The sad news is most people don't have a clue where the company is going. ATT sold the east region company( SNET) and had 4980 people before the sale. Frontier took 2700 leaving the remainder. Starting in January ATT started slowly "correcting head count" to "better serve the customers" and "insure corporate profit stability"
The need for 2280 in a state where there is zero work should wake up people. ATT will slowly remove the remainder.
Think about this. Verizon sold all wireline and video in Florida, Texas, California to Frontier a couple of months ago. Previously they sold Frontier 1.5 million wireline customers in the east to concentrate on wireless cell service .
Starting to get the trend?? ATT quietly has a request before a few states to gain Non Dominate status that will allow them to dump wireline. Florida, Georgia, Illinois and a couple more. Still think it was only that small company in the east? The first commercial phone company, the first with dial service, the first with fiber service, the first to have a woman operator. the first with a phone book.
ATT sold both wireline and U-Verse service to Frontier so don't think your safe if your in the video side.
Next surprise is the next few week the executives will have calls with 2nd level and above to layout the direction and the them "calm" down the troops below..