I'm so sick of the waiting. I literally have nothing to work on other than TU courses each day at work unless something else is given to me. Obviously, I'm going to be sacked at some point. Why not just do it now? The atmosphere here is horrible, and... — read more
Security increased yesterday 6/4
If a center is on the list for major layoffs would AT&T add more security officers? If anyone has experienced this at their center could you please post here. Thanx
Continentalball region Cricket outage impacts a zillion customers
Major outage, lack of customer support http://www.zdnet.com/article/nationwide-cricket-wireless-outage-draws-customer-ire-primarily-due-to-lack-of-communications/
There is Hope, Outside this company
Holding the same position for more than four years can be problematic, the lack of job mobility in this company is certainly a problem for many of you, If you aspire to evolve, you should be looking to do so within two years, and If you have been in... — read more
Offshoring working as intented
25k private sector jobs added? Even as job growth stalled, the government said that the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent from 5 percent, That’s what happened in May when a large number of people again left the workforce — and probably... — read more
WD Post: https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/734795172131770368
https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/734795172131770368
How many came from AT&T.
This article talks about how many IT jobs were lost in May and that telecoms accounted for the majority. Although the article tries to include Verizon strikers, not all of them were IT. I almost choked when I came across the statement about how... — read more
Indirect mgmt gone
Laid off indirect account reps and turned over to retail
at and t
I just find it funny, that AT&T is written as at and t in the address of this website: check it out - what do you think: https://www.thelayoff.com/at-and-t
Relocation Options added to Amplify
Interestingly we were told to update our relocation choice in Amplify. There are now seven choices: a simple yes and no, along with variations of yes. I suppose just another dot to connect in order to stay ahead of them. Employee shifting is... — read more
San Ramon
Filings under WARN show Santa Clara County took the brunt of the layoffs, with 2,515, while San Francisco had 280, San Mateo 198, and Alameda 142. Outside the four counties, in Contra Costa, the only tech layoffs recorded in WARN filings were in San... — read more
W. Buffet, now Brightwater,
It looks like Bridgewater is giving up on AT&T bets, and taking a rare opportunity to exit with at least a short-term profit on the books. Is that the right idea? Well, AT&T would tell you that the game has changed now that the company owns satellite... — read more
Supervisor unemployment training
Any other managers get an invite to attend a training session on how we can help control AT&T's unemployment benefits cost? Seems a little fishy considering the current goings on in the company.
COR vs Dealer
So if COR and LD become aligned would it be fair to assume RSCs could transfer internally to former LD locations since ATT would be taking them back over?
ATT Layoffs announced in San Francisco
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29880696/tech-layoffs-more-than-double-bay-area
Striking workers at Verizon get a win.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0YL1E7
G expansion
Google's entry into residential fiber, though, is interesting for its role in the larger market. The search giant is just beginning its work in few cities, there is obviously a ways to go before Google takes this pilot to other communities. That... — read more
It's all a load of...
Everything read on this site has been total BS. All the "big announcement on 'x' date" has proven time-and-time again to be untrue fear-mongering. Unless it is definitely happening and completely reliable, don't post it. It helps no one to spread... — read more
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/15/a-recession-worse-than-2008-is-coming-commentary.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/15/a-recession-worse-than-2008-is-coming-commentary.html more layoffs will happen, more than 2008
The New Ideal
AT “iteration”; and so forth—but, in the end, they make money the old way; short cutting corners, press releases, new produces and services acquisitions, and layoffs. they serve only to the interest of the stock holders, this new conglomerate... — read more
Wake Up!
All ATT wants is wireless and will tell current employees anything to keep the ball rolling until they can get to the point where the work is mostly contractor. Wireline is being dumped by Verizon and ATT to follow the millennials who only want to... — read more
Training
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2016/03/17/atts-ambitious-effort-to-retrain-more-than-100000-workers/
Tell your local media about layoffs!
Most news stations do not want to upset one of their biggest advertisers AT&T. They cannot buy off everyone so if your call center, sales desk or any other business unit has announced cutbacks, layoffs or anything else with job reductions, send a tip... — read more
Factual information needed please
If any higher ups are reading this could you please give us factual info on any call centers closing or loss of CSR jobs my entire center is very worried. We saw our director and other upper management demoted. Our trainer was sent overseas. Almost... — read more
ATT
UBS: 'A potential storm is brewing' as AT&T,gear up for heated Q4 May 26, 2016 The first quarter saw more of the same mixed results in the U.S. wireless industry as handset upgrade rates reached an all-time low and subscriber growth slowed while... — read more
Values
AT&T values telling a manager/leader what she wants to hear above all else. It might especially keep you safe in a surplus. And no that's not what every company over 100 people are about. There are some cultures who value opposing views and different... — read more
On life support 4Q?
Why Warren Buffett Dumped AT&T Berkshire Hathaway unloaded its entire AT&T stake during the first quarter, and the reason is quite simple. In a nutshell, AT&T is a completely different investment than DirecTV was. The company was a dominant player in... — read more
What a terrible culture of BS
AT&T is disgusting. Not only do they not give out ANY information, but they want us to continue to "focus on the customer?" In less than a year, AT&T has basically ruined customer service for DIRECTV, which was at the top of the industry prior to... — read more
When is the next round of layoffs?
When is the next round of layoffs? There are some call centers with a small amount of people that were told are at risk and center has no plan of hiring more reps but the managers are still waiting for the call.
THE RUSE
Financials lost some luster, new plan is to buy time & Yahoo, "the Wall Street 2 additional year expectations " While AT&T has a huge debt load as the result of acquiring DTV, the balace/ debt ratio sheet is not available for review from its... — read more
ATT
Kissing supervisor assis one of the most important things to learn from AT&T, Fortunately for the majority of our co- workers, they do not need a degree from an Ivy to learn this skill, in our group Nearly every one of us has the capacity to be a... — read more
**05.27.16**
9:00 AM EST Huge announcement. Stay tuned.
Life is good outside
For those of you who are affected or will be affected by the continual AT&T layoff cycle: I spent 17 years working on the wireless side of the house. I originally started at McCaw Communications that eventually became AT&T Wireless. At that time, the... — read more
Just got that wonderfull email sent out to the northeast of the new leadership.
More than half have been severanced and every eecent arsm was removed. What a mess. My heart goes out to those affected by this. So many changes lately, and none of them good.
Joplin impacts
Does anyone know what impacts happened in Joplin? Just curious.
Layoffs
I was told by a few sources that the layoffs coming will be towards premtechs I just want to know if anybody has any more in sight to these claims