Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Entertainment Group Direction - Post-TW Acquistion - Notes from today's executive briefing (bad news for Atlanta)

Push to reduce officers at E, EVP, AVP (eliminate) by ~20%; in stages - strictly Atlanta

Will approach bottoms up, but AT employees overheard saying that it's a Naughty by Nature song instead of a new product offering from AT announcements throughout Q1 (Master plan will be told to El Segundo and Dallas, but not Atlanta)

Push to reduce A-C band by ~12% (in addition to Q1, 2 cuts) carried into 2017 (Most likely to be impacted: Atlanta)

Non management loss of sales/rev - discussion if this is Atlanta's fault (sentiment: seems likely)

New strategy for marketing will impact downstream groups, except for Atlanta since they won't be included in anything

Push to centralize Entertainment teams; key leadership and staff to El Segundo and Dallas vs Atlanta

Push to close Peachtree at some point, since TW's offices in New York are nicer and New York is a much cooler city than second rate Atlanta.

Push to move some headcount to Ad Agency umbrella (creative teams in New York seem to be much more creative than anyone in Atlanta)

Operational teams 30% reduction; includes network--exclusively Atlanta

Reduce Direct, and other Sales units by 20%, but only if they are in Atlanta

Consulting group master plan includes new org model to be announced (will not share with Atlanta because concern of leak)

Push to move more call center ops to vendors - perhaps make all Peachtree staff take phone calls for 4 hours a day to help with volume.

Reviewing various fixed assets to gain efficiency; Peachtree seems to be the least efficient operational HQ in all of AT feeling is that people in Dallas and El Segundo "get it" and are better, cooler and actually have marketable skill sets.

Look I can made dumb threads too!

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I work in El Segundo and I apologize that we have individuals that are classless. I'm sure we have a few bad apples in many places, but I will tell you our leadership has done everything possible following HR guidance to embrace the AT&T culture. Obviously we have employees here in CA that have resented the merger from the beginning. It's sad they do not demonstrate respect, or embrace the common AT&T bond. This has gone on for an entire year with the CA team unhappy with the AT&T legacy team. It's not only on this board, but several others I read. I wish the CA employees would get on board and stop the insults towards other teams. There are many of us here that enjoy working in marketing with colleagues in Atlanta, Dallas, and other places. With any luck this bad apple will be taking a package next time around.

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Post ID: @2ajg+K3UWxRH

Randall and my VP has said that AT&T hates doing business in California because of the higher cost. Follow the money.

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Post ID: @1wej+K3UWxRH

Naughty By Nature? What the heck does that mean?

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Post ID: @1irq+K3UWxRH

Look, people: the OP posted sarcasstic message: "Look I can made dumb threads too!"

Read it and just reverse what he wrote: that's what he really meant.

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Post ID: @hiq+K3UWxRH

So, two weeks ago someone with "inside information" assured us that the El Segundo office is toast and that everyone there will either need to move to Dallas/Atlanta or take a hike.

Today some guy with "inside information" assures us that the Atlanta office is on death row and every there will either need to move to Dallas/LA or take a hike.

When will all this ridiculous speculation end?

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Post ID: @kua+K3UWxRH

BS meter is peaking.

You guys are pathetic. First some moron got on here saying everything shifting from Cali to Dallas and Atlanta. Now this idiot is saying it's going the other way.

Find something else to do with your time rather than posting a bunch of garbage on this site.

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Post ID: @nyn+K3UWxRH

All call centers will eventually go the way of the dodo bird here in the states. Trainers are currently training call centers in the Philippines, India and parts of Latin America. When ATT can get 12 outsourced employees for the price of one US employee, why would they keep jobs here.

I give most call centers here 12-24 months before they close it down.

The AE's being downsized has been a know issue about 30 days ago.

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Post ID: @ixq+K3UWxRH

I don't belive any of this. It's too early to say what will happen and things change every week.

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Post ID: @drx+K3UWxRH

This top down reduction needs to spread across the nation namely, Seattle/Dallas.

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