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This is going to be a big blow to various groups in ATO groups. Impacting folks from various groups - VMWARE admins, Net backup, hardware designers, installers and tier-3 system administrators, database administrators, netbackup administrators etc... — read more 

Strike while the iron is hot...oops missed that. Whats the point of taking a vote to strike and seeing overwhelming results authorising a strike? 90+% percent of mobility orange voted for a strike. Its time to take a stand and show that its the... — read more 

Joplin MO BEUC call center hiring 50 people. What a joke down 300 + people and only going to hire 50. ROFLMAO.... Dont do us any favors.

AT&T wants to drop landline service and where better to test this than in the largest region in the United States? First AT&T got its wish to purchase Time Warner, then they get their wish to end net neutrality, now they're aggressively pursuing new... — read more 

so low surplus this quarter and no strike?

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4066040-t-reasons-touch-stock

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/70-u-s-workers-hate-job-poll-article-1.1381297

Let's say, they let me go and offer X as a severance package. Would it be possible to negotiate a package that's X+Y where Y is a number greater than zero. Any help would be appreciated.

It's happening folks

Your useless union gave the company 72 hours notice on Friday and what happens today? Nothing! Randy just choked laughing on his mocachino.

I wish T would offer a buyout package to all the old folks with 30+ years. I have "only" 18 years with the Company and I have to worry about my future every quarter. We have 2 techs in our group with 43 and 45 years service. They both have said they... — read more 

http://abc11.com/news/21000-at-t-workers-poised-for-monday-strike/1932942/

Dallas News BUSINESS TOPICS AT&T's employee count decreased by about 13,000 people -- or about 5 percent -- in a year, according to the company's earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2016. It shrank from 281,450 people at the end of 2015 to... — read more 

At&t stop forcing me to donate to people ! So YOU can save on your taxes but lower my pay ! I'm outta here !

Just heard from a reliable source that the Northeast Union will be striking on May 1!

More commonly, the big buyouts are merely attempts to buy time. Integrating incompatible operations for a couple of years, and providing excuses for large-scale layoffs. The smoke and mirrors works only for so long. Then another expensive deal is... — read more 

Is anyone happy working for AT&T? Are you looking somewhere else?

AT for now, the debt only costs the small interest payments. While the debt is outstanding, low interest costs allow the cash flows from the company to produce free cash flow. T then trumpets the FCF. But soon enough, the debt looms, and there may or... — read more 

Hey Midwest Uverse Tech Brother's. Whats going in are section. Michigan, Ohio Illinois. All I ever hear is Retail. What is going on with are department? Speak up because I know some tech out there knows what is going on. I talk with a tech that said... — read more 

I heard this from a very reliable inside friend who is a 2nd level manager. Hope you have a plan B.

AT&T t says it plans to cut about 4,600 jobs, or 1.5% of its workforce, to shift resources to growing parts of its business. The nation's largest telecommunications provider said most of the layoffs will be among managers. AT&T said the job cuts —... — read more 

TECHNOLOGY Will DirecTV, Bundling Strategy Come To AT&T's Rescue? AT&T is trying to find ways to compensate for disappointing results at its DirecTV unit. (AT&T) REINHARDT KRAUSE4/26/2017 Reprints AT&T (T) is expected to ramp up consumer advertising... — read more 

I have been with the company for almost 18 years. Believe it or not there are also managers who are being held accountable for their teams not selling or performing Demos. If you are not doing what has been asked of you; we have to move forward. Not... — read more 

Heard a whisper that the internal D2D program is going bye bye.. anyone hear that?

Do any of the morons out there realize that the reason Uverse TV subscribers are down 23% is because they simply flipped them over to DTV? It is happening every single day. Hungry cheating sales people canceling customers off their Uverse TV and... — read more 

AT&T moving entertainment division leaders to Los Angeles Apr 25, 2017, 6:21pm PDT No. 7: AT&T, Dallas JACK PLUNKETT AT&T is moving the nucleus of its entertainment division from Atlanta to the Los Angeles area. The telecom will move about 300 of its... — read more 

below $40 will be the trend to follow, with an unhappy workforce and strapped for cash, a really bad combination ,As I continue to be glad not to be in AT&T, mainly because of the uncertainties in the greater industry, but also because recent... — read more 

AT&T Launches Fake 5G Network in Desperate Attempt to Seem Innovative Have you heard? AT&T is going to “pave the way for the next generation of faster speeds” with something called 5G Evolution. No, it’s not actually a new 5G network, the much hyped... — read more 

ATO staff lay-offs have been announced earlier today. There was no numbers provided. If your not in ATO do not worry about it. Those folks in ATO that were contacted today, good luck.

I wasn't supposed to hear this, over heard something pretty interesting. Midwest layoff for Uverse Techs

Is it fair or ethical for a particular solution provider to have office space in every office in a market region? Then you hear that they want to replace account sales managers with this company's agents. All the while upper management takes rides in... — read more 

CWA: Time to Stop Rewarding Contractors That Send Good Jobs Overseas Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Washington, D.C. -- Statement by the Communications Workers of America on the report released today on offshoring of good jobs by U.S. government... — read more 

Telco spent $41 million related to Time Warner merger in first quarter DirecTV’s U.S. customer base remained unchanged in the first quarter of 2017, while AT&T’s U-verse TV service continued to shrink — dropping 233,000 subs in the period. DirecTV... — read more 

How 800,000 H-1B Workers Came to the U.S. Dawn Kawamoto May 14, 2013 Looking in Tech 127 Here’s where it starts: Employers say there’s a lack of tech professionals who have the skills they need to compete in today’s increasingly technology-driven... — read more 

Does anyone have any info about the centers/stores in New Jersey?

I was told we have a call tomorrow for "Resource Planning" which is usually to say there may be a surplus in Engineering. Has anyone heard about this call? This is for the West in California I think. Not to alarm anyone but just curious if anyone... — read more