With the transaction complete , I expected to see WBD shares in my 401k since I have some att shares fund. Nothing yet. Anyone else ? Also , as much as a disaster AT&T has been the past 20 years , I feel the stock is now underpriced and intend to... — read more
COR stores mask req - when will it end ?
This whole mask req because of the way a law is interpreted - is a load. This is a control thing. How much longer will they realize the control will not make us go liberal ?
This must have been expensive
I see that AT&T is among LinkedIn's top ten best workplaces to grow your career in the U.S. Are you kidding me? It's been years if not decades since it was possible to advance your career here through hard work and experience. Today, unless you're a... — read more
concession is ending
now that the marrage between att and retirees discount concession is over, Will they be moving over to rival service companies?
retired CEO Randall Stephenson made $16.3 million in 2021 (down from $29 million).
Deadline HOME BUSINESS BREAKING NEWS AT&T CEO John Stankey Made $25M Last Year, And Retired CEO Randall Stephenson Took Home $16 Million Jill Goldsmith March 22, 2022 2:51PM PDT AP AT&T chief executive John Stankey’s compensation totaled... — read more
Who’s left?
Stankey oversaw Comm and Entertainment (DTV and WM). Both groups had their own CEO (McElfresh and Kilar). Entertainment is now gone so do we need both Stankey and McElfresh to oversee the same business? Sure Latin America, Legal, HR, D&I, and other... — read more
Stankey Letter
Essentially Stankey portrayed himself as a knight is shining armor. I’m the savior that had to clean up this mess, I am great and I’m moving on to bigger and better things!!
Overhead
When will AT&T cut the massive overhead departments in Legal, Finance and HR? Also, are Executive perks and private jets still justified?
my first post.....
hey employees and shareholders.....rejoice and Lets celebrate our horrible money losing strategies...hosted by the one and only guy who literally is the head of the company of the company he was somehow gifted to run into the ground....that we are... — read more
California 32 hour work week proposal =20% paycut?
State of California bill proposal wants employers with over 500 employees to change to 4 day, 8 hours per day work week for a 32 hour work week. Unionized employees are exempt (for now, anyways). A fifth workday would be considered overtime and... — read more
Survey Tracking
Our team was told today to get our surveys completed asap because our VP is tracking completions and no one on our team has completed the survey. If they track the completion do you really think the results are anonymous.
Randy/Stank Leadership perfectly summed up
"In September 2018, AT&T summoned the big players from the worlds of media and advertising to a beachside resort in Santa Barbara (to celebrate the TW merger). The centerpiece of the event was the unveiling of Xandr — the company’s new platform that... — read more
WarnerMedia staffers fear 'bloodbath' of layoffs ahead of Discovery merger after firing of 9 execs
Looks like the AT&T mentality is still there. 'Paranoid' WarnerMedia staffers are preparing for another round of layoffs ahead of the completion of its merger with media conglomerate Discovery, sources have revealed, after a firing spree this... — read more
AT&T discounts
I left the business in January for greener pastures and I am still getting all employee discounts on phone, Internet, wireless, and DTV (confirmed). ATT certainly has bigger problems, but this is one of the reasons they fail.
AT&T Benefits Website
Website doesn't work. Telephone # for benefits routes to DirecTV. Finally got hold of someone who in concessions and ALL benefits, Cell Service Internet Land Line TV Streaming were 3 to 4 times more expensive than competitors and services offered... — read more
Dear John
Dear John, Thank you so much for your Tone-Deaf, Hubris-filled bit of drivel below. Just to confirm in case you were wondering: Just because you wrote it, that didn't make it happen. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Google it. We didn't rise to you... — read more
AT&T C Suite
I’m sure the c suite is at the Masters loving it up along with the former CEO!
Opportunity
Left in 2020 as craft with the 80K buyout. There is just a pile of jobs, if you have a Fiber/DEG background. I’ve enjoyed a fiber supervisor, field engineer and now a construction coordinator job. RDOF FTTH is a huge project encompassing many... — read more
So long spot awards
Don't count on getting the McD*nald's dinner meal sized award anymore. I know they weren't worth much yet another thing going away. Legg has eliminated that with some new team award that will require a "2-3 minute video" made by a 3rd level or... — read more
Discovery to Cut Layers of Management Post Merger
This most likely be the case within ATT, as well. Way too many layers within the company. Expect more senior leaders to depart. We will be left with a more agile company. But don’t be fooled, a lot of the new leaders will be young and clueless. So it... — read more
RTW
Why would a major company want its employees to return to the office and sit back to back like before the pandemic? Returning to the office is one thing but why the additional risk of having people so close again? The AVP for my dept @ 4100... — read more
Continued erosion of good jobs
You never see massive layoffs at T anymore, they’re much more discreet than that. Shifting / closing of office locations, technical support rebadge, mobility engineering outsourcing, COR store closings , agents, SPs etc. Every group has reduction... — read more
You don't say!
AT&T still looks weak after divestitures, says Moffett “The company isn’t growing,” said Moffett. “Their troubled Business Wireline segment is shrinking at a mid-single digit rate. Their Consumer Wireline segment is little better than flat. And... — read more
Consider the facts
John Stankey's compensation $24.8 million in 2021 Jason Kilar earned $52.2 million in 2020 2021 gross capital investment of $21.6 billion 2022 Employee Group budget $200,000 We are always told the employees are a vital and competitive assert for... — read more
ATT ja--ing up prices every time I refresh the page
https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/tx7umg/atts_website_raising_the_price_every_time_i/
Major shakeup coming
Arroyo and Chow are out
AT&T Dumps Time Warner Business Four Years After $85B Deal
When you see it in a title like that, it really hits you how big of a failure the whole acquisition has been. How there have been no consequences for those on top is beyond me... — read more
Kilar Departure
As I predicted, Jason Kilar is leaving after 2 years with a fat change in control severance worth tens of millions!! He’ll sit out for 2 years with full benefits. He will return with a competitor or a new startup.
Stepping stone
If nothing else, a new offer that I got thanks to the experience here was worth spending the four years of my life in this company. I gave notice and for me T was a great stepping stone. But I am really interested in those who say that they... — read more
What happens after the Warner deal closes?
Anyone heard of rumors as to what is going to happen once the deal with Warner and Discovery closes? Im sure there will be restructuring of workgroups but will there also be layoffs? Curious as to what others have heard.
Stankey made 24.8 million in 2021
Must be nice to have a job where you further ruin a company and get compensated for it. And here the company is, sh-----g money instead of paying its employees a decent wage to deal with this shïtty economy. Fúck this company.
FCC order 19-72A1
The Sunset of Copper POTS (“Plain Old Telephone Service”) Lines FCC order 19-72A1 (issued August 2, 2019) has officially granted telecommunications carriers permission to abandon outdated, degrading copper POTs lines. Per the order, carriers are not... — read more
Does anyone know about Pass/Fail rates for TKT certification for union jobs?
Is there any way to take it without the company reaching out ?
Would you recommend AT&T as a first job to somebody?
My nephew wants to apply and I don't see anything wrong with it. He can do a couple of years to get some experience and then move on to bigger and better things. I think this is still a great company to get your feet wet, it's just not a place to try... — read more
RE: Remember when
Remember when people ran from Sprint’s horrible customer svc to Cingular’s awesome service? Remember when Customer Svc and Sales were 2 separate departments? I remember enjoying talking to DTV reps before the acquisition ruined it all.
Will ATT ever offer a 4-day workweek?
Just asking.
4E (Dallas)
Do you think we'll have layoffs soon? What's your estimate of the current situation?
Remember when…
The company took away vacation days from employees with more than 20 years and gave them to employees with less than 20. I do!
Survey!
Another company survey this week! 25 yrs I have taken them being in the COR stores of Retail sales! Yelp nothing done as yet! If you wanna face the truth and NOT the screen of answer, get out the office and come have one on ones! I dare ya...
Proxy Statement
Executive compensation continues to increase despite poor performance!! Randall even gets $16 million for part time poor work!!