Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

New Global Protect version being pushed in March will solve all the problems.

“ Heard frm grapevine tht email tracking nd computer activity monitoring is coming in too.. data collection has begun”

Mine will only show DRU website, Average Hour dashboard, Leetcode, Data Lemur and blogposts.

Nothing related to work , but again all the above are work related

What is “email tracking?” You sound like a low performer who likely ought to be let go.

Heard frm grapevine tht email tracking nd computer activity monitoring is coming in too.. data collection has begun

“ There is no need to take photos of yourself with a newspaper and time stamp to prove you’re in the office.

Your PC has Forcepoint on it. Open it up, toggle to System log. Everything you need is right there. Shows when you connected to the network and disconnect.”

Couple of things , Forcepoint does not do s**t, whenever you will connect to VPN it will log that time as in_office, don’t believe me, try connecting to vpn from home and see the log yourself.

It’s not always on vpn when you are outside of office connect to WiFi and it takes some time to connect to vpn, that part , that small part is out of office.

If everything was so simple , they could have leveraged the force point logs to do dashboard.

So yeah take photos , screenshots etc etc .

CYA

I used to wake up 7:45 am and log onto my computer and work till 6-7pm. Now I wake up 6am and fight to get a desk and leave at 5pm. I was much happier as WFH.

"RTO is the way leadership tries to disconnect you from your" paycheck.

“ I work so many more hours at home.”

And we didn’t cut your pay when we forced you to work less hours.

You are welcome.

Squeal little pig, 🐷 squeal! End of day you still will become ham and bacon.🥓

“Historically, eventually things will change again, take it from a long term employee.”

Have you ever heard of the saying, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease” or “the loudest voice gets heard” or a closed mouth doesn’t get fed” Yea, that’s you.

You benefit off the backs of us who speak up. You’re welcome

“ 100% false. Working hours have increased 20-25 hours per week on average.”

Utter rubbish!

There is no need to take photos of yourself with a newspaper and time stamp to prove you’re in the office.

Your PC has Forcepoint on it. Open it up, toggle to System log. Everything you need is right there. Shows when you connected to the network and disconnect.

How’s that for collaboration?

Needs of the business and expectations changes. I haven’t always agreed with leadership but I’ve been through many reorgs, org name changes, relocation, change in work and increased scope of work over the past 25 plus years. I understand who signs the checks and have to comply with their decision’s or be deemed insubordinate. Always understood if I don’t like the conditions then I can quit at anytime. Not to say one can’t provide feedback but with AT&T/SBC it usually falls on deaf ears unless it’s unlawful.

Everything has changed and not optimal but each has a choice. I haven’t been happy with all the changes and poor management decisions but still chose to stay because I like my co-workers, the work and most importantly the pay isn’t bad either. The continual whining only makes you and your co-workers more miserable because leadership has a plan and they are going to implement it despite the noise. Historically, eventually things will change again, take it from a long term employee.

Take hourly pics of yourself at the office and send to your supervisor. Now you have proof of RTO. (if you really are rto). Most just badge in 2 times and head home. One swipe at 8 and one at 1130 or so. Not me, I work all day at the office as I am paid to do.

Reports are still a mess … and it seems like everyone is seeing diff bugs which indicates bigger problems and no consistency in their tracking…

There also isn’t uniform requirements about what constitutes compliance. Some teams have strict 8hr minimums every day (not an average) and others it’s just 6 on average. My team is the former and we get no credit for doing anything outside the office that is often required, like on calls and event management.

Can you say mouse jiggler, where is my severance?

And it will be tracking activity on your PC to make sure our PCs are not idle except at lunch.

"All this report shows is how many hours your a-s is in a seat."

It does not even show that. It only shows how long you have been connected to corp WiFi or LAN. You can walk away from your desk and be working elsewhere and this report will not show that.

I don't care what a report or anyone says. I work so many more hours at home. In the office, I'm there 2 min before I have to be and I'm out immediately. I take every second of every break and lunch. At home, I'm logged in and working at least 30-45 min early and work at least an hour over, sometimes more. And during busy times, I will work for hours each evening and weekend. That all stopped with RTO, I'm not opening my laptop for 1 second at home anymore. I also eat at my desk over lunch at home while working at least 4 out of 5 days. And then don't get me started on the BS socializing that takes you away from work when you are in the office. And then we have a disabled son who requires a lot of appointments, almost weekly which are local. At home, I am MAYBE gone for an hour and a half at the very most, more closer to just over an hour. In the office, I have to take half a sick day. So, they can say what they want but that is why productivity is down because at home many of us who actually worked and didn't F around, worked way more but if you want to make us come back in for nothing then I am going to do the bare minimum.

RTO report is just another commitment on our yearly reviews.

Competent? If they cared about that, DEI would have never been implemented. If I checked one of the boxes and was hired, promoted or retained based DEI, I’d always feel unsatisfied and unworthy because it wasn’t based on my education, skills and hard word (merit). Same as nepotism for those that are unqualified.

RTO has been talked about ad nauseam, we all know it is about layoffs and targeting specific people with relocation, herding into overcrowded spaces and propping up other businesses. There needs to be a rotating hybrid model because businesses do need collaboration between senior, principal and new employees. It makes a business more successful and for future continuity.

The report has been fixed and is working now.

Good one. It’s still not even close to accurate for me as of this morning.

These hours reports mean absolutely nothing regarding productivity. All it does is show how many hours you sat in an office. If anything productivity is way down. I am exhausted from commuting and spend half the day socializing. It’s ok tho because results don’t matter anymore, just showing 8+ on the broken presence report. All you gotta do is show up and sit.

The report has been fixed and is working now.

“ 100% false. Working hours have increased 20-25 hours per week on average.”

You are a serious tool if you think time connected to the network has a direct correlation to “working” hours.

Seems they want Compliant employees only!!!!!!! They don't care about being competent!

“100% false. Working hours have increased 20-25 hours per week on average.”

Wrong. They were never tracking time outside the office, and still don’t. All this report shows is how many hours your a-s is in a seat. Are you surprised that butt in seat hours increased when moving from 3 days to 5 days or are you unable to do basic math?

at this point, do you think any of this matters?

do the best with what you know and move forward.

Do you think a total Dark Triad a-s like stankey has anything to do with the future? Don't give vampires the credit -- don't invite this in.

The first mistake is giving more energy to the parasites

Do you have proof of that increase that doesn’t tie back to the broken average hours report which is widely known to be wrong and inaccurate?

They need to be tracking productivity metrics and not just hours you sit in an office anyway.

I work less now that I’m in office. That’s a fact. Clock hits 5, I'm out the door and I don’t start early anymore either. I see the same everywhere as this place is a ghost town after 5.

“For most people RTO means working 10-15 less average hours a week than with WFH or even 3 days.”

100% false. Working hours have increased 20-25 hours per week on average.

Facts!! Preach! We are being reduced to a presence report and our work and efforts mean absolutely nothing.