......Is down...AGAIN. Whomever built it should be canned. CIO should be canned. It is so ridiculous. Please never say agin to us to direct customers to the unreliable website.
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@863 You should be careful. Matt has ins in the HR and other departments, he will find out who had the meetings and will go after them. He has done that to employees, contractors, vendors. He walks around like he doesn't have a clue, but is the most conniving, convoluted person. You do what you need to do, but don't need to be putting here. That is the world we live in.
I went off in my HR meeting yesterday about Matt and everything that's been going down. I ain’t saying no more, but trust, they’re onto it all. Honestly, I don’t care if he tries to retaliate like we know he does. They already knew me and a few of my hitters reported stuff we saw last year. Once they asked, I just let it all out—spilled all the tea with all the receipts.
You know what really makes me sick? Every time we had issues with IT, Kristi Turner always took an objective approach. She never threw anyone under the bus—in fact, quite the opposite. She consistently defended the team, especially Matt.
Now that she's no longer here to defend herself, Matt takes every opportunity to throw her under the bus. He constantly blames his own incompetence on anyone he can, and unfortunately, Kristi has become just another scapegoat for him.
It's honestly disgusting.
@6cd
I sure hope so. People from this sh---y vendor need to face the music too! It is sickening to watch them walk around as if they own the place because they know they have bought off our leader!!! I saw the guy that runs the show for the chosen vendor speak to a Director like a child and the Director was powerless and knows it b/c if anyone complains, our CIO will find a way to get them out of here. It is ridiculous and out of control. This vendor is committing highway robbery and our leader is too.
@6an - good to know some of them know what confidentiality means.
@5yh
We had to sign that we would not speak about the interview to anyone, that is why no one is posting. It was very interesting to say the least!
@61v
He is a horrible person, there is no doubt. But when will he be held accountable? This has been his personal and financial playground for years!!!!
@5yh He is not a nice person. He only cares for himself. He was exposed by someone that had the courage to contact H.R. and let them know what was going on. I heard the person wrote a 10 page detailed letter. After the letter was forward you saw people fall...One down...Tubby....Two Down...Tubby's flunky....Three down....The wicked old witch! Seems they are dismantling this leadership team. Next...Matt! They know who brought them down...I bet they would have never thought...
How did the interviews go every one ? I think Haymons will face the music. I bet he tried to coach people, and doesn’t he walk around like diva, blaming Tubby now ? He is such a manipulative piece of work.
@5cm Someone that was VERY smart was instrumental in getting rid of three worthless leaders. They thought the joke was on that surplused employee, but the joke was on them. Two (a-s)ociate directors and one so called AVP aka Tubby GONE. They know who it was...1...2...3.. strikes you are out! Hopefully, that CIO goes next! He is useless! Let's go Cricket Nation!
I'm a long-time employee and direct consumer of IT. While the technology used doesn't typically matter to us, my team has expressed that this particular director is taking us back to the stone age. No organization should regress technologically. Now the VP this director reports to is another joke. That VP is a yes master and doesn't have the caliber or temperament to make Digital better. He is being played by those 2 directors that report to him.
Coming back to the director - some say he's a hotel guy who got into tech and lacks the comprehension for it. Instead of enabling his developers, he is holding them back. We had a well-oiled team that was pushed aside for a subpar vendor who hasn't delivered anything in 3 months. A toothless procurement, corrupt Haymons and Tubby are to squarely blame for that.
Now coming to the wicked old witch - You think an associate director can fly business class to Egypt. How many of you have done that ? I have a feeling it was not just HR issues - there is more to it than what meets the eye. I believe the company is onto their corruption, and if it was just a simple HR thing, they would have disciplined them.
I hope Angela can see through this and restore what we were 3 - 4 years back, get our beloved brand to #1 , #2. Why be in business if we are 4th, 5th..
Our colleagues that have been let go in the past few months needed to go and were a large part of the culture issues here...but let's face it- Haymons is protecting himself. These are the main people who can and have been calling out his "activities"- both financial and inappropriate behavior. I have voiced my concerns and encourage all of you to do so too. It is important to recognize the pattern here and who is the "Gotti" here. These unplanned departures of those surrounding him are just his "hits" to hide behind.
The Director in Digital needs to go ASAP. He is still spewing Tubys BS daily and perpetuating the mentality. HTML....are you f'ing kidding me?!? This dude sets us back 15 years......
@52k There is more, liberation will come - but comes at a cost. Haymons will go, it is a matter of time. He enabled Tubby and his minions, to burn millions, so he doesn't get questioned, when he burns millions through his subpar vendor and pockets some through vacations, kickbacks, tickets, races, houses etc. When he had his friend - that certain coach working here, he used to be in office at 5:30 - 6:00 AM , now he is coming in at 8:00. You figure why? It is disgusting.
@4yy
I find myself deeply disappointed that I am not there to witness the cards as they begin to tumble. I retired late last year, just as the voices of the people were beginning to rise, and my heart aches knowing I can no longer stand alongside them in this fight. My hope is that those in power finally confront the racism and s-xism that have been allowed to fester and grow under their watch. These issues didn’t appear overnight; they’ve been quietly nurtured, especially during the tenure of Haymons. It is my firm belief that there is no place in any system for the bribery and corruption that is also occurring, and it’s long past time for it to be addressed, with the urgency and sincerity it demands. The voices that have been suppressed for so long must be heard, and the change that is needed is long overdue.
@4tr
Since June 16 of this year, we have been on track taking out the garbage. Keep reporting the wrongdoings- even if they are in the past. Trash takes itself out. Those who have been manipulating, mistreating, playing with tech for ego, and being bought off are slowly meeting their consequences. 3 more to go Cricket Nation!! Let's get this place back on track again and move back up to lead our market!
@4sy
Our CIO, a director, and a few tech leads to go!!!!
@4j5
I predicted the house of cards would keep falling! Just a few more to go!!
@47y Nevermind. It looks like the company is about their business. The wicked old witch is gone!
@43d Sad. One particularly leader (Associate Director) was identified as having inappropriate language and misconduct by HR! This person is still there, while decent people have been mistreated and surplused. SMH.
This whole place is a mess. You would think falling from the number 1 prepaid carrier to number 4 would be jarring. There is no one to blame except the current VP team, but mostly Haymons who has held back the org for so many years. He has ran the place into the ground along with Tubby. Now he's following suit with the Digital Tech Leads who are all using Tubby's BS propaganda. Haymons is too stupid to know better or he just does not care as long as he is getting his perks and payouts. What a sh-tshow!
Those getting interviewed.....call it ALL out!!!
Dang......I hope I get called!!!!
@33p
I got called too, and mine is scheduled for next week. They mentioned that the people they’re speaking to were randomly selected and that it’s just a sample of the current employee landscape. I’ve started jotting down some points to make sure I don’t leave anything out, with morale being at the top of the list. The decline of the culture under the current VP leadership, our CIO and his extracurricular activities (I have a screenshot of the NASCAR picture he and Tech M were showing, plus I’ve personally witnessed some strange interactions with him and the Agile coach), the surprising efforts to keep Tubby’s behavior under wraps, and the ongoing issues with Tubby’s direct reports — the list goes on, as you all know. I really hope everyone speaks honestly about what’s actually going on here, because it’s not about RTO at all... it’s the culture.
Oh Snap! People on my team are getting called to have one-on-ones with upper AT&T management! They were told it is random and due to the employee survey being so bad. Two on my team so far have been schedulaed and they plan to UNLOAD about the CIO, Digital Tech leads, and awful vendors. Let us hope that with the higher ups outside Cricket taking the initiative to speak to us, it will result in a complete overhaul!
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@243 Again...why are my posts being removed but everyone else is saying much worse things than I have presented...anyone know why...
@1aw — easily the most undervoted post here, and in just 5 days.
I hadn’t been on this forum in forever until an ex-employee asked me to look. I know exactly who this so-called “lead” is. Like another post said, it’s either the restaurant guy or the “machine.”
Meanwhile, you all stay busy running your “ceremonies” and “communities of practice.” Nobody outside those forced sessions listens to your yap. Picture 130 people trapped in those rooms every week, wasting time — that’s easily $100K burned weekly on this nonsense.
Ever wonder why Scrum was shoved so hard on you? Go check Uber or others — everyone has already moved on. It’s the easiest way to coast through a week: invent some metrics, massage them to fit, and call it “alignment.”
Tubby pushed it because it let him inflate headcount. And our CIO? He doubled down because, until recently, he had his Vegas “favorite” to promote — and all she ever did was preach Scrum. How else could he justify moving her up?
@23e You’re absolutely right — Tubby’s reign created a culture of hiding problems instead of fixing them. What most don’t see is who he promoted into positions of influence. One of the clearest examples: he pushed up a guy with no degree, no proven skills, and a massive ego. Nothing wrong with someone coming from a restaurant or non-traditional background if they can deliver — but this one acts like a genius in meetings while driving the website further into the ground. That’s who’s running the show on the digital side now.
Pair that with “the machine” running backend and so-called architecture, and you’ve got a leadership duo who think they’re visionaries while dragging us back 10+ years. It’s laughable if it wasn’t so damaging.
AT&T clearly failed to bring in real talent when it mattered. Instead, they filled seats with incompetents, and now we’re paying the price. This is why the outages, defects, and customer frustrations never end — because the same people who caused the decline are still sitting in power. Until Haymons and Tubby’s circle are gone, nothing changes.
The “Digital” team isn’t just incompetent — it’s padded with people who barely work yet are still billed, lining the pockets of a few. The VP may be gone, but the CIO is busy running the same scheme, fast-tracking big TechM deals.
And the so-called “tech leadership”? A joke. The website lead struts around like a visionary with nothing to show, while “the machine” is really just a rusted truck — bragging about practices other companies ditched a decade ago. They waste hours in meetings over nonsense, building a circle of yes-men while the website falls apart and the business bleeds market share.
I could share even more specifics, but let’s be real: whenever real details get posted, the threads mysteriously vanish. Funny how anything naming non-public figures inside Cricket doesn’t survive long. That alone tells you everything.
Instead of fixing the incompetence, fake billing, and hollow TechM partnerships, leadership would rather silence employees. But deleting posts won’t erase the facts: customers see a broken website, employees see waste and favoritism, and the numbers prove the decline. Until there’s accountability at the very top, nothing changes.
This whole disaster is driven by incompetent leadership and a bloated org structure. The developers aren’t delivering, the technology choices are stuck in the past, and management keeps throwing money at the wrong people.
Remember the Walmart scandal? If you haven’t read about it, you should — it shows exactly how this kind of thing plays out. The VP here followed the same playbook: inflated his team, burned through budget, and eventually got pushed out. But the real issue is that the person who enabled all of this is still sitting in the CIO chair. And now, instead of cleaning house, he’s running the same playbook again with TechM.
It’s an open secret inside: outdated approaches labeled as “innovation,” long-time managers protecting their turf, and no accountability for the decline. Cricket’s fall tells the story — from a top spot in prepaid 6–7 years ago to #4 today. That doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when leadership puts self-interest ahead of vision.
Until someone holds them accountable, expect more of the same — waste, incompetence, and decline.
With all the reports with other major corporations ( i.e. Wally) letting go execs and contractors for bribes and corruption, let's hope T/CKT starts taking it seriously. It is rampant here and we have been reporting it for a long time now.
It's okay—Tuby is gone now, and the rest will collapse like a house of cards. Bad actors can only stay hidden for so long; the truth is coming to light. I love seeing so many of us finding our voices and rising above, and reporting even beyond those here in our building. The corruption that so many have seen or experienced is finally being exposed. The time is coming—just stay patient!
Let us not lose track of the key issue...Our CIO must GO!!! Everything else will fall into place. Bad actors lose their protection and the real transformation that we would like to see will occur.
@1av
This mentality is exactly why we feel the need to speak up. For years, GOOD digital leadership has been absent (including our awful CIO), leaving us working with outdated languages and antiquated designs. Meanwhile, our competitors deliver simpler, more effective functionality that resonates with the prepaid audience we struggle to retain.
Instead of self-reflection, digital consistently points fingers at other organizations and business units. This culture started with our former leader, who poisoned his team and set the wrong tone. Many of us believed a change in leadership would bring improvement, but meaningful progress requires removing anyone who continues to promote the same ignorance—regardless of their title.
We are speaking out now because there is finally an opportunity for change, and we will not stop until we see real transformation.
@1aw
Are you living under a rock?!?!
@1aw
If your post isn’t a self serving narrative, I do not know what is….(Digital Tech lead has obviously entered the chat)
I’m looking at metrics right now of port out customers who cite website functionality and having to call or go into stores as reasons for requesting port out. Perhaps if you get out of your glass bubble and into reality ( I.e.- get out of your ex leaders azz), we could make progress and we wouldn’t have to complain….but that would take you accepting that we could do better in Digital and we have been trying to get you all to understand that for years. Denial is doom.
@1aw
If your post isn’t a self serving narrative, I don’t know what is…(Digital Tech Lead has entered the chat)
Not sure what metrics you are looking at, but our customers who get surveys after porting our regularly cite website functionality issues as reasons they are having to call in or go into stores. They have decided to port to other carriers as a result…,
@11p I find it interesting that the most vocal critics of the website are seemingly ignoring the data. The metrics—and more importantly, our customers—tell a completely different story. It's almost like the negativity is a self-serving narrative.
It's pretty rich to see so many people trash-talking the website when it's clearly been a huge success for our department and the company. Maybe the critics should check the numbers before they post. If you're actually part of this team, why are you complaining instead of doing something about it? Real leadership isn't just about pointing out problems; it's about fixing them.
As employees, we’re fully aware that our website falls short—and if we can see it, imagine what our customers must think. It's disappointing, to say the least. Perhaps it's time to seriously consider whether Cricket should be spun off or sold. Years of mismanagement by long-standing AT&T leadership have taken a significant toll, and the current CIO only seems to underscore the dysfunction rather than address it. With Angela came hope, but it’s been a year now and she has done nothing to address the mismanagement of the IT org.