It has become very apparent that the workforce 2020 program and others are all designed to condition us and 'brainwash' us into accepting losing your current job. The constant bombardment over changing your skills and making the pivot, obviously are... — read more
More indicators?
Surprise....Surprise AT&T and Direct TV simultaneously hiked their rates.. http://www.fiercecable.com/story/dish-follows-u-verse-and-directv-announces-rate-increases-2016/2015-12-18 AT&T is trying to get more spectrum in Mexico and spend over $7... — read more
ATT Contract
Verizon tech here looking for details of the contract for ATT techs.
New surpluses and more coming next year in Chicago
December 14, 2015 Today, AT&T has yet again announced consolidations and surpluses around the holidays. AT&T’s announcement affects employees in many organizations throughout Illinois and across the United States. Many of the job cuts will affect... — read more
NEW Titles and Training?
"We" we're running along with LWD and 2020 Training. Now many are assigned new titles and must complete 60-80 hours of training by 2017. Meantime more reductions on the way...and training expense
Closing centers
Has anyone heard if any call centers in the Southern part of the U.S. are closing?? There have been so many changes to our center and people are gone so I am more than concerned.
AT&T Retail?
Any news on whats happening to company owned retail sales reps and AT&T Indirect reps who visit dealers and Walmarts? They will be mostly 3rd party outsourced but any news on how and when?
Surprise Surprise
Sprint’s chairman said Wednesday in Japan what AT&T and its CEO has been unwilling to say in Overland Park or Dallas: Layoffs looming at the No. 2 & 4 wireless carriers will number in the thousands. The “thousands” comment came from Masayoshi Son... — read more
Reality for some and not some others. Kool Aid available for some.
Most people working at ATT think the other guy will be hit or the other department will be hit. Sadly ATT is going to dump up to 80 % of the US employees to save costs. Verizon dumped Florida, Texas, California and only kept cell service. ATT is... — read more
Over seas jobs posted
I saw on the at&t web page many over seas jobs, some for new teams they are starting training in January 2016. . All kinds of positions, this does have me worried. I have been with at&t since Ma Bell but today I will be updating my resume'. I am... — read more
If you are getting replaced by H1B workers and hence offshoring - Please sign the following petitions. We will be sending them to white house.
We are going to be sending the petitions to white house and the local senators to stop H1b abuse and offshoring of our jobs. We are very close to completion. Please sign the petitions and forward it to your friends and family. So we can together halt... — read more
Hedge funds
If AT&T is laying off so many why are hedge funds recommending to stop buying Apple and buy AT&T?
Center is bare
Our center is looking like a ghost town. Many, many managers are gone, a handful were offered jobs in other centers but, most are just gone. Empty floors where many friends worked for years, I miss them dearly. Spoke with a couple of union reps, I... — read more
Demographics
Pushing out many 50+ and talented people! White, male, Christians, seem a target. While the You Matter MGT is catering to LGBTC folks. Affirmative action ruined this company.
Save America IT jobs!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-American-Information-Technology-Jobs/256809727849073
all rumors
I can't imagine how the company is keeping this out of the papers. we are expecting to get hit hard probably first quarter 2016. when the company was HQd in jersey, news would be leaked to the Star Ledger. But now it's all just rumors.
Email all aboard received.
Email announcement for us all to attend a meeting with a higher up on Friday. To say I am nervous is an understatement..
Stealth layoffs
It is already happening, ATT is laying off hundreds and maybe 1000s . Just that they are doing it without announcing because they are keeping it within a certain number each couple of weeks. But in multiple locations.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/technology/article42939879.html
Will AT&T be next?
Disappointed
I can't say enough how disappointed I am in the company I used to respect for being upfront with their employees. So at one point and time, they would say there is going to be a layoff....notices will be given on such date. Now....it seems we as... — read more
Analyst: AT&T's transition to SDN will make job cuts 'inevitable' October 13, 2015 | By Sue Marek
AT however, the company believes that it can handle any employee reductions through normal attrition as workers retire or quit. "We haven't made any announcements and this is something that's still several years off," said an AT&T spokewoman when... — read more
Analyst: AT&T's transition to SDN will make job cuts 'inevitable' October 13, 2015 | By Sue Marek
AT however, the company believes that it can handle any employee reductions through normal attrition as workers retire or quit. "We haven't made any announcements and this is something that's still several years off," said an AT&T spokewoman when... — read more
who is next?
LATEST HEADLINES Analyst: AT&T's transition to SDN will make job cuts 'inevitable' October 13, 2015 | By Sue Marek AT&T's transformation to becoming a software-defined operator will make it a more flexible software-driven company but that change will... — read more
AT&T Wireline Layoffs
Administration lawyers ‘reinterpret’ the law to greatly increase H1B visas for technology firms, while wireline must prepare for cuts, there is"not layoff clause" this time around .
Anybody that can confirm dates and regions?
I keep seeing Decmber pop up but no one providing if that's notification or last date on payroll. I can't seem to understand why it is all such a big secret this time. We all know it is coming and has been for some time. The least they could do is... — read more
I am not believing any of this.
Of course there will be layoffs when a merger or acquisition happens Managers are being moved to other positions. The reason is AT&T wants to keep qualified dedicated employees. Soon things will be back to normal and btw AT&T is hiring call center... — read more
December 15
Lots of nervous folks in our center (Southeast) about what is going to happen. No craft employee surplus last quarter. Verizon just cut 8000 jobs.
AT&T sued for rascism for $100m
http://www.ibtimes.com/att-president-aaron-slator-fired-racist-images-texts-amid-100m-discrimination-lawsuit-1900901 This is not good for AT&T. No one wants this type of reputation.
ATT Layoffs and Toxic Workplace
Im more fascinated than anything at some of the really insane backstabbing going on right now (ATO). Incessant Lying, playing people against each other, throwing people under buses (well tractor trailers) at the expense of winning (ie, keeping one's... — read more
Apple
So, with Apple now having tv how will that affect directtv? And AT&T?
Greed
Senior Management which are in positions of relative power, remain silent and in doing so, condone the actions of our organization as a whole. We adopt the language of “fiscal austerity” and “fiduciary responsibility” in justifying the unconscionable... — read more
More layoffs to come
We Lost 92,000 U-Verse Customers Last Quarter... Added 2.5M IOT
AT&T Contractor Layoffs 2015 and 2016
I was a part of a large group of AT&T Contractors that got laid off in July 2014. AT&T does not treat contractors fairly and they are always the first to go. If you have an opportunity to get a full time position with AT&T jump on it, things will be... — read more
ATT outsources some more
ATT wireline just surplused pretty much all its purchasers and is shipping those jobs to an Indian firm. Prettysure that amajority of supply chain jobs will be outsourced including contract mangers etc. The propaganda is still there though making... — read more
Another excuse for more layoffs
AT&T (T) Stock Declines as FCC Opens investigation today
8000 RIF at Verizon - Just Announced
https://www.thelayoff.com/verizon-communications/post/6715354153746432