Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Any truth to the Monday layoff rumor that was circulating last week.

If so, what orgs were impacted?

I have already asked my supervisor and he does not know.


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Post ID: @OP+1k9q5t5c7

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Lots of work location changes for network operations regional staff and wireless. Making people move to strategic metro hubs.

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Post ID: @r2+1k9q5t5c7

Eliminating the ringers!

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Post ID: @jk+1k9q5t5c7

@a6
False.
I was notified on Thursday, 10/23, by a phone call followed up by an email.

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Post ID: @hj+1k9q5t5c7

“This after a round in July with no backfilling and a round in September with no backfilling.”

Metrics continue to confirm overstaffing. Remaining employees need to step up.

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Post ID: @f9+1k9q5t5c7

@e3 significant cuts in Caleb D. Org. U see Berry and Schubert. This after a round in July with no backfilling and a round in September with no backfilling.

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Post ID: @ef+1k9q5t5c7

@a9 come on really now. Where are you getting the facts ? How deep is this going?

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Post ID: @e3+1k9q5t5c7

@c4 how is this fact ? Do tell more

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Post ID: @e2+1k9q5t5c7

Dead weight.

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Post ID: @d9+1k9q5t5c7

@c4 it was a long time coming Robertson org has been bloated and su-king the life out of this company for far too long.

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Post ID: @ce+1k9q5t5c7

@c4 well said. It’s definitely not a rumor as this was a huge cut. Lots of people being laid off into the worst job market of recent memory.

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Post ID: @c7+1k9q5t5c7

Hello folks. This is NOT a rumor. A lot of employees were impacted under Jenn R. and Caleb D. organizations. We need to give those individuals privacy and respect. They may or may not want to be laid off especially during the holiday seasons.

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Post ID: @c4+1k9q5t5c7

@b1 not fake. Lots of people impacted today.

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Post ID: @bk+1k9q5t5c7

We are safe. Thank you union contract.

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Post ID: @be+1k9q5t5c7

Fake news.

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Post ID: @b1+1k9q5t5c7

Layoffs are every other week these days. Gotta cut cut cut those costs. Still need to get under 90k employees. Only 35k more to go. Eventually it will hit the techs, but I’m sure only the junior most people to reduce costs.

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Post ID: @at+1k9q5t5c7

Layoffs #1 business focus last 10 years

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Post ID: @ar+1k9q5t5c7

Not NTECs in California

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Post ID: @aq+1k9q5t5c7

These soccer shoes are made for walkin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these soccer shoes
Are gonna walk all over you

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Post ID: @ap+1k9q5t5c7

Mass Markets employees were notified today.

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Post ID: @an+1k9q5t5c7

There will another post that "various sources" claim a layoff on November 30th just to get a reaction. Old fashioned trolling

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Post ID: @am+1k9q5t5c7

Well as of this morning my VP is out as of the end of December and notification to us about it didn’t make it seem like there was a whole lot more f regret on the part of their bosses.

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Post ID: @ak+1k9q5t5c7

My organization held mandatory conference calls with the VP and HR where they announced a pending layoff with no date. The VP was reading from a script and no questions were allowed, strictly to meet legal requirements. Levels 1 and 2 had no advance information, and level 3s were responsible for reviewing/approving the layoff spreadsheet from HR, but in the end, the numbers had to be met across the organization; different organizations had to swap employees (give and take) to meet the total. Of course, this was for management only; Non-Management followed the union contract.

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Post ID: @ag+1k9q5t5c7

Actually, there is never a general email announcement announcing a layoff on a specific day, at least that I have seen in over 20 years. The only announcement is to the individual impacted. Several years ago, sometimes a division announced a pending layoff to all employees, and then you either received an email saying you were not impacted or in the 'universe' impacted (left you hanging) until the notice came. Don't know if they still do this or not.

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Post ID: @af+1k9q5t5c7

Not a rumor. Several groups under Jen R org. Caleb D, John P

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Post ID: @ae+1k9q5t5c7

@a9 This

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Post ID: @ac+1k9q5t5c7

I Don’t Like Mondays

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Post ID: @ab+1k9q5t5c7

Get back to work!

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Post ID: @aa+1k9q5t5c7

Unofficial notification in Caleb D org today to those not located in a hub. Official notification to come 11/19 with no option to move. Official payroll date will be 12/10. Multiple in my group under Caleb notified this morning.

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Post ID: @a9+1k9q5t5c7

Not until the 21st.

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Post ID: @a8+1k9q5t5c7

Was all phoney baloney. They don’t do this on Mondays.

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Post ID: @a7+1k9q5t5c7

I’m virtual and haven’t heard anything. Typically they only notify people on Wednesdays and Fridays for RTO or “surpluses.”

Going to guess it was just a rumor and 11/21 is the real upcoming date. You never know, though. Not like this place has a process or a plan anymore.

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Post ID: @a6+1k9q5t5c7

Yes, the OP shall soon be laid off.

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Post ID: @a5+1k9q5t5c7

@a2 how were you told? Did you have a call about it this morning?

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Post ID: @a4+1k9q5t5c7

Its quiet here in San Ramon.

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