HR heroes announced new covid-19 policy. Company will take no substantive action to protect employees (no surprises here). New policy allows employees to record paid time off for obtaining vaccines with attestation, with the pretext that they... — read more
Super Bowl
In Atlanta is on the Cox Channel that is blocked.
Odds are that Time Warner HBO will rot and wither
Away while CrunchyRoll blows past them in value in less than 5 years.
No deal with Cox
Sometimes I really don't get the thinking of those on top. We are desperately struggling to keep subscribers as it is and they decide to pull something like this? Another 'brilliant' move by our 'brilliant' leadership... — read more
When are we going back into the office?
When are we going back into the office? Have the different orgs announced Office/remote plans?
Stankey's Reverse Midas Touch in action
AT&T sells off a brand that Stankey sees no future for. A month later: "Crunchyroll is also announcing that the global brand has surpassed the four million subscriber milestone in January, just six months after breaking the three million... — read more
What is The Vision of ATT?
Long Time Employee and I cant answer that question. That is a huge problem for the Company and Wall Street. Share price says ATT is a dead man walking in its current state. All that capital vaporized when we could have become Verizon Network on... — read more
To people who keep complaining
You basically have three options to choose from. You can continue to complain and make a fuss and be generally miserable at your job. Or you can continue to work hard and try to get some satisfaction from knowing you're giving it your best. Or you... — read more
Retirement and Severence
If I get surplussed can I retire and still get severance and my retirement benefits? I'm 57 and have 25 years. Not sure what to do??? Rumor has it they may cut retiree benefits in 2023 anyway so if that's true no point in leaving since I'll... — read more
T CEO: print media is our future
Dallas (Newswire) - AT&T CEO and President John Stankey is not exactly the kind of person who walks into an interview unnoticed. Wearing snake leather boots befitting his role as benevolent dictator over a media empire and towering over the coffee... — read more
AT&T Math
leave it to the comp plan people.. and the people who use the most crazy weighted system to gauge actual customer satisfaction against her own employees. like a lot. like heavily. I really hope there is head rolling accountability.. AT&T Style going... — read more
Victims of AT&T unlimited-data throttling get only $22 in settlements
Good to know we're not the only ones getting screwed over by AT&T... AT&T has agreed to a $12 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over its throttling of "unlimited" mobile data plans. As usual, refunds to individual customers amount to a... — read more
Turnover is getting worse
We've always had a high turnover but this is reaching extreme levels - and there's a pandemic going on and a lack of available jobs! It's a rather damning statement against the company when you realize people would rather deal with a broken economy... — read more
Around Feb 18 approximately 1000 employees due to get surplus letter in Financial Billing Organization (FBO). Have any of you been extended?
Lots of talk that several areas are not ready at Accenture to take over full time. Not surprising Accenture is not up to speed. It's either risk them making billing mistakes or delay the transfer and extend people. Any comments on this?
I feel like this is relevant when contemplating future layoffs
Interesting article, could there be a future "off grid" scenario occur? Are younger crowds being repulsed by the total lack of basic etiquette, manors, decency and respect that occurred in days gone by? Hopefully we can all take a step back and... — read more
Stank didn't hold those shares long!
http://archive.fast-edgar.com/20210201/AOZ2I22CS222V2V2222R2MZ28ELQM228X232/ 28-Jan 134,724.25 "performance" shares acquired 28-Jan 134,724.25 shares disposed $3,880,058.40 pocketed Not bad, considering it's just a day after he booked a... — read more
T included on Fortune's 2021 World's Most Admired Companies List ???
How much did this cost Stinky? Admired for what? Abuse of employees, retirees and customers? Gross mismanagement for buying high and selling low? Most enriched CEO? Highest debt? Highest transfer of jobs to outside the US? Wacking 47,000 employess... — read more
Stock would be over $50 if from 2010 they kicked back
And simply plowed capital into Wireless and Fiber. Must be nice to piss away $200B in shareholder wealth and get promoted, brought back as consultant, $250K a month pension, and then blame employees and the virus for your follies. One has to imagine... — read more
401k match changed?
I remember hearing here in early December that 401k matching was changing from 80% of the first 6% to 50% of the first 10%. Did this actually happen? I don't see this reflected in my 401k.
Direct TV in someone else's hands could make a huge
Turnaround. But under current management and Scrooge Like investment it doesn't have a chance. Who would ever want a minority interest in a business that the majority partner is suffocating? The Hubris is nauseating and the employees have left the... — read more
Service Delivery outsourcing
Anyone hearing anything about service delivery being outsourced?
Updates to your company-paid basic retiree life insurance
Plain and simple corporate greed. Retirees are losing benefits that they received when they retired because of bad decisions made by John Stankey and Randall. Subject: Updates to your company-paid basic retiree life insurance Updates to... — read more
AT&T is about to sell DTV
Word going around... an agreement has been met to sell and they're working out the details.
The Chickens are coming home to Roost for AT&T
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4402200
2020 company bonus
100% !!! Go T !!!!
Team discussions
Recently sat thru an open team discussion about 2020 Hindsight - my boss was soliciting feedback and discussion about 2020 - specifically social issues around Covid, racial, social, and political issues, etc. and our thoughts on the company's... — read more
Bonus for 2020
I was let go last year. Any word on bonus as I should get a prorated one. Thank you.
Time Warner is a rapidly declining asset in the hands
Of ATT further accelerated by Stankey. Creativity and Entertainment can never materialize and flourish under those dark clouds. If anyone thought it may work out then all hope should have been erased at that HBO Town Hall where he sent Pfefler... — read more
Where the hell did you use to work?
I'm asking people who are putting down "great place to work" in their Glassdoor reviews of AT&T? Who hurt you? Who treated you so badly that you would consider this below-average-pay, disappearing-benefits, toxic-work-environment job a great place to... — read more
Id10t CSuiters on Chow Call
Anne Chow is having a town hall this week, and Stankey and Fresh were positively gloating yesterday after earnings, saying "The street is taking notice, because the stock price is already up 60 cents today." Well guess what, a-holes - it's... — read more
Mass exodus due to benefits changes?
There will be a mass exodus due to the benefit changes. Loss of knowledge base and skill sets will cause more rework and re-hire of employees as contractors. Mark my words.
Q4 Results
After a mind numbing disappointment, over 17,000 employees cut and Randall gets to not only have a $250,000 a month stipen for the rest of his life he also gets a 1 million dollar consulting fee! This is how performance is rewarded? m-r-j-a-a is not... — read more
Do not give it your all
The only thing you're going to get as somebody who stands out among a bunch of employees who revel in mediocrity is more work dropped on your desk. And if you manage to do that as well they'll just keep adding more and more. You'll never get any... — read more
What's with the constant rotation of managers?
I just got a new manager this week, that's my third in the last eight months. I don't know if the other two quit or left on their own or were transferred somewhere else (I didn't care enough the first time to ask and this time nobody seems to know or... — read more
ARS Technica broad overview of AT&T Q4 2020
AT&T eats a $15.5 billion impairment charge... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/att-eats-a-15-5-billion-impairment-charge-as-directv-debacle-continues/
so the pandemic helped everyone else except for the dumb AT&T
DTV and HBO lmao. what a strategy....the whole company is filled with id–ts
What is everybody complaining about?
We beat earnings, what else do you want? Can we be happy about some good news for five minutes before people start complaining about anything and everything again?