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Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose a new $100,000 application fee for H-1B worker visas, a White House official said, potentially dealing a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from... — read more 

Looks like some have been told today to be ready to move to Dallas. Its pack up and go or go. Dallas is where the work will be

Employee Discount Program 877-377-9010 Found this number and talked to a very nice lady. They handle all discount information for all services. Discount will start automatically November 1st for all qualified wireless retiree plans. Qualified... — read more 

one thing i really miss from corporate sales is the slow unraveling of everyone around me. sales is stressful. the quotas are heavy, the customers are demanding, and the pressure never really ends. the obvious signs of burnout are easy to spot, but... — read more 

The total for the week was correct but all the individual days were wrong. How the heck do they do that? Seems like a different error every week.

Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, has stated that AI could probably bring 4 day work weeks. "We're at the beginning of the AI revolution... and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across industries could probably bring a transition to... — read more 

Get affairs in order and start looking for other roles.

Let’s hope this is good news and human oriented changes will begin soon.

Has anyone heard anything substantial about a return to the hybrid model? As the new leadership from other companies has been coming to AT&T most of them seem against 5 day RTO. I know that my AVP up to my SVP truly don't care for 5 day RTO.

Anyone else have issues with their pets seeming depressed? Not only is my spouse upset that I'm never home and misses our lunchtime walks and heathy food prepared together, but my cat has acted strange ever since I stopped returning home until the... — read more 

From what I understand the Stinky never gets any respect when he goes to those technical events in the US. That’s why he avoids them. He’s pretty much laughed at. These TECHNICAL conferences view AT&T as the most government controlled bi--hes. He’s... — read more 

Any info? Anywhere? has anyone gotten an offer or a surplus notice? bargained for or management please share if you have any real info thanks

I heard that there are way too many L3s. To be addressed this month.

if i evr won the lottery, i wouldn’t retire quietly. i’d open a cellphone store right in the middle of the richest neighborhood i could find. but it wouldn’t be a normal store. our only goal would be to make sure every single customer left annoyed... — read more 

What a joke ... the race to the bottom is over and AT&T won https://www.wral.com/consumer/5onyourside/utility-boxes-repair-att-september-2025/

They have sunk to an all-time low. As they continue to make cuts, we have some snake-leaders hiring candidates from outside the company. You can't tell me there weren't hundreds of internal applicants that were fully qualified! THEY DO NOT CARE... — read more 

Any rumors on when and if that will happen. If approved they should be able to start getting a return on that investment early.

8 and SKATE, IT CAN WAIT. GO team. Rah rah.

Year after year, month after month..I'm having to constantly hear through my manager and from peers that the group I'm in will just shut down. The 'leadership' above us seems to think that the automation that is used in conjunction to our work just... — read more 

Got some documentation saying the discount will go from 30% to 50%. Took forever to find someone who even knew what I was talking about. Lady said that according to what she could find, and if she understood it correctly, the discount would take a... — read more 

Does anyone know when the Arlington Heights lease is over? My coworkers are scattered at different locations. They did offer me a position in Dallas. Thats a no go for me.

Notice how empty the office is now? Rules are changing. The whole RTO experiment has run its course. The truth is simple: the office is there if you want it, and home is there if that’s where you do your best work. That’s how it always should have... — read more 

Noticing that since the news came out that they are no longer tracking in office presence , the little Flexible workspace In my building is no longer full. It used to be at capacity daily, now half of the seats are empty - people are going back to... — read more 

I swipe in, do exactly what’s needed, and leave. Used to stay late, used to hustle, but not anymore. Every month the bare minimum gets a little lower because the company’s shown me they couldn't care less about us.

has the list for d9 surplus been leaked. id appreciate a link to the site

Will all RAN National employees need to move to Dallas? And why aare all Local RAN design teams still heavy in remote locations?

I don't know about you but I would be willing to pay for WFH days. Anyone else? Not ideal, especially since they already took a week of vacation away from 20+ year managers; but it would be worth it some days. Perhaps it's a new revenue stream?... — read more 

So from what we can tell, John Stankey lives right near Highland Park, which is basically the Beverly Hills of Dallas, TX. He gets driven to the Dallas Downtown HQ, which is a 15 min drive for him - but typically 45+ min for his employees. He gets... — read more 

Sat in on my L3 call given he was out PTO. AVP has announced network wide large cut of L1/L2s across Anatomy, Leggy, and Greendick organizations. Capex/Expense being cut for automation given known reduction in workforce. End of payroll is before... — read more 

Go to 3204 local site. Look under files tab . BST 4th qtr 25 surplus

Almost an hour now but no indication sending us home lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq10jrnO2SM They are openly mocking him on YouTube now

There’s some solid information that’s come to my desk about mass layoffs for San Antonio coming within the next 6 months. They will be consolidating to a “super center” and will be laying off people that are getting paid a higher salary than what new... — read more 

Has there been any discussion on how long this designation will last and if all people outside hubs need to move or just where offices are closed? This puts people with that status in limbo prolonging the decision.

Did anyone else get a random employee survey a few days ago. Essentially all questions asked a few months ago via third party survey but this survey came out via Microsoft forms and it isn’t anonymous. I thought that was weird.

https://www.businessinsider.com/att-system-for-tracking-employees-rto-compliance-2025-9