We are dropping national retail and handing them to a third party in Q1 2017 and all ARSMs and RAEs will be hybrids nationwide if you have not been moved to that format yet. Anybody want to chime in with additional info? Headcount reductions? Who are... — read more
Customer Service is Bad-But Stock price is Up-So who cares?
'While most wireless providers appear somewhere on lists ranking the companies with the worst customer service, AT&T had the dubious honor of ranking number one among all companies in a survey asking subscribers which companies have the worst... — read more
IEFS Midwest Premise Technician
So what happens now. Managers leave tomorrow, they still need people off load everyday. 2017???
I did Not have this problem while in U- verse
#QP1502 again and again can't stream a movie without having to reboot system numerous times. 9:13 AM - 25 Dec 2016
how much does a senior principle architect and a director make as base salary at DirecTV El Sugendo office?
Glassdoor shows Senior principle architect $155k - which seems to be pretty low. A friend who got offered as consultant (15+ years of experience) as network architect is evaluating how much salary he would make if he would get offered full time and... — read more
Job openings visit AT&T.com
$14-33/Hr AT&T Jobs - No Experience Required - FT/PT Adwww.job-spark.com/AT&T/Job-Opening Hiring Immediately. Need Experienced. View Local Openings & Apply.
Bye bye national retail
Folks, if you are an RAE or a indirect-only ARSM, get ready for the proverbial axe to come down again in January. Notifications to RAEs will start mid-January. No official word on how much reduction we will see. We are officially pulling out of... — read more
ATT CEO to buy Dish Network
Coming soon
Health care coverage for surplus employees
I got letter from AT&T regarding the COBRA Health coverage. It says AT&T will subsidize the cost of coverage for the next 6 months until June 30 2017 and after that the cost of coverage will increase. Am I correct in assuming that no premium needs to... — read more
10 brands likely to disappear in 2017- AT&T Uverse. Hint- not the place to transfer into.
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/brands-disappear-2017-110037272.html AT&T U-Verse AT&T U-verse is the brand of fiber-based triple-play telecommunications offerings from AT&T that includes broadband internet, telephone, and video services... — read more
Off to a good Start!
AT&T Seeks FCC Approval to Discontinue 13 Legacy Services December 22, 2016, 07:32:00 AM EDT By Zacks Equity Research, Zacks.com U.S. telecom behemoth, AT&T Inc. T has sought permission from U.S. telecom regulator, Federal Communications Commission... — read more
Brace yourself for a bumpy 2017, Jobs on the line to support AT&T's vision
No real plosives for workers, what we can see it is Tons of Debt: Since 2011, AT T stock yielded more than 5% for much of the year. Compared to bonds and CDs, that looked great. And while AT their protests won’t amount to much. AT&T is left with the... — read more
Indirect Layoffs 2017
ARSMs are apparently in closed door meetings this week setting up new territories. We are pulling out of NR, every ARSM is becoming a hybrid and notifications of affected work groups will go out by mid January.
All TFS manager meeting last week in Tustin Ca. Anyone know what this was about? 2017 Surplus maybe?
Free DireTV switching to TMobile
"And, even if you hate DirecTV Now (we offer no guarantees, since it's an AT&T product after all), you still get unlimited LTE data on a faster, more advanced network -- all at a better price. All you do is win, win, win.
T-Mobile will give switchers a year of AT&T’s DirecTV Now service for free!
"On Thursday morning, T-Mobile announced a new offer for AT&T customers who ditch their current carrier and switch to T-Mobile. Jump ship from AT&T to T-Mobile, and you’ll get a year of DirecTV Now streaming TV service for free." #ouchthathurts — read more
Please read VERY IMPORTANT AT&T Info
People This website is not healthy. Stop coming here and live your life. AT&T is not the company it was 5 years ago. They are reducing the overall workforce. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. If you believe that you are an asset to AT&T they will... — read more
REALITY CHECK ....well said
Perception versus reality, be smart and plan ahead. Folks, let's be honest... this is BUSINESS. This is not a marriage or a relationship with obligations and ZERO conditions. This is not "unconditional love", it's a mutual business relationship that... — read more
T's Game
My group was combined with another group and we were told that people would be "cross trained". This was promised over a year ago. Here we are now and surprise, nothing happened. I came across a "management" document which states that, although the... — read more
Relocation packages evaporating.
Another reason this company doesn't retain talent. I wasn't laid off...I actually walked away/terminated because of the raw deal I received on my new job offer. But it wasn't completely my choice to leave. I was pressured by my boss and director to... — read more
Top 50 Companies to work for
CBS News just released a list of the top 50 Companies to work for in the USA-SURPRISE-AT&T did not make the list. I guess RS forgot to pay the folks that compiled the list!
AT&T culture
I am so tired of AT&T claims that there is some shortage of workers. This statement really gets me upset: AT&T CEO said that the lack of tech professionals who have the skills they need to compete in today’s increasingly technology-driven global... — read more
And.... 1st Q2017 surplus declaration underway
http://www.cwa3104.org/?pageID=pdf_handler.php&source_pdf=docs/2016/September/4QTR2016_SE_Surplus_DeclarationFL_CWAcorrectedcopy.pdf
Prospects for Comms Techs? Also, questions about surplus process
I just recently became a Comms Tech. Only been with the company like 4 years. There are others here that have 45-50 years. How do y'all feel that the prospects are for me and other Comm Techs to keep our job in the next few years with all the... — read more
Orlando
I imagine the managers that were transferred here a few months ago were just to help shut the center down. Good luck everyone
IEEE-USA wants Trump to end H-1B lottery
"Trump has immediate "opportunities to start pushing back against outsourcing through the H-1B program," said Russell Harrison, director of government relations, for the IEEE-USA, which says it has some 200,000 engineering, computing and IT... — read more
THINK AGAIN .. Money it's what is all about, this fine is less than 1% of the profit made from bogus charges
AT&T To Pay Out $88 Million in Refunds Over Bogus Charges Starting Today Because of scam “cramming” charges. Phone giant AT&T got caught padding consumers’ bills with unwanted services such as ringtones and special text messages, leading to a... — read more
Trump Picks Fast-Food Executive Andrew Puzder As Labor Secretary
(1) advocates expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a policy that bolsters income for the working poor with federal dollars, getting employers off the hook for paying poverty-level wages. (2) opposes a $15 minimum wage (3) opposes overtime... — read more
More hope .. and less layoffs thanks to Trump
Trump also released a statement Sunday from campaign economic adviser Peter Navarro reading, in part: "AT&T, the original and abusive 'Ma Bell' telephone monopoly, is now trying to buy Time Warner and thus the wildly anti-Trump CNN. Donald Trump... — read more