Interesting to hear that the UV TV product will sunset in 2022 on today’s Broadband and Video town hall when the McElfresh town hall said we were going to be trying to grow both TV products.

I have a pretty big list of people I know that left AT&T, that varies from close friends to acquaintances. Some left on their own, some were laid off, but none of those people ended up without getting a new job and non off them found themselves in... — read more 

Fake unlimited data is far from our only...let's call them indiscretions. Now that this one has been resolved in favor of our (I'm assuming former) customers, I wonder if this will cause an avalanche of more suits for both credible and not so... — read more 

Listening to Devin Merrill try and sound smart is a joke. This is the guy who led the DIRECTV Now product. How is this man still employed?

I am hearing anywhere numbers between 1500 to 2500 employees notified last Friday. From what I hear none of those have been transferred Accenture. It seems nearly the whole of Billing Ops wipes out, only salvaging those management titles tied to... — read more 

Two major purchases in the T vendor (by Amdocs and MasTec) space leads to assumptions that they will outsource wireless network engineering and operations ala Sprint with Ericsson. MasTec CEO regarding purchase of Quadgen: “From the... — read more 

ATO manager, told Amplify due dates moved up. That means manager rankings & ratings will be input by next Monday. That’s about three weeks earlier than we’d originally been told. Company just announced a 3 Billion dollar reduction in Cap spending... — read more 

Looks like more layoffs on the horizon to cover that $60 million settlement. www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2019/11/05/att-pays-60-million-to-settle-claims-it-lied-about-unlimited-data-plan/amp/

DOA. just imagine if you were young and wanted some opportunities down the road. yeah, not here

Which one is correct?

Will Accenture be able to handle this and improve the operations Has your VP/AVPs planned and communicated this in a positive way and made rational decisions illustrating they are competent and understand the functions? Have they only kept... — read more 

lol att's billing or should we say randy's creative accounting. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/directv-kept-charging-regional-sports-fee-while-channel-was-blacked-out/

What changes for retail with all the new orgs?

i've tried to share and no-go

If AT&T was to offer a good severance package (and I mean a really good one) to everybody and gave us a choice between taking it and leaving or staying, is there a single person here who would actually choose to stay? Basically, is anybody here... — read more 

Only 1st and 2nd levels in my group were on the surplus prenotification calls. Some ADs were on safe calls. Does anyone know if directors and AVPs were given notice of future surplus? I'm wondering if they are keeping some supervisors to manage... — read more 

The higher up you are the larger the parachute will be on the way down!

Just make an enhanced offer or real severance payment, so MR75 eligible people can leave en masse .... I'm ready! With PPA rates causing pensions to go back up, you could probably get rid of half of craft voluntarily!

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-24/nbn-what-everyone-is-saying-about-it/9079332?pfmredir=sm

https://www.fiercewireless.com/financial/marek-s-take-can-clearwire-s-former-ceo-save-at-t

I am a rehire from Telco 1977 adding 5 plus years to my original 30.. As I work daily through each 'event', I am continually reminded of how much I miss the Comm Techs; Outside Techs; CO Techs; Service Reps; TNAC; OSPEs and all the personnel with... — read more 

Maybe the thread got removed but did not see one on the mcfreshy town hall. This was my first after a reorg and a promotion (for him) put us under the same chain of command. Not sure how he always rah rah's things but my impressions: because... — read more 

was on the other day and got me thinking about AT&T. Remember the scene right after the Titanic struck the iceberg and you see kids kicking chunks of ice around the deck while passengers continue eating, drinking and laughing then the captain orders... — read more 

There were multiple calls today and some were notified their job functions were going to Accenture and they would be surplused. I was on the call where we were told that some time in 3 quarter 2020, we will be given formal 60 day surplus letter. ... — read more 

Save your emails, especially any 'employment' related. You never know, they may come in handy many, many years down the road. For example, I was denied retirement benefits because HR messed up and did not have me on a list of employees brought... — read more 

Let's face it. Wireless, Internet and TV have become commodities. There's not a lot of differentiation between the products in these markets so more and more it comes down to price. I retired recently and am on a fixed income and have to watch those... — read more 

Voluntary offer is coming to ATO mid November off payroll EOY, followed by a surplus Q1 of 2020 if the target number is not reached.

ATT is prepping to sell off major non first net infrastructure including its residential copper and fiber footprint. They have sevetal interested companies small and big looking to buy chunks of its business. First net infrastructure is off the... — read more 

November 4th 2019 they will be coming into our Bedminster NJ and Atlanta locations to have the AT&T FBO employees train them how to work in our systems and how we do everything. No bigger slap in the face than we are letting you go and don’t care... — read more 

What do you think: What month do most layoffs occur?

Promise broken. What a surprise. Playing with peoples lives with no consideration about what people are agonizing over. No one word about our fate. Preaching ethics but showing none. Anyone know anything solid at all?

Once upon a time, people considered getting employed by AT&T an equivalent of hitting a job jackpot. Now, people see this as a place to pad their resumes for a couple of years, if that long. When did this start? It can't be just the last couple of... — read more 

Looks like literally nobody is safe at this company. This year I’ve seen folks with rare and marketable skills, that I thought we couldn’t do without being cut in a blink of an eye. So, I guess the sensible thing to ask at this point is: does AT&T... — read more 

AT&T will slash $3 billion off its capital investments next year https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/att-is-cutting-capital-investment-from-23-billion-to-20-billion/%3famp=1

Yet they have demonstrated that they are willing and able to sacrifice the golden goose over other less productive investments... as what had happened to our brothers and sisters in other really good markets. There are no guarantees.

How did severance affect you receiving unemployment? Also, will the measly pension I get also affect UE benefits?

Life is great after years of no new investment and watching good employees turn into bad ones. Surpluses and a poor work environment are k–lers. So glad I moved on from this place.

I have been running an SQL query on webphone ever since the first surplus back on January 21, 2019. As of today 10/29 we have dropped 13,470 employees. From 261,764 on 1/21 to 248,294 on 10/29. Losses by mgt level (1/21-10/29): NM lost 8409 1st... — read more 

With everything that's been going on, my money is on soon.