The company has been purging employees for years yet every quarter people are so surprised. All I heard today was “should I be worried”. Yes we all should be worried and taking steps necessary to be financially stable when we are let go. If you have not been doing what you need to in order to prepare for this then shame on you. No one is safe and this will not end in 2020. Stop sitting around asking if you should be worried and prepare.
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Offering you a tissue.. this constantly happens in AT&T. You only know about it now because it is impacting you.
This place is nothing like other companies. Other companies don’t constantly surplus people and treat you like a human.
Only folks worried is those that have spent too much time here and have all their eggs in the T basket. For the rest of us that have worked at many other companies, this is nothing new. At least you get some warning here. I’ve been at places where when the boss calls you in the office Friday afternoon, you can bet you won’t be there Monday. No severance, nothing. That being said, average tenure was usually less than 2 years. That’s what’s coming here. It’s also a big reason I came to work at Att. I was tired of that game.
My advice, you better have a backup plan and a plan b. As for me, I’ll be leaving soon. My plan B is now my plan A.
@11j0lHUY-1jaj You assume my skillset is outdated but you are wrong. Not only is it current but I am financially stable enough to not have to worry about starting another job should I be surplussed. Home paid off vehicles paid off pension vested and 401k secure. Can retire in my 40s if I choose. However everyone acting surprised about not layoffs and not doing anything to be stable is ridiculous. The fact that you think being financially stable and keeping a skillset current do not directly correlate makes you ridiculous too.
Yes we all should be worried and taking steps necessary to be financially stable when we are let go
sounds like you should have been let-go a long time ago, since your only concern was being financially stable. my concern is keeping my skillset current. if att put me in a position, where i was not working with current technology, then i would have left a long time ago. my skillset is current. i am working large challenging projects. i am not concern w/being financially stable, as i can walk out the door and most likely, be making more money tomorrow. but, i also enjoy what i am doing. keep on padding you bank account. good luck w/you finances, you're going to need it.
I don't prepare for being let go from the company for the same reason that I buy lottery tickets. I don't but lottery tickets expecting to win, I buy them for the purpose of exercising my own personal statement that I deserve to win the lottery and should not have to work for a living. I don't refuse to look for another job expecting not to get laid off - I refuse to with the notion that there's a good chance I will be but that I should not have to adapt to the evil marketplace that demands people stay relevant and constantly re-tool themselves.
Not understanding why anyone thinks they’re safe. This has been going on for how long?
I was telling everyone I talked to before I left 3 yrs ago they should have an exit strategy.
is there a reason you're still here other than an unhealthy obsession?
this isn't a healthy place. But those of us working there need it since the company doesn't tell us anything other than blowing sunshing up our ...
to be here 3 years after leaving seems rather sad.
I was telling everyone I talked to before I left 3 yrs ago they should have an exit strategy. Not sure they were listening much.
“Thanks for the unsolicited lecture, appreciate it.”
You get that from management every day. You should be used to it...
No one is truly surprised, some of us can see sales reports and all can see quarterly earnings and debt levels, despite the gymnastics on earnings calls to shake off the analysts.
We also see the projects and initiatives that start and then are abandoned after burning through millions in cash . See also the mass relocations on a whim, the most excellent salaries and retirement deals at the executive level while being told "we have no money for raises" and "how about seven grand? does that medical deductible work for ya?"
After years or even entire careers here getting through all that, no one is surprised. But many are disappointed.
True. Nobody is safe
Thanks for the unsolicited lecture, appreciate it.