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
Running out of ideas to get rid of employees,
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
ATO
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
What happens when you put lipstick on a pig?
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 Surplus
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.
Midwest Prem Tech layoff
I wasn't supposed to hear this, over heard something pretty interesting. Midwest layoff for Uverse Techs
solution providers housed in at&t buildings
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
More from your neighborly AT&T
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
It is official, Direct Now it is a BUST.. Keep spending randy boy!!!
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
American Feature
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
New Jersey
Does anyone have any info about the centers/stores in New Jersey?
Layoff call tomorrow for engineering groups in West ???
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
Poor people don't need internet access, great company!!
Study on AT&T’s fiber deployment: 1Gbps for the rich, 768kbps for the poor Median incomes $41,000 higher where AT&T builds fiber in California. JON BRODKIN - APR 25, 2017 8:01 PM UTC Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock AT&T's deployment of fiber-to-the-home... — read more
Could not make it due to equipment sales... LOL
AT&T misses on Q1 revenues, cites low wireless equipment sales Additionally, AT&T is no longer providing revenue guidance primarily due to "the unpredictability of wireless handset sales." By Stephanie Condon for Between the Lines | April 25, 2017 --... — read more
2nd & 3rd quarter massive layoffs
1. COR stores are being eliminated and transitioned to authorized retail. Look around - your stores are empty - you are expensive. This isn't just at&t - look @ retail in general. When was the last time you bought something in a store besides... — read more
News Article about ATT moving all employees from City Center Bldg-Downtown B'ham
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2017/04/att_moving_all_employees_out_o.html#incart_river_home
ATT layoffs hidden from state layoff sites...why?
The layoffs in 2016 and 2017 don't appear on the state unemployment websites. How is that possible and what games are they playing to hide the layoffs from public view? Is Randall paying someone off to get the benefit of cuts without the negative... — read more
News
On Tuesday, after the closing bell, AT&T will report its 1Q17 earnings. In this article, I list some of the key questions that I will have in mind as I analyze the company's results. AT&T seems like a name worth considering adding to a long-term... — read more
Get ready Business Team!
BAE's will be given surplus notice at end of Q2 as Authorized Retail will have their teams in place. Many Sales Manager's supporting retail will be surplussed as well. Only solace for you is if company deems you worthy of different role and... — read more
Company will be fine
Our company gives a LOT, T is committed to the development, growth and improvement of the Employees, and investing billions into the economy, providing quality jobs to over 200K people in US, And have more full-time UNION workers than any other... — read more
Why the union won't strike
The CWA are cowards that have no intention of calling any strike. They know if they do there are enough RSCs that won't strike along with management employees to fill the COR stores in while directing any overflow of customers to the closest... — read more
Energize your career
The secret sauce for AT&T is innovation, and it's in its DNA, However, its latest transformation by technological disruption, through a different range of technologies and partnerships that will brings us steps away from our telecom roots. Only the... — read more
WEST STRIKE!
Got the word from my union rep that we're going in strike May 1st. If we do go on strike we better do it for 1 month to show T that we mean business.
Surplus pulled back in the Midwest???
I thought I saw on here a few days ago that the TFS Midwest was cancelled. Any more on that?
Mandatory Relocations
Move to El Segundo or Dallas, or lose your job. Happy Friday...
Paycheck Late
If you live in California you are entitled to waiting time penalties if they paid you a day later than Mar 31. Other states, you should have gotten the paycheck by April 6 for the next pay period. In California commissions are considered earnings due... — read more
DIRECTV TECHS?
We all know that the West will go on a strike any day. My question is, what is going to happen to all of the DIRECTV techs? Are they going to become Prem-techs or are they going to have their own different appendix?
Manager layoffs
Seems you never hear about manager layoffs - when are they going to have a mass layoff?
Long term rep fired...
I was with AT&T for 17 years. They brought a new 21 year old manager in, and every other month she put me on a step of discipline for "behaviors". First it was for not demoing digital life to EVERY SINGLE CUSTOMER, then they quit caring about digital... — read more
Not so Good
Can you think of a more embarrassing sight, than what passes for a union leader these days? These guys are the most pathetic bunch of losers I've seen since my ninth-grade metal shop class. I am convinced that hundreds of years from now, when... — read more
Southwest VSP Offer
Anyone have any more info about this VSP offer? Was it just for system techs?
Budget crunch in Dallas, but there is money for things like this , SMH
AT&T just settled the Wall Street debate over the value of high bandwidth airwave rights suitable for super-fast next generation wireless networks. Shares of tiny wireless startup Straight Path Communications, which owns a boatload of airwave rights... — read more
Call volume extremely low
Call volume extremely low in Southeast region. Any word on why that happened? Is this a sign of things to come? Everyone was given the option to leave early, regardless of seniority.
Left the T
Like many of us I was overqualified when I accepted an RSC position, but it gave me a chance to get my degree and have someone help with the cost. I have seen the writing on the wall in COR and taken the plunge elsewhere. I did RMDP and was offered... — read more
Att Midwest TFS cancels surplus
Looks like the ready! shoot! aim! Strategy is alive and well at ATT. After announcing a surplus of technicians last month management has decided to cancel that decision based on workload.
VSP Offer
Just got told VSP offered to some techs in Ft Worth TX but not to all Texas techs. Anyone aware of this?
AT&T 24 center Charlotte NC layoffs
Any updates here? Please.