I been layoff from AT&T two years ago this month. After being layoff with a severance payment they took a lot of taxes out and six month of benefits I had to pay out of my pocket along with doing two temp jobs I finally found full employment with Express Scripts, a company I tried to get in before my last day at AT&T in July 2017. After being with Express Scripts going to my second year being comfortable with my job and looking into moving up within the company or wating for management opening, I got a voicemail and text message on a Friday from AT&T HR calling from Mississippi. The HR person on the people ask if I was interested in the position for Call Center Sales Representative in Kirkwood, MO. I worked there before as a Service Representative with more than ten years experience.
The rep was thinking like was still unemployed or working temp job like this was a take it or leave and have I come in Monday for a interview. I told her I can come in Wednesday my off day to ask questions at the interview because the hourly rate was $10 dollars which was unbelievable for union wage position? She said I have to come Monday, there was no Wednesday available. I declined and hung up the phone. I get a call the following Wednesday from the same HR person asking if I can come today for a interview in Kirkwood. I told I have service my car for maintenance today.
My point is it this. Why would I quit a full time position that only takes me 9 minutes to get to work and already settled in my department and looking forward to working there for the next ten years until I retire to going back to AT&T when I worked for 18 years trying to survive each quarter with layoffs so they could find a position in the St. Louis Area for me with the same mentality in HR department to give me opening in KC to either take it or get layoff.
Me and other former AT&T employees would like to go back to our old positions with the same pay scale and good benefits but not going back to low pay like you are hire off the street. They should give the opportunity to negotiate your pay and be given priority over new people with no experience. They should offering to AT&T/CWA employees who are getting layoff this opportunity to work there instead trying to new people for low pay.