 

The company is at the end of paying for in house construction. Splicers May fair well, but lineman are really in for a ride the next couple years as the master contractor in the area your at will be doing most tasks. You will also see Prem/Wire techs... — read more 

Retail is obviously dead but when do the store shut downs happen? Seen a lot of ar stores within walking distance of each other pop up in san diego. But no word of anyone even in management being let go. Word is business as usual

Last week we saw a notification that the building located at 6500 West Loop South, Bellaire, TX has been targeted by Corporate Real Estate for sale. Location: https://example.com/maps/K9JDb6HfmTuMXySX7 I am unsure about the timeline as to how fast... — read more 

Sacramento LNS laying off 8 people

I owe you a big thanks and a case of the finest beer. I used that time to do some extensive job searching to prepare for Friday’s news. Out of all this BS, I was actually able to find a better job and avoid dealing with all of this surplus c-ap that... — read more 

In Mexico there are many telephony operators, such as Telcel, Movistar, Virgin and AT & T. Interestingly, the latter seems to have the worst service of all, as an investigation revealed that it is the company that most people complain about slamming... — read more 

To help complicate the force reduction already in process of 120 techs....Orland Park construction garage is being shut down. Romeoville is up for sale!! It’s getting real dicey in IBEW 21!!!

I'm so tired of it all - all the uncertainties every single week, all the stress that comes with it, all the nepotism and other office politics that are omnipresent at AT&T... Instead of getting better, things just keep getting worse... Just quitting... — read more 

With D4 still without a contract and D3 ending in a couple months, banding together and joining forces seems logical. An immediate strike would shut down both the midwest & the southeast and be detrimental to the company. Of course, this is providing... — read more 

I don’t know is if the only one who can’t stop worrying this weekend, but I feel that there is a lot in store for us next week. Does anyone have any info, or maybe has heard something about where could the layoffs be happening next week and to what... — read more