Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/at-t-layoffs-carrier-confirms-cuts-affecting-global-workforce

According to contributors on TheLayoff.com, a site where current and former employees can post information on staff reductions or layoffs, the job cuts are impacting teams across several departments, including AT and AT&T Foundry innovation centers.

Not one person attempted to call out AT&T on those hiring numbers. We are talking the surplus of fullt-time permanent employees and there is no way AT&T has hired 37K new FT permanent employees in the past 24 months (+1500/month). The company's HR/job website has never advertised anywhere near the numbers to support AT&T's claims on hiring and the joke that this is affecting only legacy parts of the company is a lie. Mobility infrastructure was strong hit by surplus for the yet another quarter and has been getting hit hard for the past year and a half. Slit the wrist of the one arm generating serious revenue and wonder why AT&T has fallen in consumer confidence when talking wireless networks.

It would be nice if you didn’t have to pay to read it

Click on the X (Stop loading page) at the top of your browser just after the page loads, but before the blur and paywall box loads.

Might take a try or two to hit the sweet spot timingwise, but I found it pretty easy to get around.

I found the Motherboard article (also January 8th) that it cites to be more informative and wide open at:

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxeg/atandt-preps-for-new-layoffs-despite-billions-in-tax-breaks-and-regulatory-favors

I beg to differ. Our group is not legacy at all. We lost close to 60%.

AT&T started laying off employees in 'legacy parts of the business' on Monday

ABBY JACKSON JANUARY 28, 2019

AT&T started laying off employees on Monday.

The cuts primarily impacted "legacy parts of the business," according to a source familiar with the matter.

AT&T eliminated 10,700 union jobs across its business in 2018, according to the Communications Workers of America.

AT&T started laying off employees in "legacy parts of the business" on Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

AT&T declined to share official layoff figures or name the parts of the company impacted when contacted by Business Insider.

On TheLayoff.com, a website where employees post information about such notices, there were multiple references to staff cuts in AT&T Technology and Operations. Earlier in January, Motherboard reported that layoffs would be "significant," citing an internal document.

The cuts are consistent with staffing changes made in the past, according to a source familiar with the matter. There are some areas where demand for legacy services continues to decline, and the company must adjust workforce numbers, the source said.

"We are hiring to meet the needs of the growth areas of our business," a spokesperson for AT&T wrote in a statement to Business Insider. "In fact, we hired more than 20,000 new employees last year and more than 17,000 the year before. In cases where we do have to adjust our workforce, we take steps to lessen the effect on employees."

An annual report by the Communications Workers of America told a different story. Its analysis said AT&T eliminated 10,700 union jobs across its business in 2018.

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Just put 'http://outline.com/' in front of most paywalled urls: https://outline.com/wx5Lj6

same BS from corp communication many people predicted on other threads.

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