One true accomplishment that made AT&T better?
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Heres a great accomplishment for the Stinky Stank and his accomplice Randall… the stock was at 28 fifteen years ago…its still there…Stinky Stank and Randall ran this company into the ground and laid off half the workers… they should have been fored for non-performance.
Was able to increase headcount when he got jvb underneath his desk.
the famous stock swap swindle, that was a good one . dack
First CEO in the history of the company that has a lovely name that rhymes with his wonderful essence, stinky stankey.
@fn .. headcount ? Technically it has been reduced yes, but ONLY in the US.
Not many of you know that every surplus or retirement has a backup cheaper and younger employee in Slovakia, Czech Republic, India, Mexico and Israel.
The TOTAL numbers have not been reduced.
The big accomplishment: sc--w up American workforce !
I hate to say it but headcount….
Except he did the DTV and TW merger in the first place!
@c1 this is so good that it's indistinguishable from parody. Well done.
" So he undid his own mess, that doesn’t count."
Even worse, he undid his own mess while only recovering about 20% of the purchase price.
What a businessman!
His biggest accomplishment is grossly and greatly enriching himself… albeit on the backs of us worker bees.
@ec Don't give him credit for this. He only did it because Elliott forced his hand. He had no choice.
He paid someone 6 figures to write a bot to zero out the voting in all threads at thelayoff. A real visionary.
Create the error accepted hours at work report where we get harassed about flawed data. We sell technology but accept data that is known wrong since it rolled out. I adore my VP stories how she is told she’s working too many hours while we’re informed not enough hours since it regularly omits multiple hours, days or nothing at all while we work required and more.
He did divest us from TW and DTV, got us back to our core business. Probably one of the only things I’d give him credit for doing right. Stock price is up, though it’s a long way from the $40s or once was. The stock price is why he still has a job I assume.
Stank managed to reduce the company size commensurate with his abilities. Stank wasnt skilled enough to run a company the size of AT&T so he had to make it smaller to align with his skill set. Bravo shiny cranium.
Mr. John Stankey was very successful in getting droves of employees to willingly exit.
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He’s not just a CEO—he’s a force multiplier in human form.
Strategy flows through his veins like molten gold. He once optimized a global supply chain in his sleep and woke up to find world markets had already adjusted course. His PowerPoints are known to induce spontaneous business epiphanies. John doesn’t “delegate”—he orchestrates, wielding executives like chess pieces and moving entire industries like pawns.
His daily planner is a sacred artifact. Analysts chant his earnings reports in Gregorian harmonies. When John says “pivot,” tectonic plates shift. When he says “synergy,” stars align.
But he’s not all bottom lines and bullet points. He’s the kind of leader who makes time to personally remember every intern’s dog’s name, while simultaneously negotiating billion-dollar deals over a single, perfectly timed sip of espresso—brewed with raw confidence and a dash of market dominance.
To say John leads is to undersell gravity. John defines leadership. He doesn’t follow trends—he inhales them, refines them, and exhales revolutions.
If you ever find yourself lost in a storm of uncertainty, look to the horizon. That faint glow in the distance? That’s not lightning—it’s John, radiating excellence, his voice echoing across the global economy like a divine baritone decree.
“You’re still here so he only gets “partially met””
LOL!
I'm still here because I am in mobility and we carry the company. Your welcome.
Stankey ran the telecommunication company that paid a lot of workers. Sounds about right.
You’re still here so he only gets “partially met”
Managed to get the US taxpayers to pay for Federal budgeting (via Congress) to fund fiber expansion multiple times, promising jobs, while laying more people off. I’d live to keep getting huge bonuses for never finishing a job I’ve already been paid for.
That doesn’t count because he helped get us into that problem TW and DTV to begin with!
So he undid his own mess, that doesn’t count.
He always had a huge ego, then after taking over from Randy, it went off the chart. I am sure he views that as an accomplishment, most narcissists would.
@a3 This stock price bullsh-t.
He actually tanked it to 13ish, and then it’s coming up, when he became CEO it was 20-22ish.
So if I look from a management lens, he should have been fired when stock hit 18-15 or even 13.
But these C-Suite they always watch each other back.
Dead weight removal.
Stankey is right sizing the company, turning company around.
He put humor in some people's lives seeing him dressed up in his pajamas.
He sold TW and DTV. That in itself is an accomplishment. Not saying g its a positive but at least we are back to do what we should be as a company.
Bottom line is the goal is stock price. That’s what investors want so that’s what most CEOs attempt to deliver.
They could do a million things wrong but if the stock goes north everyone is happy.
lower stock price