Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

get rid of all the frat boys getting paid to do nothing......

Title should be - “If you are in a field job with nothing to do anymore because everyone is going OTT and there isn’t enough fiber to do fast enough internet for customers, expect to be cut”

You have some of the titles wrong..Sr Tech Director is an old title and was changed to Assoc. Director. Tech Director has always been around. AVP is new as they changed some Tech Dir to AVP. Technical Lead/Lead MTS has always been around as they have always had Level 3 and 4 Technical folks originated from the Labs. They always had PM's. The TSM and SRPM are somewhat new and not sure where or how they originated.

I have nothing to celebrate, like everything everything is designed for those in power. This will impact levels 1 & 2 the most and I don't think they care too much about tiles if history remains.

Remember it was all about how expensive the employee is to the company. I suggest watching Patriot Act on Netflix chapter 1 and it describes vulture Hedge funds like Elliot. They encourage 3 business tactics to pay themselves more

1. High debt
2. Selling real estate
3. Lots and lots of surpluses

How different is that from T's management

Next month I won’t have to try and memorize the latest and greatest acronym or catch phrase from the newest manager trying to make a name for themselves. Less threats of discipline up to including termination finally, maybe I can actually focus on customer service and my actual job.

they could do away with so many positions it isn't even funny. not even sure where to start.

Yeah we need another PPP, Spreadsheet, Useless Social Email, metric on the dashboard etc.., like we need aNether hole in our head.

Basically thousands of job justifiers making it miserable for those on the front lines serving our customers. Let’s have another meeting or add another useless task etc...

L1 and L2 with no direct reports is probably better off than people having them. I expect anyone making over $100K to be heavily targeted, they can hire college grads at $75k-$80k easy

Don’t forget, Top Gun, Quality, Staff by the boatloads.

At&t has been good to me.
However, it only takes 1 bad manager to ruin a good career.

The culture of making up job titles to hire everyone in your family is at and end. This is what happens with a culture of nepotism, layers and layers or useless tittles and management with no one having a clue on how to run a business.

Job titles are totally disconnected with actual work, I was put a title that has nothing to do with my work, the relatable title isn't available in my BU. This is the legacy of the many top down implementations, getting further and further away from reality. Meanwhile, HR is still insisting on doing job affirmations and compliance reporting. Talking about creating paper work for to keep these bureaucratic comrades employed.

nobody ever thought that having a handful of direct reports at that salary band was a concern? How many 4th levels and above is really needed?

Everyone in Mobility is an Area Manager. Kinda like everyone at a bank, is a Vice President. Pretty soon mobility will be slashed. You think there is overhead in ATO?!?! Take a look at mobility. Those folks work under M&Ps that ATO had 25 yrs ago. They are like the union. Takes 15 people, 25 forms, and 3 months to plug a cable in a switch! Notice the reference to hardware. They have no virtualization.

Epic post, once yiu leave AT&T you will find out that most job titles HERE Are not relevant out there...go back to school..

bye bye, don't let the door hit you in The way out, LOL
After all ...AT&T means , your world destroyed...

Actually a pretty good post. Donovan's ATO presence should be eliminated here..

everything is made up, everywhere, we are not a real company, just a collection of borrowed technologies, failed corporation

• they have not idea what's going on