Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

"Nothing more than theater."

100%. I'm required to take the training, but nothing says I have to retain it. If I get deployed, I'm not touching a bit of fiber or copper. I'll drive the truck/van, I'll carry a tool box, I'll even go get coffee. But I'm not going up a ladder, I'm not touching a strand, and I'm not touching a customers house.

I do have respect for the union workers that do the job, and I think the company craps on them as much as they do the non-bargained exempt employees. We should stick together. The C Suite loves to say employees make the company, but the reality is they'd get rid of us all in a heartbeat if they could.

So glad I no longer have to worry about a contingency assignment. I was part of the team that covered the strike in Florida. Most of us sat in the conference room because we didn’t feel comfortable going out to do the jobs. The grass is greener on the other side. So glad to be done with AT&T.

• “To the software engineer. You should not go all the way up to the power lines. The strand is 3 feet below the power lines, and that's where the telco cables are. Better to pay attention to the video so you don't electrocute yourself.”

Rofl.
I go up to the power lines to put myself out of my misery that this company’s poor decisions have imposed upon me.

I just couldn’t imagine sitting through another Stankey Legg jerk session town hall, so I decided to end it all.

The whole contingency planning / training fiasco is nothing more than theatre. I thought everyone understood this.

Of course it is. But so of course is the union saber rattling.

Both sides want to get us engaged and both are FOS.

Aww how cute, you think it takes extensive training to perform most union jobs.

4 hours ago by Anonymous | 7 reactions (+5/-2)
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You probably will have to "Live your Destination" and RTO before to company asks, no demands you report to your CP assignment. That is if you are lucky. You consider yourself smart, you collaborate on TEAMS instead of the morning meeting that the Union Dregs attend. You have skills that you think are unique to you, no one can easily replace you.
AT&T is going to replace you very soon with some very fine men and women for 10 cents on the Dollar who reside in India. You will be asked to perform a "knowledge transfer" to receive your severance if you had anything AT&T needs.

It su-ks for you. I don't make to the rules. I just watch how folks fight and struggle, lash out at others and try to tear others down with them when the rules come down on them.

To the software engineer. You should not go all the way up to the power lines. The strand is 3 feet below the power lines, and that's where the telco cables are. Better to pay attention to the video so you don't electrocute yourself.

No.

Contingency assignments aren't optional. I got the impression non participation could have a bad impact on performance evaluation and bonuses. I doubt many "managers" are happy to get an assignment.
Not many would say they were ready to go to the job after completing training.

Nothing more than theater. Perfect explanation. Just do what your told and for gods sake don’t get hurt. It ain’t worth that.

“Aww how cute, you think it takes extensive training to perform most union jobs.”

It does trust me. It’s easy if you know it and impossible if you don’t. Even the technicians can’t transition from inside to outside without years of OJT.

25+ year non bargained for here.

You’re correct in that of course the training isn’t adequate,

That said how could it be? There is no substitute for the hands on experience of a seasoned field person.

To that end, it’s sort of expected that everything will grind to a halt in a work stoppage.

The whole contingency planning / training fiasco is nothing more than theatre. I thought everyone understood this.

• “Aww how cute, you think it takes extensive training to perform most union jobs.”

I love how true management (Stankey and Co.) has made morale so bad that even the employees are fighting amongst themselves.
Love to see it, top tier Ivy League management strategies at play here, obviously.

Normal ‘managers’ and most union employees are actually on the same side, most ‘management’ corporate employees don’t actually make any management decisions that effect techs in the field at all - they’re data analysts, software engineers, etc…

It’s unfortunate to see everyone bickering when they should be siding against the C-Suite that has ran this company into the ground with bad decision after bad decision.

Aww how cute, you think it takes extensive training to perform most union jobs.

You’re not wrong, but we don’t have a choice. It becomes required training.
I got tapped to do this one year, you know what I did? Let it play in the background while I worked.
I retained literally 0 of the knowledge as it doesn’t pertain to my career at all.

The whole system makes literally 0 sense, sending software engineers up onto power lines.