According to HR, the compressed and decreased pay bands, loss of earned PTO days for 20+ tenure, loss of our traditional video discounts, and vague “connection” incentives awards structure is not affecting attrition but is, in fact, why people are... — read more
Service Bridgeing
I started at AT&T in 1981. Eventually became NY Tel, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic and Verizon. Retired in 2011. I am now at AT&T. Does anyone know if I can get my time bridged?
AT&T gives investors and gov’t wildly different takes on need for fiber Internet
AT&T says fiber Internet is a "superior" technology that is built for today and the future because of its ability to deliver symmetrical upload and download speeds of 1Gbps and higher. AT&T also says that "there is no compelling evidence" to support... — read more
Virtual Sales Channel, another quick goodie that will fail
For those that don't know, last year AT&T tested a new pilot program called the Virtual Sales Experience. It showed great possibilities at first, but will undoubtedly be ruined by poor management, as many sides of the company are. It advertised... — read more
AT&T Survey
Has anyone noticed their supervisor got a haircut when they come back in the afternoon and you wonder what else they do all day on company time.......... when they write up your job performance
Your weekly 'T' tracker
Call it another stunning victory for Stankey and another example of his brilliance. As of 11:25 AM (EST) T stock is trading at an atmospheric price of $28.87. If you had invested $10,000 in T stock on June 30, 2011 you would have $9,209 -- a... — read more
AT&T matter
Does anyone know if you can buy a voodo doll and do they work because I need one .
What's the point?
I live near a T store and every time I pass by it, if it's open, it's empty. I don't think I've noticed a customer in there once in the last several months. I know it's pandemic and a lot of people are doing all of their shopping online, but if... — read more
If I have 700 shares of T
How many shares of WM will I receive at closing? How many shares of DTV will I receive at closing? Will WM and DTV shares pay a dividend?
time for a class action lawsuit ?
can employers be sued for making bad business decisions they know are bad?
stankey connections special edition
holy heck man that was awful Bring in a bunch of yes men and women vp levels to kiss your behind What they should have said was - hey man you owe us an apology for your failures. Why the he-l are you sitting there like nothing ever happened... — read more
we need another anne chow feel good session
Its been to long - where you been Anne? working on your next reorg where you move around the deck chairs again? trying to figure out what to do with the exec leadership flunkies - Sarita Rao, Alicia Deitsch just to name a few working on... — read more
Am I getting the best deal on wireless ?
I recently called into the concessions group- evidently its our special employee discount group - now run by foreigners too - I said I dont think I am getting the best deal anymore - after the only value she could convey that we evidently have... — read more
When will we see the end of this leadership?
I can’t imagine anybody with even a little common sense that can argue that this leadership has been anything less than catastrophic. Yet the shareholders are still not protesting nor demanding a leadership change. The reasons for a change keep... — read more
When will we see the end of this leadership?
I can’t imagine anybody with even a little common sense that can argue that this leadership has been anything less than catastrophic. Yet the shareholders are still not protesting nor demanding a leadership change. The reasons for a change keep... — read more
Just for the record
When you call repair at T you get a call center in a 3rd world country ............and you can't understand them .
panic at AT&T
It appears that years ago the management team at AT&T didn't know what all you could do with an internet connection .
My concern about Ed putting back the baby bells
Was it a good business decision
AT&T service
Normally “Our network engineers are working on the network repair and is going to ensure that it will be resolved by the end of the day,” said the company, but we can't locate one because we laid them all off. AT&T service down as company works... — read more
There is no accountability with the sales and the customer service reps. This is unacceptable.
I work in AT&T customer loyalty and this job despite how well they pay is living he-l. If you are not sitting here fighting customers into keeping their expensive outdated TV service, then you are spending hours on the phone with a customer fixing a... — read more
scam calls
T is outsourcing jobs to 3rd world countries to save money ...... is that why I am also getting so many scam calls .
problem at T
We have supervisors at T that need to be fired and the company doesn't do anything about it ........after you bring it to the attention of their boss .
Managers forcing hourly ASMs to work outside of schedule
Hey folks, What’s the policy on an ARSM demanding their entire areas retail management team to be reading/responding to messages at 930pm demanding that we all must be on a call at 8am? Seems like there has to be a rule about demanding hourly... — read more
What’s their next bad move?
That is, can it be worse? Once upon a time people here could be optimistic and had a positive mindset, they worked with more zeal because the company seemed to be moving forward. By contrast, now the only thing I can think about is what their next... — read more
employee satisfaction poll
If you knew then what you know now would you would you work at T
Stankey quotes
What are the best John Stankey and other ATT leadership quotes to employees? I remember something about spreading peanut butter evenly and too many mouths to feed. Trying to recall others for an inspirational book I am writing.
CNBC Analyst:Don't look for stable dividends from a mismanaged T
He continues: T needs to cut their dividend. Ten years of mismanagement from the Ratty and the Stinky - the gift that keeps on giving... Mismanagement!
Luis Ubiñas new board director
What for? T clearly is clueless, at this time, T is a joke.
Will severance still be a thing ten years down the line?
The fact that it is not mandated by law always has me thinking that it'll go the way of the dinosaur at some point, and most likely sooner than I think. What's the incentive for the companies to keep providing it? That's the only thing that worries... — read more
T should have an employee feedback site
T should have a website where employees can report managers who are no benefit to society the company or to the people around them .
new sell rating price target $23
the biggest federal reserve pump environment of all time. and att management delivers a dud, randy and john -theres no worse outcome here than what happen
Face facts folks
AT&T is a cr---y place to work. I short the stuff out of their stock for fun and profit. Do it daily a few times when I can. My old yahoo handle was Igolfatwork. Anyone remember me? I'm famous. I wish that they would terminate 50% of the employees... — read more
Stankey makes me sick- who is watching?
Stankey is playing defense - mutha crucker!!!! Lead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s everyone else’s fault!!!!
CNBC Analyst: ATT Management Sucks
At least someone out there on Wall Street gets it. They were commenting about a proposed merger Comcast is looking at. Question was why would a merger work for Comcast, but it did not work for ATT? Answer: Because Brian Roberts knows what he... — read more
Administrative Manager
Has anyone heard of the administrative manager position that has opened up in the southwest to help field managers with administrative work and free up time for more field time.
Shorting the stock all the way to sub $20
Keep Stankey around as long as possible and let him have the checkbook and credit cards. Investment Banks love John Stankey.
Will ATT retail follow in the footsteps of VZW and eliminate individual commission?
I’m just a tad nervous because VZW is on some sort of team commission plan where actual sales performance has little to do with the check. Apparently the monthly team check is mostly based on customer survey results and varies between 500-1300... — read more
memo to AT&T management team
My phone was free when I was working but now that I am retired from T my phone benefit is $5 a month . However , my 911 fee is .81, state cost recovery fee is .04, federal universal service fee is 1.47, carrier cost recovery fee [long... — read more
Had a real busy day.
Weller & Water. Nope. Everclear. Yep. Only at AT&T X-Conn box.
Employees Taking Finance MVO Last Day is 6/24
Does anyone know how many took the MVO and leaving? If not the total, how about within your org - VP/AVP/irector