Just heard that the west is going to start the technician surplus. Who will go and who will stay?

On Jun 1st DOC will be announcing the 38 managers to be gone by July 31. As mentioned in another post, they are not taking any volunteers (IIL). Early separation date is June 22nd I believe.

The story of Directv and how it ended up : http://stories-etc.com/worker-ant.htm

CWA has ripped us off for years and does nothing for us. We should vote to get rid of them and start our own union

So I posted a video on social media about a possible stirke and my Local demoted me for that. I'm trying to help our brother and sisters and this is how they reward me! Now, more than ever I think that my superiors are in bed with ATT. Why give a... — read more 

Any news on this and what the negotiations will be? Our comp is the worst it's ever been and getting worse and worse. Digital Life has gone the way of the Wireless Home Phone and DTV Now pays nothing. Worried about my family with all this change for... — read more 

Apr 25, 2017, 6:50am CDT AT&T is slated to close its Birmingham Collections Center this summer. The move will eliminate 130 local jobs. According to AL.com, the company will attempt to place those employees and provide severance to those it can't... — read more 

If companies are going to get tax breaks then that should mean more dollars in a companies budget. Meaning raising the hourly pay for thousands of employees across America to stir the economy?

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-02/republicans-try-again-to-let-employers-offer-comp-for-overtime

Has anyone who was separated on 3/31 received their severance or final comp checks yet? They said within 45 days and it's getting close. Thanks!

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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