Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

The studies are out there showing that RTO does not increase productivity or increase financial benefits.

"People that reserve desk area space and then don’t show up"

Which locations allow you to reserve a desk. That function does not exist in ATL anymore.

Stop being a cry baby. Find a job that you can work from hone if you have the qualification. Otherwise, you are just some low……

Stanley said it clearly: he wants young (and cheaper) blood. Well obviously that won’t happen till he gets rid of the “old” one, the “disable”, the “weak”, ..anyone that doesn’t look the cheap part, so he is hoping RTO will convince most people to quit. Doesn’t matter the knowledge, experience, loyalty, hard work … nope.

“People that reserve desk area space and then don’t show up to occupy the desk after they make the reservation!

This leaves others having to continual look for an available desk to work from that is not ‘reserved’ or work from a cafeteria style table where everyone hears your work business and there is NO privacy!”

Imagine reserving space to go to work.
I don’t deserve sh-t, I just show up, if there’s no seats I go home and wfh, I got my badge swipe, bye.

It's not about productivity. It's a layoff.

Wow, we have a lot of whiners here at AT&T. I had no idea it was to pervasive .

Another item impacts RTO Productivity-

People that reserve desk area space and then don’t show up to occupy the desk after they make the reservation!
This leaves others having to continual look for an available desk to work from that is not ‘reserved’ or work from a cafeteria style table where everyone hears your work business and there is NO privacy!

The month I was hired by BellSouth in the late 80’s my building had just gotten remodeled from desks in a big open space to 5ft high wall cubicles with u-shaped desks and a file cabinet. Later CRE started down sizing the standard cube size until it got to no walls again. Just a workspace, not really a desk. They are so innovative it’s unreal! Gimme one of those solid huge 80’s reporters desk! 😂

I snoop on other teams in the office. I get a lot of dirt in 300 np. Rto is bigfun

“wanting to swivel the chair to chime in on conversations going on around you but you’re not part of those teams.”
This is actually the beauty of RAtO. By proximity, you are part of additional teams.

Someone already said it but RTO is all about headcount reductions. Hoping people don’t like it and quit. And, now that it’s policy, if you are not in compliance, you can be fired. HR is hoping this strategy works as a way to avoid severance.

Get a load of this guy,

“Boo. RTO means I can't coach my kids soccer and work on the house. I have to go into the office and actually work.”

Probably still at office responding to emails from old heads making work for one another while us WFH employees automated that stuff 3 years ago during the pandemic. #ServeCustomersFirstFromHome #MoveFasterFromHome #ActBoldlyFromHome #WinAsOneFromHome

You pro RTO st00ges probably have a shrine to
Skunkey in your cubicle & a prayer rug with his ugly mug on it.

I feel bad for those retirement ready folks who are in the hub and did not have an opportunity to say NO to RTO. They don’t want to quit. They want to be paid to leave. It is a waiting game.

Boo. RTO means I can't coach my kids soccer and work on the house. I have to go into the office and actually work.

**Therefore, the company does not have to pay them a severance. **

As a member of the first "wave", I voluntarily chose "not to follow the work."

Guess what: I got full severance, same as I would have had I been laid off the old fashioned way.

The emails from Stankey and Legg may have said "voluntarily" but the money says otherwise.

The open floor plan, arriving early for a desk only to be asked to move so teammates can sit together, trying to find a working monitor, having 3 people right in your face all day, wanting to swivel the chair to chime in on conversations going on around you but you’re not part of those teams. Going into that kind of office is just demoralizing. A cubicle of my own would make a world of difference even if it was just a 4x6 box.

RTO is not productive. All jobs are measurable. You are either doing it or now. If you are not, then you need to be in the office under your managers watchful eye. However, if you are doing it well there should not be a requirement. Working from home should be an incentive. When you are commuting in Atlanta or Dallas or any other large city for 1.5 hours each way, you lose productivity. My personal thought is RTO is being used to make older employees quit. Therefore, the company does not have to pay them a severance. Just an all together sad situation. But, Hi HO, HI HO, its off to the office i go...

Don't overthink it. Just go into the office.

RTO was never about productivity. It’s about getting you to quit.

RTO whining lowers productivity.

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