Its happening Uverse turn down in 3Q this year

Remember the failed small foorprint project UVerse?....among many others?, now the biggest fear in T taking over a leader in the media space was an executive shuffle that would leave telecom leaders without media experience trying to lead the new... — read more 

Any ideas when the layoffs will start again? Being stuck in layoffs limbo is even worse than being laid off...

There is life after a surplus. My husband was surplussed not once but thrice. The first one, we took it the hardest because we didnt know what to do as single income family but little did we realized that it will kickstart our financial portfolio. We... — read more 

On the last earnings report, WM was not part of the Entertainment Group. On the other hand, landline telephone was part of the Entertainment Group. I'm hoping going forward, that Warner Media continues to be reported separately, so it is easier to... — read more 

We've got more streams than the Mississippi River - and they cost more too! https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/11/att-to-revamp-directv-now-with-new-plans-bundling-in-hbo-price-hikes/

are current job openings such as Sr. Specialist Network Support or Sr. Network Support?

I’m getting used to the fact that layoffs are inevitable at Warner Media, but the question remains will the order who gets to stay and who gets to go come directly from T leadership or will they just demand certain numbers and leave the decision to... — read more 

https://deadline.com/2019/03/warnermedia-boss-john-stankey-saw-pay-rise-64-in-2018-to-16-6m-att-ceo-randall-stephenson-steady-at-29-1m-1202573725/

Surplus declaration March 15th, hold on to your rollercoaster seats, this is the last quarter before new upcoming 3 year agreement renewal. 2020 is here folks.

Randall has been in hiding all this time and comes up with that? yikes

If the big wigs at at&t new of their senior technical process managers were doing working from home , they would all be surprised. The ones I know only work 4-5 hours a day , the rest of the time there shopping and watching tv.

Think that the WM employees can learn a thing or two about how layoffs are conducted under the AT&T umbrella. Correct me if I’m wrong but I doubt that they will change they flawed ways in which layoffs are done. So, WM folks, you don’t have to look... — read more 

Talk with some of the remaining FLA’s and the biggest and worst part of their job is dealing with no jobs available on a daily basis unless there is inclement weather. They are getting beat up on both ends, from the field and their line of Mgmt.

Got RIF'd at age 51 right as the 2008 Depression started. Know how many companies wanted a 51 year old Telecom guy - ZERO! Ended up doing stupid contract I&R work like I had done in my 20's just to get some money in the door. Eventually got hired in... — read more 

The most recent surplus announcement in ATO did not offer or allow managers to volunteer to leave the company with severance package. Many in my group, self included, tried to volunteer anyway. Is there anyone knowledgeable if there will be future... — read more 

So many at my yard and my fellow brothers at other yards mention that 3/15/19 will be the day for a surplus for P/W techs to be announced. Anyone know the validity of this. We have one L1 at our yard saying yes and the other saying it's just rumors.

I'm not sure why so many people on this site think that 1st levels decide how things are run. When I was at AT&T we had to do things a certain way for audits. I was an engineer and there is a "set" way for things to be done. I was one of the ones... — read more 

They will have to make some move to either absorb or shed DTV given the paring down of resources in the last year. Just in the last few months, they have announced no replacements for the two aging satellites due to be decommissioned later this year... — read more 

Wondering if a management person recently surplussed can inform on supplemental term life insurance that you had in place while employed? I know it is at least partly subsidized by company so I would guess that it goes away...wondering if they gave... — read more 

There will be announcements of a few level 2 and 3 surpluses in mobility. Most of those affected already know and have new positions waiting for them in MSE.

Middle age surplus is a life changer for me and my family. To young to retire and to old to start over. What I had planned out for me, my wife, my kids will never be. I feel like I really let them down. Not many options left

What are the forecasted numbers

Any managers in Birmingham/Hoover/Huntsville surplused?

When will these techs be targeted? I have never seen this position involuntarily surplused.

This seems to me the logical move, especially if the story about it being sold turn out to be false. My question would be how many cuts could the move of DTV under the WM umbrella produce?

Interesting article that points out HBO’s role in the AT&T’s media business and approaches the question whether HBO can be a force that will power that business , or will it just fail to be a revenue maker it was intended to be... — read more 

On this forum, there's a lot of complaining about management and their style of managing people. Looking back at C&E, we have a lot of personnel from the military where they bring forth excellent technical skills but poor interpersonal skills causing... — read more 

Awaiting appeal with my attorney, any insight would be appreciated.

I imagine that some departments of both companies that overlap in their domains o work will be merged, at least that’s what’s commonly done in these situations. A y info what parts of the two companies will be merged into one entity and what is the... — read more 

What's up with payout... Did not receive one????

I know I’m risking that my question could be labeled as stupid, but I don’t know anything on the subject , so here it goes. I’m a WM employee, and in the case that I get laid off from the company, what severance package would I be offered, the... — read more 

Unfortunately for T, consumers are paying more attention to how their information is being used. The next US administration will adopt European-like privacy standards that greatly restrict company plans to monetize customer information. Oh, and GOT... — read more 

I am in a techdev org, From a VP down look at my org: 1,315 managers (I filtered on on mgt positions), 1,088 are hires prior to 2007, thats 83% of that total mgt force. There are 255 (19%) that have 30 or more years. Then there are others that meet... — read more 

According to annual reports: 2015 - 281,450 2016 - 268,540 2017 - 254,000 Anyone have the official total for 2018 from the annual report? Anyone know know what the total is as of today?

Kinda odd to see all the open mics and town halls be abruptly canceled after that document leak, lol.

MGMT SURPLUSES —. Well, more mgmt surpluses announced today — will be notified if affected 3/22/19 and off payroll 5/22/19. If in one of the affected titles and want to go — leave by 3/29/19 to get the better pension interest rate.

Does anyone have a definitive answer as to our severance affecting when one can file, and if the severance is really severance at all? Isn't it a payment from the employer to the employee to release the company from liabilities ? And if so, this... — read more 

So J.Stankey in a town hall didn’t hold back in making the direction of T clear. They want you on your device, more hours a day, so they can collect your data and use it for the new advertising business they bought. I get it we need to make money... — read more