Fasten your seat belts , hope and pray that AT&T's game of chance works, to a company to forgot what innovation means one thing is certain the job bledding will continue. this company willing to take a huge financial hit to get its new online TV... — read more
COR to AR?
If COR is flipping to AR why all the RAE cuts? 2016 also had a reduction in AR expansion compared to 2015. If thats actually the plan it seems poorly thought out. *AID isnt a replacement for RAE's.
Layoffs will accelerate
The WARN notice received The AT&T Mobility Services layoffs — coming on the heels of the telecom giant's decision to close a North Carolina call center effective Dec. 27. These latest notices bring the number of Charlotte-area layoffs reported to the... — read more
AT&T Layoffs 2017
I started with the company this year and I already hear that we may have redundancies and job cuts in Dallas.
Retail
What is going on at the corporate retail stores? Assistant managers feel like they are having to fight to keep their jobs, meaning a lot more coaching, writing people up and such. They are not replacing any full time employees that leave.
The T Trap
So many of us working hard to become a security engineer through AT&T’s Workforce Reskilling and Pivot Program. In fact, our group was among the first to participate in the Workforce Reskilling program when it launched in 2013. At the time, there... — read more
Mobility centers closing.
"Count down to shut down" 2Q17 all mobility business centers here in the US will have severe cuts if not closed. Its coming hope you are ready.
PREMTECHS Rumors
The rumor on the street is that AT&T has a plan to lay off up to 25% of premtechs...
Randall Stephenson is D Magazine's CEO of the year.
So it begins. S--- it trolls!
IEFS SIPP/LAYOFF "MIDWEST"
RUMOR GOING AROUND 1Q 2017 WILL OFFER IEFS PREMISE TECHNICIAN SIPP. ANY TRUTH TO THAT. IN MICHIGAN THAT THEY ARE ASKING PREM TECHS DO THEY WANT THE MONTH OFF
AT&T and Automation
I had a chance recently to get a look at automation efforts in preparation for 2020. What a joke! Hardly any of our people are involved in it-it's all contractors! There's a couple company's AT&T is dealing with. Guess how they're going to pay for it... — read more
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 comes with conditions and no guarantees. Think about... — read more
Twc
I just read that Trump will more than likely stop the TWC and AT&T merger. Time will tell.
Employee sat Tanks. No surprise.
Spent four hours in a grueling HR meeting going over predictive modeling to create action plans for each VP/BU. Bottom line management employee satisfaction hit rock bottom within the entertainment group and subsidiary holdings. Going over the list... — read more
All hands on deck
We had an 'All hands on deck call today and VP of wireless paid is a visit. News is not good.
Stock Question
Stock was at $43+ few monts back, now the pattern seems to be heading to the $35 mark, why is this? Wasn't DTV A success ?
Directtv now low margins chart
http://www.businessinsider.com/directv-now-profit-margins-chart-2016-11
At&T should buy a legal firm, he goes another illegal maneuver don't you ove this company?
AT&T wants to get bigger, greedier, and more expensive, watch for this low new video offering! History has showed us how deceptive this company has been , outlook like the state of Illinois has sued AT&T, alleging that the communications company lied... — read more
Meetings
Our management team has had meetings every day this week. We were told some centers were closed and some are scheduled to close. We are scheduled to meet with big wigs next week needless to say I for one am very concerned. We were told if a center... — read more
Death Star and workers demise
Let’s hope this rumored AT&T and TWC merger never happens Chris Mills BGR News According to a non-scientific poll of our internal Slack channel, the American company we'd most like to see dead is AT&T. Second place goes to TWC. So let's not even... — read more
Antitrust, zero rating, net neutrality?... All checked, really bad news bad for AT&T's merger, now add Trump
Analysts said that sentiment has been weighing on Time Warner stock TWX, -0.31% , which has lagged the AT&T T, -2.32% offer price ever since. “This deal risk probably explains a decent portion of the spread between [Time Warner] currently at $88 and... — read more
GTOC changed to NON-Excempt
Effective 11/27 they are changing the GTOC positions to NON Exempt. They are changing all the rules to mirror an occupational position. Even changing to a new time reporting system. Every minute must be accounted for. They said we can no longer even... — read more
Killing Net Neutrality will hurt the economy.
Net Neutrality is good for the economy. It means companies can't block sites they don't agree with (for example, AT&T can't block a customer from going to Drudge) and it means companies can't charge more just for using their services. When Net... — read more
DO we have a Break up fee with TW?
Randall may need a new media strategy, this guy is so lost, Trump’s surprise win in the presidential election, that merger may be dead, he came out strongly against the transaction last month, saying at one rally it was “a deal we will not approve in... — read more
Jobs
Hopefully Trump will see right thru this BS and force AT&T to bring our jobs back to the U.S.
Time Warner deal is essentially dead.
Trump will kill it dead in Q1 or Q2. Luck for Randall, it;s not going to be a messy split like T-Mobile was.
IEFS Technicians (Prem Techs)
I heard IEFS Technicians might get a early retirement or buyout package.
Can anyone project the # of layoffs Due to this mergers?
First, AT&T and DirecTV: Turn On, Tune In, Stand By, CEO said that Acquiring DirecTV will boost AT&T’s cash flow and protect its dividend, but we noticed the long-term value has yet to be proven AT&T's Broadband prices have been soaring and pay-TV... — read more
Martin Chandler Org Layoff
Any info on layoffs tied to the new org announcement Friday?
DirectTV now for $35 a month with 100 channels
I wonder how AT&T plans to make its margins for $35 a month. This price undercuts them more than their competition. Maybe, they are dreaming of making up with advertising revenue. Let's see how this will play out.
Shift bids
This question is for Directv legacy call centers that have been transitioned to the ATT shift bid schedules. How does it work? Is it something to worry about?
they need to start layoff at the management levels. they are too top heavy.
they need to start layoff at the management levels. they are too top heavy.
AT&T did not live up to the promises made with DTV, let the ruse continue
On the AT&T side, I think, they just completed a $50 billion deal for DirecTV last year. No one has mentioned the debt balance. The debt terrifies me on this, why? You're going to have to , they say they're going to cut about $1 billion in expenses... — read more
Huge layoffs rumored for field services in 1Q2017
Well this is it. Just found out from a coworker in C&E that the big bosses were in a meeting yesterday (Friday 11/4) discussing details of what appears to be a huge layoff planned for the first quarter of next year. It sounds like it will impact all... — read more
Can't wait to see Randy crying like a s*****'Girl
The feds' lawsuit over Dodgers channel will make it harder for AT&T to buy Time Warner Opponents of AT&T’s deal to buy Time Warner said the collusion suit was another reason for regulators to reject the deal. Above, an AT&T store in New York AT&T... — read more
This company stinks
ATOs high turnover rates suggest you are as easily replaceable With low-skilled workers the lowest employee satisfaction are also not doing especially well financially, which may suggest that low employee satisfaction is but a symptom of poor... — read more