I used to love every aspect of my job. I enjoyed coming to work every day, I felt valued, I had a sense of accomplishment and I loved my coworkers. 10 years later I find myself working in an office with people I barely know,feeling undervalued, and trying to figure out wheather my name will be next on the list for a layoff. Even more, I’ve reached a point where I think of my layoff as a blessing and something that will bring me relief. People say that corporate greed and the bottom line brought this on us, but I tend to think that it’s more than that. It’s obvious that the company culture and the relationships within the company took a turn for the worst.Why did we reach such an ultimate low in the culture and moral, and how did we get to this point?
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Everyone with a prime membership knows Amazon is a sweat shop. You gotta find another industry. Get on a stick man.
I'm not moving out of my metro. T attracted me because of the ladder potential years ago. Now that nothing is getting backfilled, and nothing new happens outside the 10 biggest markets, this is a dead end for me. Glad I have accredited degrees and State Board Certs. When the gig gets old, I'm out.
Need to get some fresh blood in leadership positions and replace the board of directors who are usually useless, but in this case it’s obvious. If you are not in Dallas you don’t matter. Too much a... kissing goes on, a very political atmosphere. Makes you want to gag. Everything is video conference now so one has to hold back their gag reflux because the camera is watching.
@1biu thank you captain obvious.
I left AT&T for Amazon 4 years ago. At Amazon, it's 10 times worse. I wanna come back to AT&T.
When I left I needed therapy more than outplacement assistance. Cingular was a great work environment which is nothing like it is today. Leadership is at fault.
America is a free-will country. no one is forcing you to work for att. att owes you nothing. go find another job. if you have let your skills slide, that is your fault.
My therapist whom I meet with weekly & my group therapy members assure me that the leadership of this company is about as toxic & volatile as a workplace could have, it seems most of my life problems have had something to do with this job over the years. After almost 25 years I have no perspective on what a normal workplace looks like. It seems as though I have been willing to allow my health and mental health suffer for a little better than average pay and am beginning to realize it isn't worth it. I at least want to make rule of 75 though. I am at the beginning stages of dealing with regrets over ever having started working for this place.
We are on the Titanic, the only thing we are doing is rearranging the chairs on it, thinking that we are getting a better place
Everyone I talk to feels like on Titanic, spend each day is chaos, treated like expendable garbage all while being threatened to lean in, do more
Don't let people tell you it is like this at other companies. Att is not normal. I left years ago and I feel total opposite of you but I felt the way you did before I left. I haven't heard the word surplus or layoff since I left att and I once again get lost in my work. I don't have managers who are scared for their job and actually treat you like an adult. I swear after Att I probably had PTSD and didn't know how to act in a normal office.
Att is not the norm and it is not like att at other companies. It really could not be much worse than it is at att. Their benefits are subpar to the industry and their pay hasn't kept up with the market.
you will be glad you left att cesspool and never look back.
I call layoffs here a Mercy K–l.
Randy F*cked up, and the Board of Directors provides no oversight to him or his strategies nor his mergers. But Randy will linger on for a year or more till he pulls his rip cord on his Golden Parachute.
Reminds me of the days in the late 90's were Mr. Armstrong was forced to sell off wireless and all the cable assets he bought, and then he left and T was headed towards bankruptcy. As it turned out, Mr. Armstrong had the right strategy, but the board was a similar bunch of incompetents back then. And today, no one on the board has any media experience!
Honestly, I think it’s that way at most jobs. I’ve worked for many companies before att. Believe me it could be much worse. However, yes this place is not what it used to be. Maybe a change of scenery would be good by moving to a different job or a new team. For me, I can’t see myself going to another company. I’m not staying here though.