The company’s obligation is to the shareholders. This company is experiencing competitive pressures and will continue to do so. You are owed a days pay for a days work. YOU are responsible for your future. Stay current on your skills to remain... — read more 

Can someone explain why diversity is good? Everybody says it, but I never hear a reason why. Seriously. If it is so good for the business, and AT&T is #1 in diversity, why the heck do the business results absolutely s---???

Since I’m seeing a lot of salary info thrown around feel free to see how you compare to your peers. Glassdoor is all over the place, so this info may help. It is illegal to prevent sharing of salaries so no worries there. You can round numbers so... — read more 

T forgot about affordability long ago, Google Pixel 3A at $399 is a response to T's crazy-expensive phones, Google please show T how it is done.... Goggle rocks!

Standard severance. Reply by May 30. Last day on payroll June 24

http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20190510/NEWS01/190519997

Sorry, folks, I know a lot of you hate AT&T, but compared to other places I've worked for, this is a cakewalk. My biggest and pretty much only issue are layoffs. But other than that, it's really not that bad. I can't be the only one who feels this... — read more 

Glad I’m leaving. Too bad it’s not soon enough. Still need to stick it out for another 6-8 months. This used to be an awesome place to work, loved my bosses and the people. Now, it’s just a miserable place to be.

Orland Park garage closing at the end of the year...techs will be relocating to Orland Hills garage. Real Estate has been out surveying other locations, several up “for sale” including Romeoville and Westmont!

for those who don’t know how stress leave works: For this to work you need to have worked 1250 hours in the last 12 months and be FMLA eligible or it won’t work Call out using the cag app for 7 workdays straight, On the 7th day call the IDSC and Tell... — read more 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://investorplace.com/2019/05/t-stock-not-worth-more-than-30-dollars/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiVqtKe6o7iAhXhV98KHZeoB3gQ0PADMAN6BAgBEAU&usg=AOvVaw2vo4Uq3RCIMhsgBqMYqGLY&cf=1

Not that long ago when a Mgr was expected to work 9-10 hours a day. (Outside Mgrs that was the baseline regardless. Duty weeks were hellacious when you might get a couple of hours sleep a night but still expected to show up at the yard at 7am.) With... — read more 

If the sudden increase in downvotes are in fact a fraudulent attempt at skewing an overall truthful perspective, then it is most appropriate that the perpetrators are too stupid to write a script to just downvote for them. Classic T. It’s like OM... — read more 

Techs and managers from the Rancho AM. He's been here a long time, he wouldn't lie to me.

In the last three or so years, everything regarding working at AT&T has become stressful. Stressing about constant layoffs. Stressing about incompetent managers who are either looking for a way to take credit for your work or blame you for their... — read more 

https://www.consolelaw.com/court-rules-that-atts-release-agreement-violates-federal-age-discrimination-law/

It wasn't pretty. Raided vending machines, hit all the elevator buttons, parked in reserved exec spots, used nothing but change in cafeteria, and used politically incorrect terms. One even wore a "Diversity is A Sham" tee shirt.

They announced an offer going out to Cleveland uverse and core managers 1st and 2nd level. Six month severance pay for volunteers. Total of 12 positions to be eliminated. My question is if even two or three are 2nd level that leaves nine or ten 1st... — read more 

Please date your posts ..

Go on FMLA! It really is a stress relief! Go see your therapist! Tell them how management harasses you daily, Just be honest & tell them what you really go through on a daily basis! It’s likely your Dr’s already know what a hell hole AT&T is & how... — read more 

The maximum views on this site for any post is 2,500. There are 255,000 AT&T employees, so does that mean 252,500 either don't know thelayoff exists, or if aware, care less?. Could it be the vast majority are satisfied with the status quo?

Good afternoon! Good Evening! And Good Night! I became fully vested after 3 years with the company and I put in my two weeks notice the next day. Own your life. AT&T means NOTHING. We will all return to dust. You live a single mortal life. Carpe... — read more 

The Dow Tumbles 599 Points Because the Market Wasn’t Ready for Trade Talks to Fall Apart, or maybe because Stephenson is a fuking_Idyot

It's like Warriors, Longest Yard, Oz, Lord of Flies, Stallag 17 all wrapped up into one. Fighting for a piece of turf every day. Mean Streets Day in and Day out. Maybe Scorcese will direct a new film...."Collaboration Zone".

Given that the speculations about mid-May layoffs are, in fact true,I would like to know does anyone have any idea on how big of a wave of layoffs are we talking about and in what orgs will the layoffs be conducted? I imagine the folks that claim to... — read more 

I've seen a date of 6/15 being tossed around with an off the books date of 9/15. Also some information appears to be more generic and is based on quarters instead of specific dates. Surpluses are spread across multiple regions / unions. Field... — read more 

The only problem with that spin is that buyouts are layoffs with some compensation attached. In other words, “voluntary buyout” is corporatespeak for “layoff.” Generally, if “buyouts” aren’t accepted by enough employees, layoffs follow. For all we... — read more 

he will talk business and innovation at the JP Morgan analyst meeting this week, Even today, Competent analysts are puzzled at the logic of the AT&T Time Warner deal, which has, so far, not led to any remarkable breakthroughs — though it has saddled... — read more 

And you wonder why all the good, law-abiding employees got surplussed....... https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2019/04/17/att-ceo-encourages-dallas-employers-hire-formerly-incarcerated SMH

Are all business call centers slow? We haven’t been getting a lot of calls for over a month now.

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Stop talking about collaboration zones (they are "engagement zones" now, by the way). It has nothing to do with anything. Was used as an excuse to get rid of some people, and that's all. And was hardly representative of all people laid off (those... — read more 

I’m not looking for answers like: start looking for a new job. Of course , that’s implied. What I mean by this question is should we try to apply at other companies it the telecom sector, or should we try to look to change the industry and seek our... — read more 

I have to admit I was a little skeptical about your 5gE network at first but after trying it on my iPhone 5 it works great. I wonder when you will build your 10g network so that I can try it with my iPhone X

As I was laid off recently, I saw many new college hires (start date of June/July). Are these college hires the same as the Leadership Development Program or is this something different? I would hate to imagine how many LDPs were hiring every year. I... — read more 

This question , of course, stands only if the rumors about cuts in the following week are true. If they are, in fact, true, what orgs could bi the object of cuts. Has anybody noticed any symptoms that cuts could come at their location and what... — read more 

FACTS: AT&Ts plan was to lay off PTs by inverse seniority, by yard, in Santee, Carrol Rd, Ruffin, Mira Este and Midway. (Otay was not in AT&T's list). The union insisted to AT&T to instead pool all the PTs in the local in one list and lay the off by... — read more 

On Thursday, lawyers filed lawsuits against four of the country’s major telecommunications companies for their role in various location data scandals uncovered by Motherboard, Senator Ron Wyden, and The New York Times. Bloomberg Law was first to... — read more 

Does AT&T still have to abide by the section 272 compliance mandate?