Any AT&T employee who signed an invalid release still may have the right to bring a federal age discrimination claim and keep the severance they were paid,” Console said in a statement. “Under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)... — read more
FYI
On behalf of Kevin Costello of Costello & Mains, LLC posted in Workplace Discrimination Usually, when the public discusses workplace discrimination, they are referring to some type of unfair treatment against a certain race, religion, s-xual... — read more
Seek legal counsel before signing anything
AT&T will be looking to ditch many of you with creative ways, and try to avoid age discrimination claims. Here is the #1 of their sneakiest ploys used by the Death Star One of the most common excuses used to get rid of older workers is “job... — read more
IHX hiring despite massive losses
Clearly IHX is all a rouse to bust up the union. They canceles the 9/1 hiring freeze and are hiring IHX scabs all over right now. While fat cat company thugs are firing loyal middle class SSRs they are also pushing there union busting puppet show... — read more
Mass layoffs to restructure debt will follow
What AT&T’s Layoff Announcement Says about Its Strategy By Andrew Smith 6 hours ago AT&T’s layoff announcement In August, AT&T (T) announced a reduction in its workforce by closing its call center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. According to an August... — read more
hang on for as long as you can
its obvious most people are not busy, but continue to be paid well. do nothing all day, its not much of a life and you probably hid your laziness from your spouse and kids. they'd be embarrassed to find out what you really did all day and your sorry... — read more
September 6?
Wasn't there a rumor about layoffs today? Or did I dream it? What came out of it?
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
SouthEast 9/15, bye bye
It will only get worse...
I worked for AT&T, which was SWBT when I started back in 1998. The value of numbers far outweighs the value of its employees as well as its loyal customers. After 15 years, my office in Dallas was shut down and we were allowed to "follow our work" to... — read more
Make 6% Div...lose 20% a year...
Doesn't make much sense to me getting a 6% dividend but losing 20% of the stock price. Now maybe I'm wrong, but seems to me its a losing proposition.
No more VO for Tech Dev/Ops
Anyone hear this, VO not allowed anymore. All employees & contractors must be in a specific office where your value stream team is, 5 days a week 8 hours a day. IP addresses will be monitored. Ridiculous.
Blame customers
The ones to blame for continued offshoring of customer service are customers themselves. They are the ones who receive the c-appy service, who keep getting switched from one person they can barely understand to another, and they keep using AT&T! Do... — read more
Have a Good Labor Day Holiday
"Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the... — read more
Looks like AT&T will follow GoPro
Big hopes and lots of luck,
Customer service should at least be able to speak English CLEARLY! Ughhh! Why am I getting no one that lives in America?
AT&T continues to pursue offshoring strategies. Why? Their decisions are penny-wise and pound-foolish, saving money in the short-run and losing loyal customers and loyal workers over time. And the costs of replacing loyal customers and workers far... — read more
rumor :ATO 4Q Surplus being planned
work is tight and the number of resources is still large. you know who you are. there was word that certain ATO leaders didn't want to surplus in 4Q, but our numbers aren't making sense to the bean counters
The truth about AT&T...they are ripping off Americans
https://www.reddit.com/r/tytonreddit/comments/9bbtdu/att_robbing_americans_thanks_trump/
And the truth will set you free...
Outstanding and truthful post that the company trolls will have a hard sugarcoating. https://www.reddit.com/r/tytonreddit/comments/9bbtdu/att_robbing_americans_thanks_trump/
44 Call Centers Closed by AT&T (since 2011)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/att-earns-record-profits-layoffs-outsourcing-continue
$31 dollar stock price
LMAO what is this the recession?? All mighty techs at all time highs...this is now $180B in debt with no future - employees living in fear of the next surplus and working on "fake" leadership projects as the surpluses are organized
Trump Tells AT&T to fire CNN head Jeff Zucker
It’s about time. Trump is going to force AT&T to fire Jeff Zuckr! http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/30/at-t-silent-after-trump-calls-for-telecom-giant-to-fire-cnn-boss-jeff-zucker.amp.html
AFN Group Conference Call for “Organizational Changes”
Surplus coming?
Bad publicity for AT&T, good for us
That article about AT&T still laying off and outsourcing despite profits is now everywhere. Just google "AT&T Layoffs And Outsourcing" and see how many links you'll get, all from the last day or two. I'm pleasantly surprised to see media actually... — read more
Off payroll on October 19th, I thought the 2 months was time I could look for a job.
Got voted out and off payroll on October 19th. I work in a 24x7 center which is now understaffed because of the cuts. They have me scheduled to work right up to the last day. This is leaving me little time to look for a new job and other paperwork... — read more
CWA Sneaky Sh!T
I cannot believe that the CWA retracted the direct dealing suit they had presented AT&T moreover without even notifying AT&T Legacy T workers. This "final" offer get progressively worse, with contract bargaining resuming only BECAUSE the Union... — read more
No hiring freeze at IHX
There is not and will not be a hiring freeze in IHX on 9/1. In fact we are in yet another round of growth and we are adding new teams filled with experts, managers, and even adding a couple directors. We have a mandate to grow right now straight from... — read more
They're liquidating us
Good article, thought I'd share. 'They're liquidating us': AT&T continues layoffs and outsourcing despite profits The communications giant is expecting a windfall of $20bn in savings from Trump’s tax reforms, but has closed 44 call centers since 2011... — read more
Sugarcoat all you want company trolls, the lackluster stock price tells it all.
If this company was doing so well, as they would have you believe, wouldn't the stock price be higher?
COR Movement
I have no idea what is going on in the COR stores. SSRs are going bye bye and we are hiring more ASMs. Rumor has it that they will be floating ASMs. Hiring all sorts of RSCs as well. Authorized retailers are opening up all over the place as well as... — read more
IHX Sales Down 37% Nationally
The fat lady is about to sing on these guys! Hiring freeze and layoffs coming!
Keep millennials out of AT&T
Most of the millennials I worked with at AT&T lacked basic communications and people skills. One of the 20-somethings I worked with who was hired to handle social media couldn't compose a 140-character tweet on his own, so the company hired an agency... — read more
Another Dinosaur back in action
AT&T has named Craig Unruh as president of AT&T public affairs operations, has been with the company since 1986,
A MESSAGE TO AT&T
The Internet exposed your long distance business and shut it down. There are very smart people working on platforms and technology that will make your network obsolete and thus your company will be the same. Enjoy your company's prosperity because... — read more
Border Control/Foreign Investment/Not-Patriotic and Forfeit Assets
Its funny everybody hates illegal crossing of the border by the poor people seeking better lives but know one cares about our companies crossing borders and leaving U.S. citizens unemployed. On top of that " we the people " fund a lot of projects via... — read more
Do yourself a favor and look for a new job
You have but two choices - Stay and take your chances or go find another job. I moved on to greener pastures. I make more money and have a whole lot less stressful job. My coworkers don't lie, cheat and steal to prop their numbers up and the company... — read more
They're liquidating us': AT&T continues layoffs and outsourcing despite profits- in the news
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/att-earns-record-profits-layoffs-outsourcing-continue AT&T has laid off an estimated 7,000 workers since the TAX Scam announcement was issued, according to the Communication Workers of America union... — read more
PTO
Do you know anybody who actually uses all of their PTO days? I was talking to a few coworkers and I realized none of us actually use even half of what we're entitled to out of fear of being seen as slackers and put on the list for the next round of... — read more
WORK STEADY LAYOFF INEVITABLE
You can do all the work, do it the best, have the seniority. YOU ARE ON THE LAYOFF LIST! No matter what you think you can get it. We had some guys with over 40 years of service because they were not flexible to move ultimately the layoff made them... — read more