Do we know? Or will it hang over our heads with promise of more layoffs for years to come?
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Never, they were annual layoff then changed to every 6 month layoffs. This ship is listing so get prepared.
Declining Business = Declining Revenue = Layoffs
"Surplus announcements every quarter for over 20 years. Is the OP new to the Company? In the Army you have to get a haircut, and at T you have to endure the layoffs. Just part of the job"
That is just sick. What a joke.
5G will be the one and only cause of layoffs at Network/CORE/Wire Tech side.
I wholly expect every last Wire Tech gone in 24 months or less. And I'd be shocked if even half of CORE is still around in 4-5 years. Next contract will see a lot of bloated salaries gone from the CORE side.
Guys, I quit September 2016. Why? The surplus was written all over the wall! DirecTV Now launched the following month in Q4 2016. Pair that with coming 5G deployment.... = NO JOB.
If most techs were true "techy" types and would've kept up with industry news, you'd have known by summer 2016 what was coming. Verizon had already published preliminary test results showing a car traveling at high speed on a test track, 2000 feet from the radio... Pulling like 3gbps!
Also, AT&T already had two sites (TX & NJ) where they deployed 5G radios for testing. When CX ordered HSIA, they'd get mailed a WiFi router--- w/ a SIM card in it.
Pair that with DTV Now and you have ZERO need for a wire tech. And here we are today.
I thought it would all go down by Q4 2019/Q1 2020. Guess Randall is in a rush!!
Good luck guys!
Try never. Deal with it.
Surplus announcements every quarter for over 20 years. Is the OP new to the Company? In the Army you have to get a haircut, and at T you have to endure the layoffs. Just part of the job
Massive restructure of outside forces coming in August in MW for sure. Not sure about other regions. Circumstances tied to whatever contract is existing at that time. For better or for worse.
Along with points already made... ... what upper management says and what upper management does could be two different things... ... regarding the 2020 coverages... ... 35 plus short courses to prepare the employee for the upcoming changes to start in 2020... ... I know folks that completed all required courses only to be Surplus’d on Akan 28th with no jobs available in Career Path for them... ... yet other employees in their workgroup who hadn’t completed one course not chosen... ... AT&T has always been a “how well you’re liked” environment... ... if you are liked and supported by the 2nd lines in your district under the director... ... you’ll more than likely make the cut... ... if your support group has dwindled down and left the business in previous downsizing offers... you’ll eventually get tapped... ... the old get replaced... it’s just the way the game is played... ... keep the resume up to date... ... keep a list of names ... numbers and company names for future references... ... to be Surplus’d isn’t necessarily s bad thing... ... the bad thing might be staying under such stressful work conditions... PEACE...!!! ✌️✌️✌️
I agree with the below answers - never. Although I would expect it to settle down a little eventually. We have accumulated way too many companies to stop reorganizing any time soon. Plan on at least 4-years.
If you want to stay with T, you are going to have to pay attention in these ‘rough waters’ and be sure to network with other groups, take some classes/read newest tech goals, and be open to changes in your work requirements. If you are a sme in something you love, and don’t want to change, start working on your exit plan if you want to be happy.
The 2020 plan, as someone posted, was presented years ago - although from what I remember - Randall said we could get by WITH 33% of the workforce, which means they were planning a reduction of up to 66%.
Why is everyone so surprised, why the stupid questions? The announcements and programs (WF2020 and WP2020) started in 2014. They were very clear on direction, the work force was being reduced by approximately 33%, the shift from remote to office within specified cities, and the pivot of skills to support the new infrastructure (Domain 2.0). The surpluses and organizational changes will diminish when they achieve this goal set for (wait for it, wait for it) in 2020.
Why do people keep asking the same question, for which there is no answer? Do you expect Donovan to come out and say definitively at some point, "you can all relax now, there will be no more surpluses..." it's never going to happen, even if they eventually slow down in frequency.
Restructuring at AT&T is like roadwork in the Chicago area, it is never finished. As soon as one restructuring is finished, it will be time to begin the next one.