I have no legs and I have a severe peanut allergy. What do I do?
Contractors exempt from RTO?
Big if true.
“Resume Pre-Covid Routine” 5 Day RTO BS
Susan Johnson/Jason Porter just sent out a “Resume Our Precovid Routines” beginning January 6th, 2025. All levels return 5 days a week. No thought to inadequate office space. No thought to teams not working in the same office and jumping on Team’s... — read more
ATS RTO announcement
Sent by Jeremy Legg yesterday afternoon; my supervisor forwarded this on to our team this morning. To: ATS supervisors with US-based employees There's a lot of buzz about returning to the office 5 days a week. While we don’t have all the... — read more
No jobs are safe from AI.
UPS is in the middle of an initiative to rely more on automated systems and significantly reduce its workforce.
5 day/wk RTO announcement pending?
Hearing an announcement coming today, effective 1/6/25. Good times ahead!
Claw your hard earned money back
Hey for those of you who lost your standby pay , may I suggest you cancel your att cell service and switch to an MVNO. I did and am now saving over 100 dollars a month. It’s a good place to start. Ph--k att.
Poor Staffing Decisions caused the Bloat
Government Policies forced ATT hands in hiring
For the love of God can we be adults?
ATT execs want you in the office , so go to the office or get a new job. It’s their company and they don’t need to placate anyone with studies or proof of RTO productivity. Go home if you’re sick. Leave early if you have an appointment. Outstanding... — read more
Love It
Government Employees having to return back to the office 5 days a week.
Sniglet: Stankrupt
Sniglet: Stankrupt. Noun. When your company literally “bought the farm” when they acquired 2 manure pastures in DIRECTV and WarnerMedia, loses $50B in value by leading “the Stankey way”, and decades of work-life-balance arrangements revert back to... — read more
Notice that they don’t talk about Work-Life Balance anymore?
That’s a phrase long in the past - Work-Life Balance. They were so concerned that you were working the appropriate time and having your life as well. That isn’t expected anymore. When I asked what was expected when a Service Manager or a Project... — read more
Dreaming of Layoff
Dragging into work this Monday morning laughing about how I'll get paid good money to do almost nothing just sitting around daydreaming about being laid off today. We all know that each and every work task is being automated and/or offshored - and... — read more
In the Long Run TMobile will be The Champ
Cannot emphasize how much their lack of legacy costs and mindset is propelling them forward ahead of Verizon and ATT is garnering market share. ATT is just lagging and lobbying for lifelines left and right. Trump elected is going to cut many of those... — read more
Don't cry more. Cut your 2nd most expensive bill
Not need to worry. We will cut our bills. It is the right thing to do. Cut lines! cut lines! don't buy anymore. Don't spend as the phone bill is becoming the 2nd most expensive bill. Kids don't need it. The spouse doesn't need it. Only 1... — read more
AT&T's blame game
Management’s favorite move is pointing fingers down the ladder. If something goes wrong, it’s never their fault, no matter how obvious it is. They’re absolute pros at shifting blame onto us. And if we call it out, we risk making ourselves a target... — read more
L3/L4 upcoming cuts in Kegg/Sum.mers
Anyone know talk of the town?
Before you go
I began following this forum shortly after RTO and Hub consolidation were announced because I suspected the "cream of the crop" would show up here. It has not been disappointing. Before you get sh*tcanned, how about telling the rest of us where you... — read more
Not fair?
Who promised you life would be fair? You chose to be here. Face it, you settled and now you're too immature to accept responsibility for your decision. You come here, to an anonymous forum, and try to blame someone for your perceived misfortune. You... — read more
Burden has been lifted !
I left the company several weeks ago I got the 6 months severance( used to be a year), pension ( which gets absurdly low if any increases), and decent retirement gift but let's not forget all the benefits that were stripped away over the years. It... — read more
4/5 People at ATT AVP and Above are simply
Tool bags that carry the water of the higher tool bags. Never seen much vision or leadership out of anyone. In 20+ years maybe there were 4-5 people that I looked at that were high level that had vision to see what was coming. Most thought were su-k... — read more
Why are we having layoffs when toxic office politics are driving people away?
The atmosphere here is too combative, and interdepartmental politics have way too much sway over big decisions. No wonder the best ones are all leaving fast. The ones who stick around get stuck with double the workload, plus the extra burden of... — read more
Answer about 2024 Culture Survey
Legg finally provided answer about the survey. Essentially it says that the results "help us establish a baseline against other leading companies", and that it has distributed to organizations. It WILL NOT be distributed to the employees. Overall... — read more
RTO and seasonal illnesses
Since Tuesday there are three people near my desk with some type of respiratory issues, sneezing and coughing, etc. This morning one of the three has flushed skin as if she has a fever. I know kids bring home infections from school, so can we get... — read more
You know that opening scene in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?
The one where Jack steps off the sinking boat onto the dock just before it slips underwater? I feel like that's how I timed my retirement with a severance package from T. It's going down, and I'm just lucky enough to have made it to dry land... — read more
AR stores scamming customers
It's the same story time and time again. Either the customer ends up with more lines than they purchased, or their phones go missing in the mail. Then they go to an AT&T store and complain at someone who has absolutely no control over the... — read more
How Moving to Dallas Transformed My Career at AT&T
A few years ago, I made the decision to relocate to Dallas to stay in step with AT&T’s growing focus on this city as a core hub. Looking back, I can confidently say it was one of the best moves I’ve made for my career. Being in Dallas put me at the... — read more
RTO 5 days week confirmed
RTO 5 days a week is happening in ATS start of new year. Can anyone in public sector confirm they have to do RTO 5 days /week?
Tech Dev folks surplussed taking jobs in other orgs so they dont have to move
Im glad they found a new home that has a dramatically relaxed RTO in Field operations and C&E. These groups have folks across the US and approved WFH. Sometimes they have to go in office once a month. These folks are some of the main clients for... — read more
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Webphone shows span of control issues across multiple orgs
I would be nervous to be L3, L4, L5 at ATT. There are so many orgs that are bloated at these levels, we could have a 30-40% reduction and still barely have numbers to justify these titles. Ex: Compliance. HR needs to really do some data analysis... — read more
Arbitrary rules
Could AT&T tell us we have to stand on one foot while we are at work? If we don’t like it ,quit?
Talent Acquisition is Terrible
Starts from the top, this VP they hired from outside has gutted all the good TA team members and outsourced all the work. The level of candidates is horrible from what we got before with the permanent TA employees. All the good recruiters on that... — read more
Why do posts get taken down?
Why do I constantly see posts on this site and then a few days later only be taken down and disappear???
The only reason I’m still here is my team
10 years with T. No chance to advance my career. I’ve always had very good results, made sure to always update my skills and use training and upgrading opportunities, and I put extra effort in everything I do. I have long since realized being... — read more
AT&T’s return-to-work policy unfairly burdens working moms
AT&T’s return-to-work policy unfairly burdens working moms by forcing them to choose between their jobs and their families. The lack of flexibility—no remote or hybrid options—makes it nearly impossible for mothers to balance work with getting their... — read more
Uverse Television Plan
With the pending sale of AT&Ts remaining position of DTV, to TPG, anyone know what will happen with Uverse TV? I can guess that TPG would rather not have Uverse TV customers because it involves telephone lines which would involve core AT&T... — read more
With the technology of cloud services are our technicians needed anymore?
Or can the company contract most of that work out? I could see keeping construction groups until the fiber build out is complete but in all honesty today do we really need to pay technicians $40+ an hour to be hands and eyes in the field? Contractors... — read more
My life-work balance went down the toilet with T
Is there a way to somehow avoid three people worth of work being piled on you? I’m relatively new to T. I either feel subtle pressure to work harder or I’m often outright tasked with stuff I simply can’t complete within regular hours or by deadline... — read more