Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

@19k it’s the exact number provided in the 3Q financial report.

These numbers are so inflated I can’t believe the message went through.

dam stankey has not got it down at all . what a joke

@h8 It's accurate when you pull the data and breakout the level column. Then count everyone except the NPW level!! That's an easy way to identify the span and control variables that should be abided by.

@b5 Webphone is not an accurate way to pull the data. There are a ton of NPWs in there solely because they need badges to enter AT&T locations or to be in the system to obtain login/passwords to various systems for the work they are hired to perform. For example, there are many Ericsson employees that will be shown in Webphone. They are not NPWs.

It's funny how wrong these numbers are.

@cy vast majority on the field with network, or selling product door to door or store, most of them are npw, including the facilities management team. None of them are associated with corporate. HR here.

Where are your NPW numbers coming from? I find that ludicrous

@a5 webphone data pull

So according to Stankey, only another 47K-52K or so employees to fire and we'll be right -sized. Hey I like Ask AT&T as much as the next guy but I;m not seeing it

@a6

The interesting part is the claim that AT&T has nearly 200K NPW compared with roughly 130K employees.

Another Leggism saying we have too many contractors and wanting to convert them to employees. Seems he says a lot of things that just don't happen. Pretty much par for our so called leaders.

And to think most of them have the same "collaboration" requirements.

They have to show expenses but the issue sometimes is finding out what line item it is put in. And if they put it in some line item I would bet it won’t be broken down by number of people. Remember years ago a lot of people retired and basically the next day came back as contractors. A lot of them only did it for 1 contract. They found out they had no rights other than what was written up in the master contract.

@a6, not OP but Wall street doesn't care about how many contractors you have only actual employees.

NPW means Non-Payroll Workers, which would include contractors, consultants and other external personnel... The interesting part is the claim that AT&T has nearly 200K NPW compared with roughly 130K employees. We should get updated employee headcount on the October 21 earnings call, but contractor numbers may not be disclosed.

What is NPW and where did you get this information? We should get some info on the quarterly call on the 21st.