Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

An Open Letter to the Young Employees Trapped in a Dying Relic

Let me paint you a picture of the rotting carcass you’re currently shackled to—a company that’s lost its way so completely it’s become a laughingstock, a fossil in a world that’s passed it by. This isn’t a business anymore; it’s a commodity, a cheap trinket customers only care about when they can squeeze the last penny out of its pathetic, outdated offerings. You’re working for a dinosaur that’s too stubborn to die, but too irrelevant to live. Clients don’t give a damn about what this company has to say—they’re not listening, and why should they? You’re peddling yesterday’s tech, a sad relic no one wants, while the world races ahead with innovation and purpose.

Look around you. The sales team—those poor, battered souls—are being crushed under the weight of trying to hawk this garbage. They’re abused, squeezed dry, and forced to beg for scraps from customers who’d rather sp-t in their faces than buy. And you, the young blood, the so-called “future” of this place? You’re next in line for the meat grinder. This company doesn’t care about you—it’s too busy desperately clinging to its faded glory, too arrogant to see it’s a corpse propped up by delusion.

Here’s the truth: there’s no upside here. No innovation. No hope. This isn’t a place to build a career; it’s a graveyard where ambition goes to die. And if you think it gets better, take a hard look at the seasoned employees—the ones who gave decades to this sinking ship. They’re not being honored; they’re being humiliated. The company that once offered respectable buyouts and early retirement options now treats them like trash, mocking their age, managing them out with zero dignity. These loyal veterans are being discarded like used tissues, and that’s your future if you stay. A slow, soul-crushing march to irrelevance, capped off with a kick to the curb when you’re no longer “useful.”

They’ll tell you they need your talent, your youth, your energy. But why the he-l would you waste it here? This isn’t a company—it’s a cesspool, a stinking pit of despair that drowns anything fresh and promising in its muck. You’re not building a future; you’re chaining yourself to a sinking anchor. Every day you spend here is a day your potential gets su-ked dry by a machine that’s too broken to care and too dated to compete.

Get out. Now. Don’t wait for a sign or a better offer—make your own path. There are companies out there that matter, that innovate, that value their people instead of chewing them up and spitting them out. You’re young, you’re talented, and you’ve got everything ahead of you—don’t let this rotting husk steal that from you. Leave before it’s too late, before you wake up one day and realize you’ve become one of the hollowed-out shells wandering these halls, waiting for the axe to fall.

This company doesn’t deserve you. It never will. Run, and don’t look back.

Sincerely,
Someone Who Sees the Truth

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Post ID: @OP+1jr1mamza

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They won't listen. They will become depressed. Lots of vaping and drinking to ease the pain. I few mental breakdowns. 3 divorces. @ trips to the funny farm. All with no pension.

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Post ID: @p9+1jr1mamza

Not so much for PoC though. Their race is fully employed. Everyone that wants a job gets a job.

AA's only make up 14% of the US population, half of that make under $50k, and only 30% of that 14% total makes over $75k. It's impossible for that few to have 'all' the jobs at T.

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Post ID: @j9+1jr1mamza

The part that is incorrect is the idea of the imaginary utopian company that loves innovation, cares about its people, allows the proper work/life balance.

If that existed you would already be there.

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Post ID: @j8+1jr1mamza

It's funny to hear children who came to work for a company that only exists because of what their predecessors did, malign those same predecessors.

Companies hat last aren't built by people who work for 2 years and run. Nor by narcissists who take 25M and run.

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Post ID: @ec+1jr1mamza

“To the young people, let me tell you, if you aren’t moving up in the first 2-3 years at a role, move on. That’s the window, anything beyond that and you’ll get stuck.”

Reality check to the young folks, you aren’t special, we were all young and ambitious at one point, just like you. We all thought we would be something more. Don’t stay here for long. Get that 2-3 years on the resume and move on. Otherwise, you’ll blink and be that bitter old person like the OP. I’ve seen it over and over here, it’s really sad to see that super intelligent person, ki-ling the results, end up quiet and bitter sitting in the corner with a dead end job. Never going any further. Don’t let that happen to you. This company dose that far too much to people.

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Post ID: @dt+1jr1mamza

“ I need to get another job before I can just jump ship. Job market is rough right now.”

Especially if you’re a White, middle aged man.”

Truth!!!!! Not so much for PoC though. Their race is fully employed. Everyone that wants a job gets a job.

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Post ID: @ds+1jr1mamza

“ I need to get another job before I can just jump ship. Job market is rough right now.”

Especially if you’re a White, middle aged man.

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Post ID: @ch+1jr1mamza

OP, no company cares about their people. I’ve been at a few. They aren’t much different and some even far worse. You’ve probably been here decades and don’t know what it’s like out there. No this isn’t an innovative place, it’s a utility. That’s the reality as much as leadership tries to paint it as something else. It’s beating a dead horse, just like an iPhone, nothing new year after year.

If you came here trying to climb the ladder, then I’m sure you, like many, were disappointed and bitter when that didn’t happen. You felt you deserved it. I’m a bit bitter about it myself as I never climbed either, and I felt as though I should have. That’s my fault for not managing my expectations. To the young people, let me tell you, if you aren’t moving up in the first 2-3 years at a role, move on. That’s the window, anything beyond that and you’ll get stuck. Don’t stay in one place too long. Don’t listen to the promises by the boss, they are lies.

Yes this place is filled with bitter old people waiting for a package to retire, but they CAN retire because of their work here and what the company offered them. Thats a great place to be in. Most are just too scared to do it even though they should. I encourage them to put in that paperwork, they would be so much happier if they did. However, we (yes I’m younger than most here, though not young anymore) don’t have that pension, so max that 401k the best you can, invest in other things and find your parachute.

This is a job, it’s a paycheck, treat it as such and find meaning outside of your job. Don't let your job be your identity. Do fun things, build something for yourself. Spend as much time with your kids and family as you can. Don’t waste it at a company that could care less if you dropped dead.

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Post ID: @cg+1jr1mamza

“Lighten up, Francis!”

I would like to confirm what dooes light in the francis can mean?
I and team dooes visit layoff to receive the educating of american slanging terminology.
Is said francis guy the dark guy who dooes need luminating with lightbulb? Or is francis guy the big fat guy who dooes need the weight loss like the fat ladys in HR?
Please can you confirm for I and said team?

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Post ID: @cf+1jr1mamza

Lighten up, Francis!

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Post ID: @ce+1jr1mamza

OP’s postings are pretty dark and disturbed. They remind me of Edgar Allan Poe.
I think lithium therapy is in order!

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Post ID: @cd+1jr1mamza

“especially true if your in the LEGG org................. talent is walking out fast, and they are having real trouble hiring replacements.”

Waiting for the day that all the American tech workers have been offshored to India and this whole company collapses. The jack-assery code that “those people” churn out. What a disaster unless you have a white American or Asian coding or reviewing it line by line.

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Post ID: @cb+1jr1mamza

especially true if your in the LEGG org................. talent is walking out fast, and they are having real trouble hiring replacements.

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Post ID: @c8+1jr1mamza

"Anyone with any substantial amount of service with T knows the OP is right unless you’re a truth denier and a bootlicker."

Queue "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan for the bootlicker guy

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Post ID: @c4+1jr1mamza

Anyone with any substantial amount of service with T knows the OP is right unless you’re a truth denier and a bootlicker.

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Post ID: @c2+1jr1mamza

OP is one of those people who need a hug every morning before logging in

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Post ID: @bv+1jr1mamza

OP, you really need to contact Employee Assistance Program, you’ve lost your marbles! It sounds like you need some serious therapy and I hope you get it! You’re harboring too much anger, get some help!

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Post ID: @b5+1jr1mamza

lol we know, but I need to get another job before I can just jump ship. Job market is rough right now.

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Post ID: @b0+1jr1mamza

I’ve seen this company su-k the life out my husband day after day. The care about no one and make them work in conditions animals shouldn’t even be in.

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Post ID: @ap+1jr1mamza

It’s hard to hear, but it’s the truth. AT&T is an evil company run by and populated with mo--ns and soulless mentally ill
people. It is a waste of time. This is not hyperbole, it’s like being a dr-g addict or alcoholic. Don’t keeping it because you “have” to. You don’t “have” to. Leave.

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Post ID: @aj+1jr1mamza

Excellent, precise and accurate statement of FACTS!!
Could not agree more and could not have said it better!!

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Post ID: @a5+1jr1mamza

100% truth!

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Post ID: @a2+1jr1mamza

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