Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Risk of getting att@cked with a pencil for just occupying a cube that somebody else thinks is theirs, despite no assigned workspaces…

@cq

I almost tried working today. But then I remembered how little senior leadership cares about the workers and that glimmer of motivation immediately left.

Only disengagement, spite, and my half of the oppositional relationship remain

@e8

Exactly why I'll never complete another one.

Performance Management Plan is a big attrition tactic. If it appears useless, its because it's not built to serve a manager's use.

• The employee that goes on it is marked for obvious reasons and HR takes over management of the employee indirectly and destroys their morale.
• The manager that puts them on it is marked for not being able to control their employee.
• The next line manager is marked for hiring a lousy manager and employee.

PMP's are HR bait for wiping out 3 levels

Survey's are bad news too. Anything less than 5 stars on any survey, gets you on a list for future layoff consideration.

Making employees walk up multiple flights of steps just to get from the parking garage to a floor where they can take an elevator the rest of the way up. They’d better hope that no one collapses after stepping in from a hot and humid garage.

Eliminating retirement healthcare benefits for everyone who chose not to leave.

"Anyone started seeing there is security organization quietly being stood up in North Carolina"

14 head count added in Charlotte in 3 weeks

You forgot the PLE training courses they don’t tell you about.

We’re no longer sending emails about required training. It’s now up to you to check back daily to make sure we didn’t drop a course that has nothing to do with your role.

Oh btw, if you don’t complete the training by the due date. You’ll be fired. Due date is tomorrow

Actually having to work.

@ak

100% spot on!

Anyone started seeing there is security organization quietly being stood up in North Carolina when folks are being told move to Dallas as your job is there. Clearly the communication seems to differ. Stankey needs to go look there and ask questions

Layoff after layoff
Continued benefit reduction
Pension reduction
Rising healthcare cost so you only have catastrophic insurance
Employee discount so bad it is cheaper to get service from a competitor
RTO and associated monitoring
Cramming social issues down everyone’s throats
Consistently cr-ppy raises
Very poor working conditions
Inept mgt
Treating employees like cr-p
Rolling out systems and tools not ready for use
Age discrimination
Forced relocation for no good reason
Filthy restrooms
Undrinkable water
Lead and asbestos exposure
Unhealthy indoor air conditions
Lack of training
Very limited career growth Up
Taking away benefits that were promised when hired
The recent letter to employees
Etc
Etc
Etc

MY guess are:

• Using AI "metircs" to measure things like commit rates to github, measure tickets closure etc. basically measure velocity of your work,
  not enough activity in key systems and you'll go on a naughty list.
  • Competing with co-workers in offshore offices, they will begin publishing leaderboards for all sorts of metrics across groups and shame your group if not in the top x %
  • Reducing or changing policy on various previosuly promised policies..
• Just good old fashion layoffs for divisions and departments that can;t sell their sotry well enough.. Usually after some senior AVP announces retirement.
• whatever McKinsey & Co. come up with next.

Putting more controls in place to ensure employees are putting in a minimum 8 hours of productivity.