Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

...every other Friday in my mailbox there's a blessing and a miracle!

if you get a good local manager it doesn't matter because his hands are tied by higher management

exactly! managers all the way up to SVP, have no power. they are yes men. their work is composed of the "fire drill of the day". they spend their time having all the pee-ons, pulling reports for them. they look at the reports, ask their chronies for input, then put the work back down the hill. all managers are forced to only promote their one or 2 best reports. no manager could possibly have a great team, full of qualified individuals. managers cannot fire anyone. if they fire someone, then that means they didn't need the slot in the first place. there is no such thing as back-filling a position. there is zero benefit from firing someone. there is no such thing as promotions. well, i take that back, you might get a promotion, but the salary is NOT coming with it. if you want a promotion, you have to find another job. if your manager is located in another area/state, then you are really screwed, when it comes to bonus/salary. he is going to take care of the folks, that he has to look at, on a day to day basis. i could go on-and-on. i have to stop

Uverse uses a Microsoft built platform, which I'm sure we pay handsomely for (licensing, support, etc). Besides trying to get away from that cost model, I'm sure it would have cost an additional fortune to have Microsoft extend the service to support DirecTV Now (initial, beta, go-live, ongoing). What I'd really like to know, is what is going to happen between DirecTV Now and the new Warner streaming platform. Are we competing amongst ourselves now? Are we going to have multiple non-coherent streaming platforms?

Isn't this what management does best? start a new project when a project is on track to failure? shuffle their leadershit Teams and start their BS all over again? the joke is on you, the ones that need to ask these questions, lol

"Can anyone explain why DirecTV Now was built when we had an existing streaming service with U-verse that could’ve worked fine if there was some investment? Certainly cheaper than building an entirely new infrastructure."

when you find out please post here. with the money they spent on dtv they could of had a great streaming service with uverse. would not have hard at all.

I'll say this again. I'll go to work and I will "steal" from the "rightful" owners of my labor. Those "rightful" owners are the shareholders and C-Suite executives.

Well, I'm getting what's mine from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and giving nothing more.

Can anyone explain why DirecTV Now was built when we had an existing streaming service with U-verse that could’ve worked fine if there was some investment? Certainly cheaper than building an entirely new infrastructure.

At this pay it is a great job....there so stupid, I laugh all the way to the bank.