the new direction. non-company applications (read CUSTOMERS) will be ported over to other cloud providers. WTF?

Over the weekend received form where AT&T was trying to identify retirees with a potential disabilities such that they could dump them from the AT&T retiree medical program into Medicaid Disability. Since AT&T is self insured (they only use health... — read more 

As the morning rises and front line managers get told of their futures as well as the 2nd and 3rd levels good luck! Those that swam upstream, stood up for their techs, and challenged the status quo should be the one that continue this journey. God... — read more 

Arsm down to rsm it’s toxic good moral and ethical sales people are being pushed out, management wants sales at all cost and don’t care how you get them. They need entertainment numbers and ppv to cover the disconnects month after month of customers... — read more 

No company is too big to fail, and no company is too small to raise. What we need to worry about more is the amount of change that AT&T and the whole business, for that matter, is going through. Teleco is a dying business and T is moving into areas... — read more 

The Rule of 75 has been around in the SE for many ...many years; however, yesterday I learned that the Rule of 75 only applies IF you have a minimum of 20 years of Service. In other words, You MUST have a minimum of 20 years of Service before your... — read more 

I love Big Companies. ROLF.

Were any of you on a call last Tuesday announcibg the "Interest in Leaving" Survey? And if you were, did you receive the survey email? This would be my third call/email. How worried should I be? Should I survey Y or N?

Same concept as our contract with IBM development. If work slows down, IBM fires the programmers that worked on the project for years. All the knowledge walks out the door. When more work comes in, they hire off the street and its back to square one... — read more 

From the beginning of the year the layoffs were massive, I think no one can argue that but also i know that some hirings happened and I see a lot of job postings for positions at AT&T. How much did they manage to lower headcount and were any cost... — read more 

Does anyone have any insight as to whether the temporary OPTs are included in the leaked email of 433 affected?

Everybody is predicting doom and gloom (in five years, decade, two decades,) but realistically speaking, I think AT&T is too big to go under, no matter how many bad decisions the management makes. It might change, reorganize, shrink, adapt...but... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1133783959769427969

When at&t begins to hold their management employees accountable for their area of responsibility. In the real world this is how it works. Customer requests service - Sales completes ASR - Planners confirm - Provisioning delivers - customer happy. At... — read more 

I'm seeing job ads for it.

Union town hall meeting. What was said? Could not make the call-in

Burnout caused by work-related stress is now recognized by WHO as a valid condition. Since 99% of AT&T workers probably have it, we'll probably have to take turns in taking sick leave to recover... — read more 

I doubt that the layoffs will stop in the following month. Not a month of this year went by without at least som layoffs, I don’t see why this one would be any different. I was hoping to get some thoughts on what could the layoff numbers look in... — read more 

Anyone here a rebel or just dont give a flying fooock and still work remote? Did someone contact you? Did your manager find out? I am wondering if there's really repercussions or its just a blank threat to make our life miserable.

If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about how f---ed up this company is, I don't know what does.

?

If you are over 50, do you still care about your work at AT&T? Are you engaged?

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1133783959769427969

Up to 30% of construction, mainly OPT’s and FT’s this quarter is what we’ve been told by our first lines, the union, and what has been confirmed on the leaked email from HR a couple of months ago. Looks like there will be waves of layoffs and the... — read more 

Hello all I’m a term fiber splicer in cwa district 4 any news on how the let go or end of term works? Do they give you a 30 day notification or do you just show up on a Friday and get walked out?

Word is IBEW 21 was shocked by ATT ....telling them the numbers will be much higher then previously reported in the leaked email! Stay tuned folks!

No matter how it's spun, losing customers = losing sales = losing money = GE https://www.barrons.com/articles/t-stock-directv-losing-subscribers-might-not-matter-51559063007?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

June 15 is Surplus Announcement for the Southeast Is this true?

AT&T along with the US has lost it's way. Just read the June 3, 2019 article on how Huawei is the leader in 5G technology worldwide. AT&T/Bell Labs/Western Electric used to be the world leader in telecom equipment. Thanks to government intervention... — read more 

Oh that would be perfect. Let them get a taste of the Company direction. I know my former area manager was concerned about his future since the company slashed his direct reports 3x in 7 months. 8 direct reports total. I would love to hear about that... — read more 

Our group had the call at 2:00 p.m. eastern that another round of layoffs are coming. We will be notified by June 10th. Less than 7 months since the last one.

Honestly, How do you think A&T will make the transition to being a media company, or whatever they plan to be with the acquisition of Warner? Are we really doomed like the people claim we are, and if that’s the case, what does that mean, exactly... — read more 

How is it? Do you have to know somebody to get ahead?

Cost-cutting , more precisely layoffs look to me like the only visible way they’re dealing with the company debt at the moment. That being said, one has to wonder what’s gonna happen when they reach a point where they can’t lay off more people? It... — read more 

Why does everyone think that people who have 25+ years with the company are old and rich at T? Seriously, I still have little kids to raise and put through college. Some us were young when we started, have 25 years and aren’t even close to retirement... — read more 

Anyone Beta testing this? AT&T CFO John Stephens told investors Tuesday that the company’s new Android TV powered set-top, which it calls Osprey, will be a true replacement for linear satellite TV and its associated truck rolls. “The biggest cost we... — read more 

https://www.investors.com/research/att-stock-buy-now/ This article is a perfect example of why the executive leadership team has failed. The stock has not performed well by ANY measurement for many years. The market score (stock price) is the only... — read more 

Is the possibility that some parts of the company get sold due to the reorganization, still on the table. If that is the case, what parts of AT&T could be prima candidates for such a seloff?