https://www.lightreading.com/ai-machine-learning/at-t-and-verizon-won-t-stop-cutting-jobs

Then why do managers nationwide carry only 54% of the dedicated targets that their sellers do on the dashboard? Can you think of any other part of the business where managers are held to a fraction of their team's goals? It doesn’t exist. These... — read more 

Recent ones didnt put a dent in amount of deadweight still remaining. There are useless project managers oversee unprofitable services. They call themselfs product development engineers but none of them no anything about products development or... — read more 

I don't see any reason to go beyond the bare minimum at AT&T right now. Promotions seem to be more about who you know than what you do and how well you do it, with nepotism and cronyism running the show. Job security is a thing of the past. Benefits... — read more 

The premise of separating ongoing practices resulting in poor outcomes from actions of the C-Suite is faulted. Senior leadership has been destroying our work force for several years. They have never demonstrated through action any ongoing widespread... — read more 

We base our competitive salaries on equivalent roles in our industry Engineering average salaries $125K AT&T https://www.comparably.com/companies/att/salaries#1 $129K VERIZON https://www.comparably.com/companies/verizon/salaries#1 $153K... — read more 

What’s the difference. I thought they were the same thing.

With RTO even more so. If your team is functioning smoothly and you are having a manager actually capable of managing, consider yourself lucky.

There will be a 20% reduction in Wiretech and Premtech workers after contracts are ratified. Larger percentage in the West region.

Every business could be a great industry leading business, even AT&T. What is holding AT&T back? It's easy to place blame on former and current CEOs, but they are only the low hanging fruit. They certainly lay the groundwork for an uphill battle, but... — read more 

Then consolidate redundant positions to save millions for ATT and boost stock price to $44, similar to Verizon.

The worse enemy of it all in Retail today! Gives no explanations to service reps to tell customers other than sayn they are denied! We the sales reps takes to the cursing and more with no back up at all!

Why some are not part of the acquisition? What projects are they doing for ATT?

Not an RTO rant. Are there more distractions in the office now than pre-pandemic? I do see people with their heads down and focusing on their work, but there are so many who seem to have unlimited free time for visiting with their neighbors. Has... — read more 

Board of Directors meeting is next week and the plan is to not extend Stankey's contract. Jeff McElfresh will be taking over. Bye, felicia.

the Network and Savings vs. my ATT Employee subsidized plans. With Cricket and 5 lines my bill is $80 cheaper than what I had with ATT Subsidized Plans and their Network is just as good as ATT.

Does anybody know the dates for the ratifications ? It seems mums the word.

I Love Friday’s! I woke up early to make some fresh ground coffee to start my Friday working from home. Friday’s are especially exciting because some people have a standing 8 hours worth of meetings I heard about this small group of three rebels: ... — read more 

Don’t be an I di ot.

A mistrial was declared in the trial of former AT&T Illinois president Paul Schiazza, who was accused of bribing a powerful state lawmaker’s ally in order to obtain legislation favorable for T business. Do you remember the guy asking for PAC... — read more 

I’ve been with T for more than ten years. I can see that the company is changing rapidly and once relatively stable jobs are no longer secure. I assume there will be more layoffs, more attrition with RTO, and definitely more offshoring. I also badly... — read more 

If so 401k , Roth’s , brokerages. Etc.

What was different ? Seems to me D3 ended up with the same exact “final offer “ that T made weeks before. Seems the strike was for nothing.

what was your opinion? how about now? anyone saw him in person or directly interacted/worked with him, what's your take?

Had to repost this it's good: Every Associate Director will be required to cut headcount down to 3 badged US based employees but allowed to keep any offshore badged like those located in Slovakia and India. Any contractor will not be impacted in... — read more 

Strike over. Did CWA get better deal? Why did it end?

There is compensation that should be on your pay for tomorrow. Don't get too excited. It is not commensurate with the amount of time worked. Supposedly it's higher if you were deployed out of state, but local deployments got a lot less. (Like if... — read more 

The Fed cuts interest rates by 0.5%. The DJIA, SP500, NASDAQ all jump. Meanwhile AT&T stock goes DOWN 30 cents.

Take a craft job (union) guaranteed job security , better pay, better insurance and will keep it when you retire , pension with yearly increases , will not have to worry about RTO , work in same town where you live, if you work ot you get paid , time... — read more 

Many are terminated for refusing to relocate to offices long distances from where they currently reside and work. Others are seemingly given a free pass and allowed to work remotely from home. Those are justified as the employee making a contribution... — read more 

Why would anyone move to work in Dallas? https://www.yahoo.com/news/downtown-dallas-attack-suspect-arrested-192017713.html

I’ve been with T for less than two years now. T has a lot of veterans, people with 20+ year careers and, from what I see and hear, decent savings and prep for retirement. I have a sense that those of us who came onboard relatively recently don’t... — read more 

Got 2 weeks to be back in. Some are really PO’d

The man with a plan. https://www.youtube.com/live/r-xmUM5y0LQ?si=UkKR07UI-Rt-YRHW

What other changes should we expect?

On behalf of probably 95% of management, I’d like to thank those who speak up in town halls, in everyday meetings, and in particular, on the recent viva engage post regarding CRE. C suite has made it clear they don’t care what we have to say, but... — read more 

Why can’t ANYONE in this company explain why we can’t get equipment/accessories to sell in the store! From the Store manager to the ARSM, to THE DOS AND VPGM, no would will say anything, but we are getting slammed from the consumers for lack of... — read more