Right now when starting at AT&T you have to wait 1 year for tuition reimbursement. On our benefits package call today, they said they are considering eliminating that and letting new hires get it from day 1. With the other benefits enhancements for... — read more 

On a call today my AVP said that TIBR comp may be lower this year due to a “negative covid adjustment” to pay back TIBR payments from last year adjusting for the business climate (or some crazy flowery language like that.) Anyone have any real... — read more 

Going from 6 month chargeback period to 24 month chargeback period. The chargeback goes down over time. Only sales made after the changes go into effect will be charged back after month 6. The chargeback will be a dollar amount instead of a unit and... — read more 

FACT 1 IBEW AND CWA CONTACTS HAVE EITHER BEEN NEGOTIATED THRU OR BEYOND MID 2O22, OR BEEN EXTENDED. FACT 2 ON NOVEMBER 13, THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WENT OUT CRP NOTIFICATION EVENT TITLE: 4th Quarter Financial Announcement -... — read more 

are you leaving in 2021 to keep your medical benefits subsidy? or are you staying? I will be 56 in a couple months - 34 years with T - I am 99% sure I am leaving. I was hoping to hold on until 60, but...It's a c-ap shoot - if I stay I can be... — read more 

I'm determined to start this year in a better frame of mind that I've been in for the past one. Things are still f-ed up, but I'm hoping we're coming to a point where it will start to turn around. Not just in general, but for the company. Stankey... — read more 

One year ago the stock price was at $39, and today it’s selling for $29 and all of the c-suite will get millions in bonuses, perks and double digit wage increases courtesy of the Board of Directors!!!

If you want to stay on GSM, T-mobile is cheaper. You can take it a step further and use MVNO, such as Mint Mobile, Red Pocket, Boost Mobile, etc...

Any rumors or info on a possible MVO being offered early in 2021? I know I can’t stop the stupid comments on this site, but if anyone has any valid information regarding this, would be most appreciated.

Because fewer people could take their vacation in 2020, some companies are increasing flexibility. The article expresses shock that it's only 42% of companies: "Just 42% of companies said they are making changes to vacation policies to boost... — read more 

I found some interesting information from AT&T employees breaking down the benefits cuts to healthcare and the pensions. It was pretty interesting. I'm wondering if anyone else has found good resources on LinkedIn.

Although easy to dismiss as just a sarcastic remark, it rings true if you think about it. Just as his employees are unable to give life to his vision of what should be, his customers are unable to see the value of what he's selling. Internally there... — read more 

Over the last months they have taken actions that show that they would like long term management employees to leave or retire. So look at these 4 actions and when you consider in their entirety they tell the story Reduce vacation days for... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4396598-t-may-finally-found-directv-buyer-churchill-iv-is-overpaying

Stankey walked into his first Town Hall with HBO and their Leader for 2 Decades and told them they were doing everything wrong. The creators of Sopranos, Game of Thrones, 6 Feet Under, Deadwood, s-x and the City and the list goes on was doing... — read more 

DALLAS (BusinessWire) - The way AT&T CEO John Stankey sees it, most CEOs don't have the fortitude to change a company's culture over the period of two weeks. "A lot of them think it means starting with the C-suite, things like setting a good... — read more 

On Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 AT&T stock price closed at $39.08. On Thursday, December 31st 2020 AT&T stock price closed at $28.76. A difference of 1 year. A per share loss of $10.32 from 2019 to 2020. Also remember, In 2015 AT&T acquired... — read more 

The Chairman rides off into the sunset with hundreds of millions in his pocket and perks worth millions!

Happy New Year from AT&T to the world. If you read the article at their website, be sure to read (and add) to the comment section on the bottom: Full article with cool DC Comics art work at... — read more 

So many employees have worked tirelessly since Christmas with nary a break to restore service related to the bombing. Know what they have in common? They all had lots of service, are a wealth of knowledge, and didn't complain or weren't too important... — read more 

WW3 is on a fast track. Do you guys think Stankey will listen and cancel WW3 or continue to bleed money ? This will be interesting to watch as this will show how detached C-siute is to reality.

So many posts here are just whining about where their choices in life led them to. You wouldn't be so scared of being laid off if you had a marketable skill-set.

It seems to me that those days are over, when people stayed here and managed to build careers. Maybe it was actually a wrong decision to be tied to one place for years, but I don't like what is happening now. This is simply no longer a place where... — read more 

I was a CSE IN Enterprise sales and was layed off from AT&T in July. To say that the sales compensation plan for 2020 was anything but stellar is an understatement. I took my settlement money and bowed out from this God awful company with... — read more 

Please help me understand what I should pick as my retirement date, last day at work, and pension commencement date,lump sum distribution because of the Stinky scr3w job. How many days after my last day on the job before I can put in paperwork for... — read more 

It is evident that unethical sales practice happens often and my respect to all who resist such practices, at all costs. Just keep quiet, but do not do anything unethical yourself. They will try to drag you into the gutter with them; don’t let... — read more 

If we just went thru the past few years and the march to 2020 along with the massive "$1.5B in labor cost reductions" then perhaps 2021 won't have as many layoffs as other years. /End rant

I posted this during the last McFresh town hall. No surprise, even though it started bubbling to the top of the slido list right away - it's anonymous posting/voting - it was deleted by the admin before Fresh was able to read it. It rings even... — read more 

I have text messages of my asm telling me to open “sole proprietor” accounts for people who aren’t even working. When do I say something? I haven’t done it because I’m ethical but I’ve heard him telling other reps to tell people in order to get the... — read more 

https://youtu.be/gK6mNulr5FI

In times like these, I often sit in my Dallas compound reflecting on things like good fortune. As we finish 2020 and leap into 2021, I wanted to leave you my thoughts on these things. You are all sooo fortunate to be working for me. Bright... — read more 

today was the last payment ever I will make to att. merry christmas to me. I am att bill free just in time for the new year.

I have not been at T for years but when I was on Christmas Eve i used to bring the family in the office and most got a half day off. With all the pull backs Stinky did in the last couple of weeks, did he Scrooge this too? Whould not surprise... — read more 

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201221/10160445930/att-is-sad-because-nobody-wants-to-overpay-directv.shtml (excerpts below) Under CEO Randall Stephenson, AT&T spent roughly $200 billion on mergers with DirecTV and Time Warner, hoping this... — read more 

I'm so tired of people who keep telling everybody to just be happy to have a job. It's that kind of mentality that led us to where we are right now - barely any benefits, doing the work of two or three people for no extra pay, out-of-control toxic... — read more 

This company really needs to stop trying to develop applications and platforms. Consider all the recent failures: SD-WAN E-Comp SDN DCAE vCDN Black Flag Millions invested and all turned out to be major flops.