Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Weaklend Org

Rumors are this will be a very targeted surgical strike against employees rather than a carpet bombing. They have already decided to leave the Print Centers out and are reviewing functions within the org to hit. Most likely those directly involved in Billing Support which could be as few as 200 employees of the 3,000. The numbers reported on other posts for IBM targets were low, ~1600.

The company has 250,000 employees so this is immaterial in scale which makes you wonder why bother given the negative impact on the entire employee base and limited savings.

This seems like one more failed strategy by the team of Randall/Stankey/Fete.

by DeathStar
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Fun with Webphone: search for last name Weaklend. Yep, it is exactly what you think. I'm sure Maggie's daughter is smart and educated, but it's amazing that she is a director after only 4 years. Plano isn't one of the hub cities either.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @kfmv+111uDCpe

Golden parachutes for all the upper levels - pink for the grunts.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @kxid+111uDCpe

Weak is the word for leadership. No confirmation these 2 retired?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @5ioh+111uDCpe

The announcement only mentioned Berger getting Whalen's people and Carpenter getting Stewart's- where did you get the info Whalen (Maggie's buddy) and Stewart were retiring rather than being freed up to manage the outsourcing?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @4rzv+111uDCpe

We all gave AT&T everything and in exchange they rip the life out of us. It’s not worth it folks. Find something you love and that will love you back.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @4eim+111uDCpe

All of Maggie's direct reports will separate from the business. Two retired today (funny they didn't say who or why, they were just left off the announcement). Non-entities I guess. 7 are left, who will be next? Few will go to Accenture. RIF or retire are you most probable outcomes. There is life outside of AT&T, just not in telecommunications.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @4rpe+111uDCpe

Looking like Carpenter did all the negotiating with Accenture and will leave T with a golden parachute and send a thousand employees up the hill into the k–l zone.

Stewart had a heart, which doesn’t get the numbers they want.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @3xht+111uDCpe

Retirement?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @3fqz+111uDCpe

what does that mean? Whalen and Steward all move to Accenture?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @3egw+111uDCpe

And then there were 7 directs left. Stewart and Whalen out today. Who will be next?? And the band plays on.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @3pkr+111uDCpe

No need for data centers.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2ums+111uDCpe

How will going to the Cloud reduce the need for IT?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1uxw+111uDCpe

Death star doesn't have a clue as to the magnitude of this Accenture deal. It is well above 200 but less than 3000

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1szd+111uDCpe

I'm confused, so initial broadcast was large impact to employee base of 3000, now its only 200 employees and/or jobs are affected?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1woh+111uDCpe

It's all driven by the cloud transition to Microsoft. AT&T knows the IT Billing and Billing Support teams are needed by the outsourcing companies to migrate to the cloud and once migrated you will no longer be needed by T or the outsourcing companies.

You are the sacrificial lambs to the cloud god.

by Anonymous
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