Industry Standard? Let’s Cut the BS.

As of November 2026, only 7.2% of Fortune 500 companies require employees in the office five days a week. Meanwhile, 44% maintain hybrid arrangements, with the rest offering some combination of remote and hybrid work. Flexibility increasingly depends on the job, team, and location.

And in telecommunications? AT&T is the outlier. Our competitors, the very companies we’re supposed to be competing against, are still largely remote, with limited hybrid requirements.

Since AT&T implemented its RTO mandates, we’ve gone from 1st to 3rd.

So where exactly is this supposed industry standard? Who are we benchmarking against? And what measurable business improvement are we getting in return?

Five days in the office isn’t an industry standard. It’s an AT&T leadership poision pill decision being passed off as one. Let’s stop pretending otherwise.

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5x8 is T’s standard. If not liking it, why not find another company offering a hybrid schedule better matching your preference? We know why.

RTO is intended to get people to leave WITHOUT paying severance. Plain and simple. It's not working because people have nowhere to go. He-l of a situation, huh? I advise you to keep showing up to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic, keep quiet, and keep looking elsewhere. Best of luck!

@bj no, you absolute dunce. This used to be a good place to work. Good pay, good benefits, good leadership. THATS why people stayed 30 years.

Over the last 10 years - under Randy and Stinky and Block head SBC m0rons it has become one of the worst places to work in the world. Over the last 3 years since RTO started all of the real talent has exited at the fastest rate anyone has ever seen. The only people left are those waiting to retire shortly or who are the bottom of the barrel lower quartile losers with no other options.

Maybe you should unhook your mouth off Stinky’s Balds and come up for some oxygen. Seems you aren’t thinking straight or able to realize the reality of what goes on here. Pathetic.

@c0 no, I get paid to deliver results for the company, not swipe a badge and sit in a building… or at least I used to..

Where and when you complete the work is null as long as it gets done correctly and on time. Right? So what’s the point of RTO exactly?

You get paid to come in to work. Just do it. All of this complaining is ridiculous.

“I am currently interviewing and the first offer I get, I’m gone.”

This is why we have so many employees with over 30 years. They never get other offers.

I am mid 30s, I have no pension. I hate this company. I am currently interviewing and the first offer I get, I’m gone. Compensation here su-ks, culture su-ks, leadership su-ks. There’s really no reason to stay. Once all the olds retire out there will be a talent crisis as the young’s are in mass exodus. RTO will be the demise of this company and the bootlickers will be stuck doing the work of 3 people for bottom of the market pay. Ranked at the bottom on Forbes rankings for a reason.

What about the fortune 100? Factor out the tech giants who literally do tech that can be remote. AT&T isn’t fully RTO either as a lot of positions don’t come into the office. Stop crying and quit if it bothers you.

@a3 OP here, I’d take the severance and move on. Currently interviewing with other companies. So yeah, I’d gladly take the money and run. I don’t have a pension and I’m not stuck a couple more years. I’d be out

@a3 , you sound like his cabin boy.

@a3 most people here actually WANT to be laid off and that is because of John Stink. You’re a pathetic loser talking about another man this way. No wonder you’re still here.

@a3 I’d kick stink right in the baldz while looking him straight in the eyes. Nobody respects that clown, let alone fears him. I welcome a layoff with severance. This is one of the worst companies in the world to work for. I will stick around doing the absolute bare minimum while collecting full paychecks, and if it makes you bootlickers and sycophants upset that’s just an added benefit.

You’re lucky this forum is anonymous otherwise Stankey will have you begging for mercy. Those who complain usually cry the loudest when the layoff call is made.

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