I'm amazed at the large number of techs not meeting their productivity metrics. If you're one of them your time is near. Contract or not come 1Q2017 if you're not meeting your numbers you will be quickly removed and replaced with a former Prem Tech who will be happy to learn your job at a fraction of the pay.
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The sand is deep and a lot of people have their heads buried very deep thinking "it's the other guy"
Look at Verizon, people there thought it would never be them also.
Don't blame Frontier. At least they are picking up the people dumped.
No one said frontier wasn't having layoffs
People keep pointing to the Frontier posts as if they are false. Wake up ATT will do the same in our states and the CWA will do absolutely nothing.
TROLL!!!!
MSOC such ridiculous concept
But...but...but Frontier is supposed to buy our wireline group...
Funny previous PT it will take you years to get to the skill level of even a average MST. You get the pay of a skilled MST and you can't even handle a basic pots tkt or even the skill to even use a basic side kick or good luck locating def bsw or def encap....go back to your little PT work and your manager can baby sit you!
Frontier is currently surplusing their techs. A friend of mine that left AT&T and migrated to Frontier received an email that over 1k employees will be surplused.
I was promoted to the core side from being a Perm Tech. It's a joke! what my coworkers do all day. You know why they're completing 1-2 jobs a day? Because they're taking their sweet as time doing the work. Oh and the assertion they're "fixing things" ha! Not always true, my friend. Seems like the more time on title, the slower you get .. and if you do go faster than your co-workers they b--ch at you. It's a sh--ty mentality no wonder we don't have a contract yet.
Keep up your 5-6 jobs a day, we fix or plant out here in Ca...At 5plus a day your not fixing anything,try doing your job not running temps every place. We have been loaned to your areas... No one fixes anything what a joke! Temp lines all over people's yards.... Show some work pride in yourself
Sorry to set you straight but our contract is not even close to what you have in the east.....we will strike before we accept the crap contract you guys lay down for....so keep Trolling away buddy.....
MSOC was a joke....everyone thought it would fail and it did!
you can't be layed off by numbers in the core side anyway
That's not true. Your job is dependent on your metrics. California techs seem to get away with it (right now) but we in the southeast do 5-6 jobs a day when I'm hearing y'all do 1-2 maybe 3 (if you jep one). I agree with OP, your time is limited. Y'all enjoy it for now but AT$T is already working on a surplus for you.
We don't go by msoc any more,and you can't be layed off by numbers in the core side anyway. A surplus could only go by your NCS date....lower NCS date PT'S that were hired this last round would be first to go!.....so stop spreading BS
Is OP referring to sda taking over i&r west tech jobs? If so that's been a long time coming unfortunately.
MSOC is just a tool to lower the headcount. The numbers can be changed to show anything the company wants and as for the field tech's , forget it, they are all going the same way the Verizon and East techs did, to Frontier. As for the remaining number just look at the east region. 4890 in CT before the sale and 2300 moved to Frontier leaving about 2600. Take two guesses how many ATT people are left in CT.
Times up,,,, 610 and going down next month again. The few left will all be Mobility or contractors.
Care to elaborate? I deal with prem techs daily. I don't try to establish relationships with them as they are gone as soon as I get to know them. I don't like it, but it is the way with the "new" AT&T. I swear that position was created to see how bad AT&T could treat people and get away with it. Worked well in a bad economy, a lot of older men filled the prem tech garage a few years ago. Now, nothing but young men who know little and will never get to know anything before they burn out or are fired. Nothing better than trying to train a new tech over the phone when you know all your efforts are wasted because he will be gone in 6 months.
Also MSOC coaches are on the hit list. To bad, msoc was the best thing that happened for me. I don't want give away the surprise, but msoc let me know the rules so that I could play the game.