So of course someone else took the fall. Bob Quinn Senior Excutive Vice President External & Legislative Affairs (E&LA) will be “retiring”. Will Randall ever grow a pair and take responsibility for this company, instead someone else has to retire for... — read more
First Head to Roll
Senior Executive Vice President External & Legislative Affairs Bob Quinn. NEXT!!
Leave Randall alone! Maybe he forgot to take his CBTs!
I'm so sick of all of you high and mighties on this website. Randall is a busy man! How could he be expected to know what is ethical or unethical from year to year? Not only is he trying to run a Fortune 10 company, but he is also deeply involved in... — read more
LA Times: Randall Stephenson Should Be Fired
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-att-slush-20180509-story.html “In AT&T's case, the spotlight should fall on CEO Randall Stephenson, who has bet his career on pulling off the Time Warner merger, and on the other 12 members of his... — read more
Union strike
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/04/24/t-union-prepping-strike-details-deep-layoffs-counter-tax-reform-vows/541335002/
Randall Stephenson Resigns from Two Boards
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/att/2017/12/18/atts-randall-stephenson-resigns-two-boards-focus-time-warner-legal-fight
ABOUT TIME
The payments made to the personal attorney of President Donald Trump raise questions as to whether these companies violated anti-bribery rules, experts in federal bribery laws say.
AT&T Cohen Payments
This is astounding! Are employees hopping mad that the company refused to give out an acceptable annual raise to a significant percentage of the company in 2018 but yet was totally willing to pay Michael Cohen $600,000 for "insights?" This action is... — read more
FORCE ADJUST is definitely in order
Just 4 years ago my stores received 400 boxes a week. We had huge amounts of inventory on hand that took hours to count every month. We had 2 resets a months averaging 30 hours. We had CARS, paperwork, TONS of returns- restock fees were a lot less... — read more
Scandal after scandal
https://www.fiercecable.com/video/doj-asks-judge-to-force-at-t-to-sell-either-directv-or-turner
Please explain Rule of 70
DirecTV guy here - so excuse my ignorance since Ma Bell doesn't talk to us. I understand the Rule of 75 (if years of age plus years of service equals 75 then eligible for full retirement). But what is this Rule of 70 you guys are talking about?... — read more
Payments to Cohen now at 600k; Mueller questioned payments; Senators now getting involved!
Extra! Extra! Read all about dumb Randy’s bribe which didn’t even work, and is now a black eye on the whole company! https://www.dallasnews.com/business/att/2018/05/09/att-gave-information-mueller-regarding-payments-trump-lawyer Force this loser out!
VSP CALL TODAY IN SW
VSP call today in Oklahoma TFS.
Anybody surprised by this?
Is anybody really surprised by the whole Trump layer payment controversy? Really? Is there one person still working for AT&T who actually believes that the higher-ups would be above something like this? Nobody can be that naive (at least I hope so.)... — read more
AT&T, what’s going on?
With all the surplus, downsizing going on, didn’t see AT&T/Cohen relationship coming. What else don’t we know about?
Layoffs in Finance Billing 5/9
Notices went out today for a meeting tomorrow
Let’s talk about Ethics and Code of Conduct- Michael Cohen Payments
Amazing AT&T would authorize $200k plus for Trump insights. Seems several executives missed that mandatory Code of Conduct and Ethics training.
Bye bye AT&T directv
No amount of money & benefits will keep me at a shady company that goes against my morals & values...after this Michael Cohen scandal, I’m citing irreconcilable differences & getting the F out of this company.
From one POS to another
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/05/08/att-confirms-it-paid-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-for-insights-on-administration.html
So it looks like T is about to get caught up in the investigation into Trump's shady dealings
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/993979467084324865
Nanodegree?
Is there anyone in the know who can comment on whether upper mgmt really looks to see if people have nanodegrees and move them into open positions? Is it worth the time and effort? I guess it cant hurt........
Rule 70 and AT&T
Is it just me, or is AT&T nowadays not even hiding anymore that they are getting rid of everybody who fits under rule 70? At least it used to be hidden in layoffs with younger people as well, now they just give us unattainable metrics and fire... — read more
SSR position getting eliminated
I’ve been told the position is going away in August. Told to look into what we want to do with the company....want us to move into the other role sooner than later....
AT&T To Dump Direct TV
DTV has been losing customers for months, and word is ATT is ready to toss it in order to get the Time Warner deal done.
Horowitz v AT&T Update Age Discrimination
https://www.law360.com/cases/5956600629ae53568b000004 Randy is in trouble again
IHX going to be hurting in a few months
Dishlish directv coming out in a few months, their job is going to be useless. Get out before it’s to late. Your welcome.
IHX
Are they moving In-Home experts from 1A to 1B?
T-Mobile and Sprint deal
Frankly, I'm hoping this acquisition of Sprint (not really a merger, is it) goes through. The fewer competitors they can leave us for, the more we can continue to screw over customers with less offered for more money asked. I really don't see a way... — read more
Regulators and AT&T offer closing arguments in antitrust case
"AT&T and Time Warner's lead attorney Daniel Petrocelli, told the court Monday that...By making just a few adjustments to the Justice Department's economic modeling, he said, the merger could result in annual savings to consumers of $500 million."... — read more
More cuts
Cuts will continue until each manager has 10 or more direct reports. This was explicitly stated as a component of the 2020 Vision. No more “special projects” teams with 5-7 FTE. For a change, I believe this actually would be a good thing. Any chance... — read more
Stephenson is a moron
T-Mobile to acquire Sprint. So T list 5 billion trying to acquire TMobile. T-Mobile sends a big fu to T and Verizon only to buy Sprint and T falls to the curb. Love it. Now watch the DOJ send the dagger. Oh and Randall should have been held in... — read more
The Pay TV industry has done exactly what the government has said...
"Though previously mentioned, it’s worth noting again that of those respondents cutting pay-TV service, 86.7% do so because of price, and this category increased by 6.6 percentage points y/y. As price drives both dissatisfaction and cord-cutting... — read more
Only hope is an approved merger
At this point stock down 15% lower in 2018, I do not see a catalyst to see the trend ending anytime soon, look folks this dinosaur mostrousity is struggling to preserve what they do best and what do you think in trying to preserve an outdated... — read more
OMG DTOCKBACK TO $ 32+, UNREAL
After BILLIONS wasted, not much to show for, it is like Randy looking at himself in the mirror, NOT a pleasant view
16,000 in 7 years
Just wondering, how many more companies can brag with such a high number of layoffs in seven years? All in the same area. I think we all know what happened to those jobs. The need for call centers didn't suddenly go down by more than half. Think what... — read more
Management Surplus Incoming
Will be announced by the end of this quarter or beginning of next quarter. There may be the usual “effected workgroups” call but from what I’ve heard they already have the names of those who they’ve chosen. I’ve been told the names of the 2 people... — read more
“Not a Good Fit”
My manager met with me last week and informed me that I was “not a good fit” they needed “more from me”. There were no specific incidence or misconduct. I was told to look for another position or resign. I am not in a sales role, but received a... — read more