40-50% between lay offs and off shoring.

It's all about the pension and how much you cost the company!

LATimes May 15th 2019: SpaceX has packed 60 satellites onto one rocket to advance its big internet plan. Three statements of wisdom that I’ve heard from distinguished at&t employees. 1) Do a great job and stay on the payroll as long as you can 2) As... — read more 

Reminder: ATT still s---s

I wonder what I would see if I looked under the “hood” of all the other competitors layoff sites. My point is, it’s not always greener somewhere else. If we get surplussed along the way, don’t expect that you will leave the old grievances... — read more 

This may sound surprising to you, but looking at the deals AT&T had close may look like this short children story book the scene began with just one sheep jumping off the cliff to die (DirecTV Acquisition). The shepherds (CEO and Board of Directors)... — read more 

Search, surplus Narrow to one week ago to today Click on 2019 commco force sizing

Heard leadership knows there by level the participation results and going through everything to form action plan . I was very blunt and am very negative because of how we’re treated and the survey shows that. I don’t think it’s anonymous either. What... — read more 

I want to be laid off. I'm praying to be laid off. Every day. And I've been here for more than two decades. What does that say about AT&T? Or more to the point, about those who are leading this company right now? I didn't use to feel this way before... — read more 

The AT&T Mobility unit is seeing slower retail traffic each year as customers shift to digital fulfillment to upgrade smartphones. The 2H2020 plan is to sell off 80% of company owned retail locations to large Authorized Retailers and eliminate costly... — read more 

Any details?

In case this was not posted... AT&T plans to lay off 101 technicians in San Diego County as part of larger statewide job cuts, raising the ire of the union representing many of the workers... — read more 

Interesting read...given our debt crunch, perhaps this approach wasn’t right for us? https://seekingalpha.com/article/4264458-comcast-just-showed-and-t-make-deal-disney

may 24th is the cutoff date for voluntary leave. after head count via HR they will announce management final number june 3rd. then it will be technician removal phase, subscriber count will be low enough to justify surplus.technician cuts to be... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-dubious-management-fad-sweeping-corporate-america/ar-AABoWxc?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

That's an embarrassment and a problem, should be worried. The lack of appetite for cable-like streaming services should concern skinny bundle master AT&T, particularly as profits remain scarce and prices continue to rise. It does not take an... — read more 

Everyone in my ATO .org were ordered to report to the office they are assigned to in webphone. People now reserve drop in space or if no desk sit and work sitting on the floor! Are you working like that? Are they trying to get us to quit so they... — read more 

I’m just asking has anybody heard anything, don’t have any special motive for asking, other than my personal curiosity and anxiety. Haven’t heard anything for a while and I’m just wondering is this the calm before the storm?

The best leaders are those who get out of the way and let their subordinates do their jobs without micro managing them, which means that the less work you do as an AM, the better suited you are for the position, because that makes you a better... — read more 

Do we have any update on layoffs for AM's or support staff. Most support staff work from home and take 3 days to respond to a basic email. The local AM forwards emails from the director and adds "FYI".

Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Global, Technology, Media and Communications Conference, Stephenson said a spike in churn in the video business should be expected this year, as the company looks to boost profitability in the business by "cleaning up" the... — read more 

Question: Why wasn't there an MVO offer before the surplus (referring to the surplus that took place in January) Answer: The goal of the Management Voluntary Offer in the summer of 2018 was to provide managers who were interested in departing from... — read more 

Randall said: "This is the first of many experiences across the AT&T portfolio,” he said. “It’s important for us to look at what the use cases for these experiences will look like and how they’ll evolve.” LOL Key words, Portfolio, evolve, but... — read more 

Not surprised by the layoffs, surprised on how they are cherry picking top performing employees with age and tenure based on the cost to the business. Unfortunately, some employees with many years but not yet retirement eligible are being caught in... — read more 

I’ve heard from a couple people that the JVB .org is going to be hit late June. Anyone else hearing the same.

Genious, AT&T to prioritized Streaming Service AT&T apparently has never heard the phrase, "a bird in hand is worth two in a bush". They abandon their customers in pursuit of new customers. Their acquisition cost for new customers in far greater than... — read more 

I have to admit I was also stressed out, worried, scared, probably even more than other people, but once I made peace with the fact that layoffs are out of my reach and that they have nothing to do with me or my skill, taking the severance and... — read more 

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/att-promised-7000-new-jobs-to-get-tax-break-it-cut-23000-jobs-instead/

There was mention of a MVO (Management Voluntary Offer) for the Finance groups. Does anyone know if ATO will have any MVO's this year? Given the working conditions, morale, and overall lack of vision there could be more takers on the MVO this year... — read more 

In 2016 AT&T told Wall Street they can operate with one third less people by 2020. They keep telling us to get ready for 2020. Are these layoffs really a surprise? Exactly what @Z2D8efw-1zxh said. We are nowhere near the number AT&T wants to be at... — read more 

Mexico's consumer watchdog, Profeco, won a class-action lawsuit against the local unit of U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T Inc for undue charges and poor service.

Can’t help but wonder how much les workers will the company going to be hitting 2020? Layoffs happened in big waves, but also in smaller portions without much attention. When you look at those numbers I can only think that a big number of employees... — read more 

when AT&T used to treat its employees right? I do. It was decades ago. Literally. People who say it was better a few years ago are wearing rose colored glasses. Things started going downhill a long, long time ago. Since I doubt the pattern will... — read more 

There are plenty of Things that s--- here. Job security, all the ever changing procedures to nail the workers with some kind of b---s--- to save the company a buck. Management is horrible, if you get a good local manager it doesn't matter because his... — read more 

I’ve been laid off recently and I’ve signed the severance paperwork, a couple of days after that I get a call and I was offered another job at T , just at a different location. If I apply to that position do I lose my severance? The paperwork was... — read more 

If it's just a day's work for a day's pay until I can be thrown away, fine. In turn, that means I don't need to donate to the United Way, volunteer at company or charity events, try to do anything about vendor fraud, write to my Congress critter, be... — read more 

Maybe it’s sad to think about stuff like this on a Sunday, but I guess that is our reality. I would feel a little better knowing that there are no solid rumors about layoffs taking place in the following week. So, Any word?

AT&T gets rid of so many people, they even have a self rating in amplify for outsourcing. Go look it up for those still employed and give yourself a rating.

Be happy, there is life after AT&T. Take your severance and 100% lump and run before they figure out how to screw you out of your pension.