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Dallas H-1B Rankings Revealed
🚨 H-1B APPROVALS BY COMPANY IN DFW🚨 KPMG LLP - 2,675 UT Southwestern Medical Center - 1,379 Dallas Independent School District - 1,290 AT&T Services Inc - 1,204 Texas Instruments Incorporated - 1,040 AECOM Technical Services Inc - 682 Southwest... — read more
RTO Bonus
I got an additional bonus today for RTO. My boss said I had the best 'how and where report' score in the group and were rewarding me as such. $$$$
Good at one thing
If there's one skill AT&T has, it's taking something good and ruining it. Nobody does that better.
You Removed the One Thing That Made This Job Worth It
The one advantage this company always had was flexibility. Even before COVID people weren’t chained to a desk five days a week. That trust made the job sustainable and made people willing to go the extra mile. Now that flexibility is gone. And with... — read more
Observation!
Dear John, Oh behalf of the COR retail sales team, we are informing you that you “failed” your side by side observation! Your failed to do your mid check in as well as loosing money for the Company with your failed sales techniques! Your inability... — read more
Where good values go to die
I came to AT&T believing in things. Hard work, learning from sc--w ups, helping my team. This place broke all of that out of me. When you make a mistake here, they don't use it to teach you. They use it against you. Teamwork means watching your back... — read more
Leg T Vote
looking like its just barely passing. Guys, the 104 Weeks may be coming next month. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Retirees
Anyone noticed more retirees than normal these passed few days? Seems like they waited to ensure they got their bonus and got outta here.
How do you handle the fear?
Does anyone else worry constantly that today could be the day? I can't shake the feeling that my position might just disappear. How do you cope with that?
RTO = Better pay.
RTO = More collaboration, problem solving and networking which leads to better raises, bonuses and career opportunities. All of which are raises.
RTO Timeline
If you got your letter and you opt not to move, how long until you’re given two weeks notice to leave? A couple weeks? A couple months? Whenever they feel like it?
Att debt trend
AT&T Debt 2013: Long-Term Debt (End of 2013): Approximately $69.29 billion. Total Liabilities (2013): The company had a substantially lower debt burden compared to the post-acquisition peaks AT&T Debt 2026 (Projected/Early 2026 Data): Total Debt... — read more
Success Bonus Paid Out Today?
This is just info for former employees
Employee Appreciation Day
Today is Employee Appreciation Day. Based on the survey results, I think most of us would actually feel appreciated if we were allowed to work from home today instead of being handed a snack that doesn’t even equal the cost of many people’s daily... — read more
Dallas parking garage elevator
Anyone see the “ATT is He-l” written in sharpie. Cracks me up every time I see it. Also those godda-n elevators are so slow
AT&T CEO John Stankey says AI made the company 40% more efficient.
https://search.app/TKwZo
Massive layoffs coming..
Most of VPs, AVPs and Directors are su-king all the dollars away from the company. All they do is send and forward emails. Utter waste (Co-pilot is doing a better job) Fire them now and save the real workers before there is no one left in the... — read more
RTO = Pay Cut
Welp, there goes my raise. Gone before I even got one payment. With tensions in the Middle East pushing oil prices up again, gas is likely heading higher. For those of us forced to commute five days a week, it’s money straight out of our... — read more
If you get laid off, do you get a prorated bonus payment?
And if you quit do you get a prorated bonus in March of the following year?
RTO looks like a must
Been working for years at T and not able to crack interviews in other companies due to technological shifts and not enough preparation. So the only choice left is to RTO and keep the job to put food on the table. The sooner the better.
Going from 12 VPGMs to 4 markets…
Can anyone confirm/deny? Heard from several sources….
This place is so cheap
Employee appreciation week yay! You guys should throw a party for everyone on the team - no budget given. So we pay for our own party - yet again I might add. Combine that with 4 years in a row with an exceeds rating and getting far less than 2%... — read more
AT&T is yesterday's news
Nobody talks about AT&T anymore because the story's already been told. It's a long, slow decline. Smart people are leaving in droves, employees and customers alike. We've sold off everything valuable, cut every corner, and brought in expensive... — read more
Commute through Harry Hines
For those of you who go to the downtown office all the way from up north near McKinney has anyone tried commuting through Harry Hines Blvd? Is it faster than taking the normal highways? Do they have an express lane? I am going to try it one of these... — read more
Last year for AT&T 2026 non-hubs?
I am wondering if 2026 is the last year for people living outside a hub to relocate. Since Plano won’t be built until 2028, I am wondering if we will have time till 2028. Any rumors or murmurs on updated hubs?
Where and how we work 9 core hubs
I stumbled across an HR site when looking for surplus information that stated the nine core hubs at AT&T has planned. Dallas/Plano Atlanta El Segundo, California San Ramon, California Bothell, Washington Middleton, New Jersey Bedminster, New... — read more
Reddit Is Still Furious About AT&T’s $47 Billion Loss From Six Years Ago
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reddit-still-furious-t-47-125619599.html
Compensation
Is 3% the standard compensation this year?
Doing Your Best When It Might Not Matter…
How do you stay committed to learning why you need to do well in your job when you know you could be surplused at any time — and it can all feel pointless?
RTO
RTO = Bad
Is 225 address in downton Chicago still open?
Retired for awhile just wondering if that addrtrss is still an AT&T facility? It was pretty lousy but convenient to train station.
Your Layoff Notification
We're all going to be laid off as soon as the company possibly can do so, if not sooner, because we're all being replaced via automation, off-shoring and outsourcing. I'm just grateful to have the nice termination package per labor contract for when... — read more
New hub city
Hearing that Chicago could be a hub. Anyone have any first hand info on it? Also is St.Louis still operational or completely gutted? I still see some folks there
Stankey and Stephenson Strategic Misfires
Cost Shareholders minimum $150-$200 Billion. T-Mobile DTV Time Warner Lots of smaller potatoes as well in their shareholder evisceration stew. Each of those two Dolt Headed CEO's will walk or have walked from their tenures with $250M each and all the... — read more
Warner Bros sold for $111B
Remind me, how much did we pay for it and how much did we sell it for? Just another proof Stankey is an id--t with no business sense.
MST home
MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job per... — read more
Rewiring Tiger Stadium: AT&T’s $45M plan to enhance game day experience - Baton Rouge Business Report
https://share.google/QdlsQyRxGNlU4lXMx
Should I buy real estate in Plano?
I am thinking of buying up real estate right next to the new HQ over the next few years and then renting them out. There will always be employees of all kinds: single, families, and interns who will need a place to stay. Seems like a strong... — read more