Keeping up with Verizon/Yahoo http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/20/att-time-warner-in-talks-for-potential-merger-report.html

I am appalled by the heartless, disgusting, and cutthroat comments made towards coworkers. People do this when they are desperate to believe that their skills, competence (I use that loosley), and credentials will somehow make them immune to the... — read more 

What are the latest updates on DFS and TFS - it has been a bit quiet over there?

This is basically the end of our organization as they continue to eliminate our responsibilities. With such a reduction in the amount of support we are providing our partners now and in the future the writing is on the wall. Made it out of the last... — read more 

CPADS Layoff - we were told surplus will based on Rating, Ranking, Skills, Experience Ranking - How does managers "Rank" their employyees ? What criteria? Rating - Performance rating at Amplify - How was years HR goes back to check Ratings? How does... — read more 

Anyone know what the mysterious comp update call is all about tomorrow?

Well aware of this surplus (DIRECTV Call center management) does anyone know the date we find out if we are the "chosen"?

Management is working on ranking and justifications, and some "important" group such as architecture (why this event exist in AT&T, do they build anything ??) may see large cut. I heard that some of the people in the worst group in engineering, BSE... — read more 

Does anyone have knowledge of any centers that will be closing by end of the year ? And if so, when would the employees be notified? Thank You

I hope the board sees what he's doing to the company before it's too late. Chasing content is a bad idea. We should be focusing on what we do best: connecting people. There are too many content providers and it'll result in a "war on drugs" situation... — read more 

When they tell you that they are laying you off, it is not because of a lack of work. Sure, automation is being fired up, but the hiring in Brnu, Czech Republic has been nonstop as well. Network surveillance jobs (Mobility ER/Packet Core) have been... — read more 

Over the past year, but more aggressively within the past few months, AT&T has been collecting what is being referred to as user stories detailing what Management and non-Management do on a daily basis. Whichever group you're in this activity should... — read more 

As AT&T operates as a pay-TV operator as well, investing in media and content programming will allow it to achieve backward integrated synergies, mostly reduction of cost to deliver content to subscribers. However, such a move will not be easy as the... — read more 

So our CEO can totally f--- up a merger between AT&T and Sprint and lose $4 billion dollars and spectrum and he still has a job. Mobility is run on skeleton crews makes money and they lay off some of their tech workforce because we are "low on work"... — read more 

Unlike other layoff incidents on this list, AT&T had cut close to 13% of its workforce in the past 5 years, hiring other thousands of low wage contactors, term and part time employees, almost all of the company's divisions were profitable and... — read more 

AT&T Mobility gave 30 day notice to over 20% of it's Wireless Technicians that maintain cell sites in Michigan today. Rumor was this is a national surplus.

We were notified of pending management surplus. I was just surplussed, here I go again.

Most RAE/NAEs feel a surplus/job elimination is coming. Has anyone heard when? Q4 2016? Q1 2017?

I have put my name in the hat for lay off, I cant take this anymore ATT has ruined it for me.. I am really not sure what to do after more than 15 years on the DTV side as a call center TL. Any suggestions on where to go?? I have no idea what I even... — read more 

Curious if anybody out there got brought back to ATT when they thought they were finally out

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2016/10/10/att-commits-downtown-dallas

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/02/27/how-to-get-your-bonus-after-youve-been-laid-off/#49df66e63d13

AT&T made the announcement that managers will be laid off (a little late as we all know the layoffs have been happening for a while) I am assuming because the number of layoffs will be higher abd sooner than T anticipated they had to make the... — read more 

Details are intentionally scarce (at least right now), but there's talk of some serious snipping come Q1/Q2...and it's not just for the folks with 15+ years and a salary that's at or above market cap. Yes, even the darling ATO isn't immune to... — read more 

DTV gone first in Ca.? Sounds like that they would keep their own and let us go away. I know we will be part of the family but still feel like an outsider.

Privately the Company is planning a massive layoff of core techs by the end of the year 2017 with ALL core techs being surplused/laid off by EOY 2018.

Sorry to say but, we as Service Executives are 24x7. Get scrutinized as well as told we are safe but know we are not. If we have a difference of opinion, we are told when we have meetings we are being insubordinate. We work hard and recently found... — read more 

We have a manager that has enjoyed great performance bonuses raises for years...turns out she has been adjusting customer accounts 30k per month to earn scores for her team for years...leadership is aware and has done nothing but praise..this kind of... — read more 

A commercial real estate agent posted on the dfw real estate news blog that T is planning to cut office space in LA and move people to Dal in next 12 months. They are also building a new creative media lab and additional space in Collin County. Link:... — read more 

The atmosphere at El Segundo is the worst I have ever seen it. Initially, there was enthusiasm. Not anymore.