I asked the reasons. One was not enough work. I know for a fact based on a meeting 2 weeks ago that's a lie. The other was performance, but my evaluations were good. So there is the other lie. What is not a lie is I'm a teleworker. What is not a lie... — read more 

I am opening this thread for any random discussion Please keep it clean as they are blocking IPs if bad language, bullying or personal names are used.

Let's discuss what we expect as it relates to severance decreases for 2017

Anyone in Dallas received anything yet????

I dodged the bullet this time (my director specifically said "we're done for this year". Code - more are coming and if the numbers work out as rumored, it will be significant. I fully expect this to get ugly in 1Q and 4Q each year leading to 2020. 5... — read more 

Good luck to all those in impacted workgroups!

Many investors love AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s stock, not because of its business model or no growth strategy, but rather because it offers an attractive 5 percent dividend yield, a history of increasing its dividends and little volatility in its stock... — read more 

Has DirecTV Now Become a Loss Leader to Help Sell the AT&T-Time Warner But how will AT&T be able to offer so many channels at such a low price? MoffettNathanson broke the numbers down in another note to investors Wednesday morning and came to the... — read more 

Let's start a thread on the topic - this is a random 'thoughts' thread - the topic is Mgmt Surplus

It would be nice, though perhaps naive, to believe that T's (SBC) method of surplus involved a touch of humanity and compassion, not just cold hard logic. Not to look at some persons name on a ledger and to see them perhaps as "average" and/or... — read more 

I know it's absolute garbage training and that many have posted that they were at 100% completion and still got axed. I want to hear from people that can say without any doubt that when the head count axe swung that they were saved based on their %... — read more 

The whole 2020 things is just some salesman pitch its nothing tangible. These old crusty companies assume the world will be in stasis while they figure out what to do next. It's a shame they fight and gnaw at anyone that threatens their business yet... — read more 

outsourcing ha!....did you see the segment on 60 minutes about artificial intelligence. humans are f---ked and government officials are talking about universal basic income ubi... — read more 

So we keep hearing about the clowns running for president and how we either will continue to be great or will become great again. I am sorry, ALL of corporate America totally screws American workers with the constant Domestic layoffs and outsourcing... — read more 

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Falsely-Claims-New-Merger-Will-Speed-up-5G-Deployment-138203 If you let it happen it will speed up 5G deployment uh huh, uh huh we promise it will be cheap and available to EVERYONE! Yeah, ok Randall fool us... — read more 

Att is evolving are you?

Desperate times, require desperate measures? He said , And had the impression that the company was doing okay, based of what my Area manager said, in their senior meetings "Wall Street is in a different political environment these days, too... — read more 

Opinion: It’s lose-lose for AT&T shareholders in the Time Warner deal By Howard Gold Published: Oct 26, 2016 9:00 a.m. The biggest winner would be Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, who could receive cash and stock worth almost half a billion dollars... — read more 

has anyone heard any news about case management being laid off? They keep telling us no but I have a feeling.....

Push to reduce officers at E, EVP, AVP (eliminate) by ~20%; in stages - strictly Atlanta Will approach bottoms up, but AT employees overheard saying that it's a Naughty by Nature song instead of a new product offering from AT announcements throughout... — read more 

This is the year Randy predicts his decisions finally cripple the company! It will be the most spectacular fall of a company in history.

AT&T Cheerleading Squad for Merger: Nearly 100 Lobbyists By CECILIA KANG and ERIC LIPTONOCT. 25, 2016 WASHINGTON — From the political right and the left, AT&T’s $85 billion bid for Time Warner has provoked pushback. But AT&T, in addition to its... — read more 

IBD's TAKE: AT&T stock has dropped nearly 7% since reports of the Time Warner deal surfaced and subsequently announced. Time Warner stock is trading at near 87, roughly 20 below AT&T's cash and stock offer of 107.50 per share. Analysts say TWX... — read more 

I got into 900k T stock, last December in my regular brokerage account, so my cost basis has not gone into the red yet. But I consider myself an injured party, with the share value price going down adversely on the merger news. I had been hoping to... — read more 

Uh oh. You don't like my Time Warner Deal? Hey, look at this shiny new thing! DIRECTV Now will have 100 channels and only cost $35!

Buying Time Warner Inc. will secure AT&T Inc. a place among THE most heavily indebted company on earth, Ryan Knutson writes. In the deal announced Saturday, AT&T agreed to pay $85.4 billion to buy the owner of CNN, HBO and TNT networks – another... — read more 

It feels like SBC/Cingular/DirecTV learned nothing from history by wanting to buy Time Warner. What makes SBC think they are any stronger of a partner than AOL was? This sort of thing would've never happened when real leaders like Sigman and Whitaker... — read more 

AT&T CEO during the hourlong call, a form of the word “innovate” was used 32 times. The two chief executives believe combining their companies will help them innovate around advertising, the shows and movies people watch and where they watch them... — read more 

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/24/att-is-looney-tunes-to-try-to-buy-time-warner-commentary.html

Wireless and Uverse down. http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/att-q3-earnings-time-warner-deal-1201898124/?ref=yfp