In my group Chewning is forcing the SAFe methodology & has forbidden VO. Reading in between the lines, looks like positions will be re evaluated & if you don’t fit, goodbye. A good way to get rid of people.

I was just surplussed and took the lump sum last month. I would not post a company email on this site so I can see why no one wants to do that. It is just unethical. But if some on this board think the company isn't looking to lower the number of... — read more 

https://www.investopedia.com/news/atts-stock-may-drop-new-lows/

get ready to receive the pink slip. you all know as I do...budgets are a joke, pretend projects or continual prioritizing efforts to keep people busy arent going to sustain.

I have worked for other Fortune 500 companies, but this is the worst. In my 20 years with the T, I have never seen it so bad. It all started with Randall. He has not a clue. He will never be able to transform this company into a leading media and... — read more 

It was just a matter of time before AT&t started leveraging its position the market, the precise thing that the leadership claimed it wasn’t going to be done. I understand that the urge to produce bigger profits overpowers the rules and the promises... — read more 

What’s behind the pension interest rate extension untill April 1st?

Any news regarding the Legacy "T" VTP offer for CWA in ATO December 14th 2018

The rumor is there will be large cuts to the 2019 TechDev budget which will cause layoffs. Nothing is finalized yet however. Can we get more info on this, please?

wireless is dead, wireline is dead. costs are OOC and randy wants to be netflix, only 10 years too late. budgets have and will continue to be slashed, yet the resource numbers are the same. the company could wack 60% of the workforce and still... — read more 

AT&T is Ending DIRECTV NOW’s $15 Credit For Unlimited Wireless customers Recently AT&T announced that they are dropping their $15 discount for AT&T Unlimited Customers. Currently if you signup for an AT&T Unlimited plan you can get $15 off DIRECTV... — read more 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/view/articles/2018-11-06/at-t-shouldn-t-take-directv-viewers-for-granted

And the band played on...

I work for AT&T in TechDev (IT) and just got a call from my boss this morning (11/6/2018) who is a VP. He's very distressed, he had a meeting with his boss yesterday and was informed of huge job cuts before EOY. I couldn't get the percentages out of... — read more 

There is nothing of any importance on here.

Saw a recent article in the Insider touting all of the veteran hiring going on. Didn't see a story about all of the well qualified veterans being shown the door over the last couple years though. A couple excellent long tenured performers in my group... — read more 

Looks like they'll be cutting a ton of folks there. I wonder if we'll be seeing something similar soon...

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-filmstruck-att-20181102-story.html

https://www.multichannel.com/news/public-knowledge-on-hbo-black-out-we-told-you-so

A large company did a climate survey, of its own employees, and asked them to describe their company in just 3 words. The results were not as expected: Example: WMH = Work More Hours Full disclosure, I lifted this off a competitors Layoff site

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/11/2/18055780/att-dish-hbo-battle-warnermedia-cable-streaming-battle-future

This is going to be interesting. It’s not like we didn't have enough bad publicity already, but we have to invent new ways of drawing negative public attention. In light of the DOJ’s appeal on the antitrust charges, it is logical that the DOJ will... — read more 

I received a call from an AT&T Recruiter after I made it to the interview process, one interesting question was "what is your visa status?" once I told her that I was an US Citizen, the energy was gone from her voice, and last time I heard from this... — read more 

As well, AT&T has to finance its dubious, late-to-the-game plan to launch a WarnerMedia streaming service and its plan to massively bulk up HBO programming. The closures won’t free up much, but hey, every million dollars saved counts for something... — read more 

stock going back to recession lows. largest debt of any company in the world, raising rates. randy is probably hoping this HBO blackout stunt somehow improves the DOJ's chances of getting this deal undone...what a mess this CEO has created. Randy... — read more 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/hbo-goes-dark-due-to-standoff-with-dish

T-Mobile continues to outpace the industry. For the third quarter ending in September, the carrier reported a higher than forecast 1.6 million net additions; that makes the three-month period the 22nd consecutive quarter that T-Mobile added more than... — read more 

Are all we are working for now. We try to squeeze in as much customer service as the metrics allow. This regime will not be happy until we spend 100% of our time accounting for our time.

AT&T still vague on 5G service pricing, OK, so maybe the hype is getting ahead of the reality. The 5G standards for ultra-low latency are still being hammered out and that technology likely won't arrive until 2020, this does not stop AT&T to sell the... — read more 

Anyone gotten their check yet?

There is no real leadership from the C-Suite down to the 4th level - this is where the real stuff matters, IMHO. These group of ppl abandoned, possibly when Ralph left, the real life of the company and stopped looking at improving the core network to... — read more 

to keep that c-appy job reporting up thru a c-appy AVP, who is only concerned about sticking his/her head up next levels azzzzz. this place has been a dump for over 3 years now. leadership s---s

Post any information about potential or actual AT&T Layoffs in 2019?

breaking news....AT&T to layoff 15% of North American workforce. Actual numbers will be close to Verizon numbers recently announced. The writing is on the wall folks. Sales are way down, costs are way up and stock price is in the toilet. If you are... — read more 

This is called reverse synergy. AT&T + DirecTV + Time Warner combined are worth $100 billion dollars LESS than the value of the individual companies. In the real world this is a FAILURE. In Randy and "the Johns" world this is somehow a success... — read more 

Just a different board of directors, don't forget the information from training.

Folks, let's not turn this site into a political referendum. There likely will be a lot of people impacted by decisions made between now and the end of 1QTR2019. Common Sense tells us that. Let's use this thread for that purpose and leave your... — read more 

AT&T Executives Hail WarnerMedia’s Boost to Bottom Line in Q3, cited Great Results!!! Cynthia Littleton October 24, 2018 6:48AM PDT

The leaders in the gulf states IHX market, particularly the one in Shreveport/Bossier and his boss are trash. They don’t stand behind their employees at all. Rather than coach and correct a mistake, they’d rather just fire good people. What terrible... — read more