Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Really amazing AT&T is downsizing at Warner Media and restructuring there but offering buyouts for Turner employees.

Really amazing AT&T is downsizing at Warner Media and restructuring there but offering buyouts for Turner employees...

AT&T Inc.’s WarnerMedia took steps to reduce head count at its Turner unit, which was essentially dissolved as a result of a wide-ranging restructuring announced earlier this month.

The company is offering buyouts to U.S. Turner employees who are at least 55 years old and would have 10 or more years of service by year-end, according to a memo sent to employees Wednesday that was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The buyouts at Turner were widely expected as AT&T T, +1.13% started to fundamentally reshape the entertainment empire it acquired for more than $80 billion after clearing the last antitrust hurdle late last month. Eligible employees will get four weeks’ pay for every year of service, according to a person familiar with the matter. The payouts are capped at two years.

Took this from @YleaAgP-ugb . The OP made some good points.

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What's amazing? ATT went into major debt acquiring a broadcast superpower and proceeds to divest itself of the elements that made Turner a superpower.

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Post ID: @9jdc+YmEfC0z

I walk in there everyday expecting more bad news. If this email went out today.. does this mean tomorrow they can start letting folks go again.

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Post ID: @nut+YmEfC0z

What are the good points? This is literally a cut and paste from a press release everyone saw last week.

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Post ID: @glk+YmEfC0z

These buyouts may have been part of the acquisition deal. Soft landing for the redundant Warner staff. This is not uncommon in the M&A world.

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