#surplus

For a company that keeps using the excuse of needing to reduce spending and be tighter with its Financials, this whole AT&T partnering with Disney for Toy Story 5 is asinine considering they just forced whole centers of reps and managers Into virtual / surplus if they dont follow the work. They allege to care about families but only if they can use the caring as a distraction from what they are ACTUALLY doing behind the scenes in trying to force these so called centers of excellence or expertise or whatever they are called. Thus far there have been sweeping firings of ADs at both the Richardson and Mesa locations because of rampant Integrity violations and one of them has both ADs and all of the Managers on FWW write ups..but this is the center of excellence right?...

I was two posts in the last week titled "Surplus confirmed" and another on saying "Nothingburger"....and I can confirm it was indeed NOT a nothing burger. In Q1 they axed Amarillo, Grayson, Johnson City and Springfield. This last week they hit Lafayette, Ocean Springs, Lubbock and Little Rock and there are more pending because the intent is to have all of these hubs closed before Q3. ATT loves a good surplussing before or during the Holidays. Its terrible and I pray they find something if they opt not to follow the work (Which most sane folks will NOT do) because not even that is safe.

I haven't seen any reporting in the News regarding a total count of employees being let go. Anyone seen this published anywhere?

I can't believe they just did a big surplus on Wednesday and then sent out a new org announcement with a lot of vacancies in it at L3/L4. And promoting someone. (Walters org)

Tone deaf and insulting to teams who are losing really good people due to location, RTO, presence.

Not sure what all of you people are crying about. To add, converged service rep like myself just takes inbound sales/retention calls all day. One day a week we have a 30 minute meeting and that’s literally it. My friend in Lubbock does the exact same thing but now is permanent WFH as of July because of the surplus. It’s clear that our job does not need to be in office, I would be offline less time if I was conveniently at home. So unless you can answer my question, move. How can I not work from home but he can?

Seeing a shiiiitload of LinkedIn retirements/ Surpluses

Quickly losing track of how many LinkedIn posts from now ex-AT&T employees across the board, Retirement or Surplus layoffs. One thing the company will find out soon is how Morale will plummet even Further once the remaining survivors are in a constant state of uncertainty, apathy, disengagement, quiet quitting and throwing each other under the bus to stay on payroll. Just look at other companies that have already done massive cuts and are at historically low morale among employees. Newer employees that can leave will already be eyeing the Exit to get out on their own terms and the older employees will be stuck praying for a buyout— but all will feel like they are next on the chopping block. Good luck getting employees to give a F#CK about the company when they already feel that they are inevitably up next. As more employees lose faith in the future of the company you will also see a wave of Executives sprinting towards the exits cashing out their Stocks, not IF but when…. AT&T is circling down the toilet bowl 💩 🚽

AT&T has offered some employees option to WFH instead of surplus/severance. They want them out of wasted real estate space before the end of the 2nd quarter. Most of the location had few if any personnel. The largest was a center in GA of about 100 collection agents.

Union guy here and still waiting for a surplus. There's a job in AUTS so the likelihood of one is pretty low.

Union = Safe

Anyone get surplused today on the COR side?

Received surplus notice today. L2 IC 26 years in Dallas. Townes org with exceeds targets in last 2/3 years. Raise the bar recipient 4 years ago. Wrong place at the wrong time. Anyone can be impacted by this machine. Keep looking forward!

Lots of reorgs are coming. Lots of meetings were held today. I feel bad for those who were surplused. And unfortunately, another wave is coming in September.

My engineering team was already incredibly lean after various layoffs and departures over the last half a year. I was basically taking on 2 engineer's work and still got the notification today that I was surplussed despite great EOY performance reviews over the last several years. My manager said "it was not due to my performance" and it was "budget related" but honestly I am in shock and don't know what to believe.

I am off payroll in September, which means I have a few months to find a job --which isn't bad I guess. I am disappointed and angry that I have been cut while others around me who do less are still safe.

Got notified but why I have to work until 7/1??? Makes no sense

Was a good run, I will miss all you good people I've come to know.

Hi just received my surplus call this morning

As surplus notices come out today, post your name and organization in this thread. If you know of anyone affected, help sign them up so a support system can be established. Best of luck to everyone!

Lubbock, Ocean Springs & Lafayette all received their surplus meetings today. August closures confirmed with reps given the option to go fully virtual.

Surplus announcement for SE cuts 56 across 5 states / GA - 35 (Atlanta & Conyers), LA - 1 in Delhi, SC - 2 in Gaffney, NC - 8 in Statesville & Charlotte, TN - 10 in Dyeryburg, Lexington & Nashville. / … See you back here September 15th / Have a Nice 3rd Quarter

Please, please surplus me today🙏

If you get surplused please post the following info:

Landline or Wireless
Your VP Org
Management or Union
Years of service vs weeks of severance
Did you reject the RTO new location mandate

I'm curious to see if all those claiming union layoffs are correct.

Thank you

Monday June 15th shall be surplus announcement for Leg T CWA workers thus VTP will happen with most celebrating joyously as we collect our up to 104 weeks pay per contract laughing our fckng @$$es off! It especially will be fun to forever laugh at the nay-sayers.

60% surplus of LRIS guess AR stores are on their own.

AT&T is expected to release its official workforce surplus notices on Friday, June 12, 2026, with internal communication and final numbers rolling out through early next week.
Current Notification Timeline Reports from internal managers and ongoing employee discussions indicate the following schedule for this wave of the strategic cost-cutting initiative:
June 12, 2026 (Afternoon): Initial surplus lists and calls are scheduled to be released. Legal and HR will finalize employee rankings based on performance metrics.
June 15, 2026: Under standing Communications Workers of America (CWA) contract terms, third-quarter surplus and layoff declarations traditionally lock in on this date.
June 16, 2026: The first formal wave of notifications is expected to officially launch.
July 1, 2026: Impacted employees are projected to be off the company payroll.
Expected ImpactThis specific reduction is rumored to focus heavily on management, aiming for an estimated 5% reduction in Level 1 Management headcount.
The structural shift is largely driven by ongoing corporate consolidation, real estate footprint downscaling, and operational moves toward regional hubs like Plano, Texas.
Severance and Next Steps: If you are affected by this surplus wave, the standard AT&T severance formula generally offers 1 to 2 weeks of pay per year of service. Represented employees will follow specific union-negotiated severance and placement provisions.

Any chance I may get surplused? I am Engineering Assistant in Southeast.

Fairly new to the company. How do surpluses work and what sort of roles are they targetting

Anyone know how a management employee can volunteer for a surplus package?

I am asked to relocate to one of the hubs with a forced letter. I asked my management for HQ instead and HR seemed to have okayed it. I never got an updated letter from HR confirming HQ as the new location. Now, I am concerned if HR will pull a surplus on me for not reporting to the right location. Not sure what to do.

A lot of rumblings here at the corporate office in Dallas of some mass layoffs hitting San Antonio. Hearing that there is a huge move to a new building out there and AT&T is way over budget. I have no clue what positions are even in San Antonio so be prepared to follow the work if you’re a unionized employee or have your resume updated if you take the surplus package. If it’s for managers which unfortunately get little to no benefits then I would create a Texas Workforce Commission account right now to get ahead of the unemployment benefits that Texas at least has to offer. Mass layoffs are coming June 16th and San Antonio isn’t the only one I’m hearing about but is the one that’s getting talked about the most. Good luck my fellow comrades and fight on!

So what is it. Its time to start thinking about summer time surplus. We all know it happens, next up will be October and move right into Nov. So the question. WHEN !

The team responsible for early account lockouts linked to surplus needs to be added to the layoff list.

Accounts locked this morning, did they accidentally surplus people before the planned date?

Being asked to move. I will be sole-earner. I can move but I am seeing a lot of surpluses right after move. So am wondering if I will be jobless in new location, if there are more surpluses. Did anybody find themselves in this situation?

Org is hemorrhaging top performers who are choosing to leave rather than swim in this toxic cesspool or stay but continue to do the bare minimum. No one wants to work anymore and most don’t even try to hide their distain annd indifference toward management and every day is an exercise in misery. Legg once again injected ominous innuendo and gloom in his latest townhall with a message of AI up or leave or be ready to board a surplus boat and join the breadlines. Rather than profile the type of AI integration needed at an individual contributor level, he sees his work as done after giving us Ask AT&T and GH and a forward kick in the pants to go figure it out before our peers and better than our peers and don’t forget to crush our peers in using it along the way. Too bad it was his knee and not his mindset that got a recent upgrade. I guess we all have to hobble around and suffer as his campaign to crush and demoralize us continues. Retirement can’t come soon enough and I will do the absolute minimum in office for the handful of years I need and only what keeps me under radar on big brother reporting. Tomorrows surplus notification will affect mainly Product and roll them off on 5/5.

Any ideas of what is coming? Anyone heard any more about HUB cities ?

How are medical exceptions to work from home treated in regards to if there were a declared management surplus? There is a group of 25 or so US management employees where 5 or 6 of them are in this category (yes, this is still happening). Some of them feel this protects them due to "medical" but obvious thinking is the people who don't report to an office would be at the top of list when a surplus is declared. Could be legal implications? Thoughts?