D4 is getting ripped apart. After the next prem tech surplus management will be reduce to 1 per 45 to 50 techs. Managers will now have a mix of Inr and prem techs. T is also planning to close several garages with fewer techs and either force them to... — read more 

What are thoughts on call Monday? Seemed most on the call were construction management or staff? Any ideas on numbers and dates? Heard approximately 100 people. With 911 tech's math says ~50 NM, ~7 AM, ? Dir, ? Schedulers, ? Support staff...

District 4 , vote no and wait 3 weeks for district 3 to be out of contract. You’ll have a lot more leverage with D3 out of contract. They cover much more area and employees

I have paperless billing and received notification that my next bill is ready. T can only deliver 6Mbps UVERSE / INTERNET in my neighborhood. My bills were paid up to date at the middle of last month. I went off payroll at the end of March. When I... — read more 

AT&T/DirectTV blacks out local TV stations in 97 markets across USA on July 4th after rejecting Nexstar offers to extend access for consumers to leading local content Local DIRECTV/AT&T once again holds its subscribers hostage instead of negotiating... — read more 

Louisville Metro Council passed the One Touch Make Ready ordinance LAST YEAR in an attempt to make it easier for Google Fiber to come to Louisville. The ordinance allowed Google Fiber to use existing poles, which mainly belong to incumbent ISP... — read more 

So far, I haven’t seen any positive effect of al the records that resulted in cuts and shifts of the workforce. Am I the only one wondering why are the cuts a purpose only to themselves. I understand corporate greed, but seems a little too much to... — read more 

T is back at it again. Now they change the upgrade options so if you want to upgrade early you need to spend an extra $5 a month. You need to wait until 50% of the phone is paid before you can trade it in. What is actually going on is, the $5 is... — read more 

Now if D4 would reject their tentative agreement , then in 3 weeks both D3 and D4 will have a lot more leverage over the company. District 4 members, Vote NO ! Let’s work together and show both the company and the cowardly CWA “leadership” how it’s... — read more 

AT&T, ...

Keep your phones by your sides! Let this demolition derby begin. Bump Bump——Bump Bump

Management announcement 7/8 under Knight, some groups getting “all clear” email notification up to the VP level but not sure what groups or percentage impacted.

I’m going on 18 yrs with the company. I was happy for the past 16yrs and then it started to go downhill around the time DTV came onboard. The clash of cultures between AT&T and DTV along with the some very stupid leadership decisions created a very... — read more 

Simple yes or no and local. NO. 4100

This article says it all. It sums it all up with : “T-Mobile is the clear winner in this matchup. I'd much rather own a growing iconoclast than a drowning giant.”... — read more 

Since the latest surplus and tentative agreement with Legacy T/D4 we have no clue what to believe or trust in District 3. Does D4 agree with their contract? Are the wire techs okay with what they will be receiving? We in D3 would like to know, since... — read more 

When we were DirecTV - a honest to god company, and not just some brand - our 3rd Levels and our Regional VPs would come to each yard at least twice a year and tell us what was happening. We could ask embarrassing questions and they would attempt to... — read more 

Where does the dance of the musical chairs end ? Is it like dominoes where one who is bumped can then also bump? Where does it end in D3 ?

Prem techs stop blaming the core-as far as I am concerned I wish they would put y’all in our contract At&t bought Directv but they don’t use employees I just had a subcontractor come to my house and replace my dish No one is safe because the company... — read more 

Just thinking out loud. Not one tier of management has been affected by any of the layoffs lately, except, of course a few lower scapegoats here and there. At the same time a lot of knowledgeable folks that know the work and the business were given... — read more 

Interesting article how AT&T cut off local programming. https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/att-and-directv-not-carrying-kxan-kbvo/

Details to follow........

Construction surplus bumps I&R, what happens to the bumped I&R? Can they endlessly bump out Prem techs? Is there a certain percentage of core/prem ratio?

SE management cuts - wireline construction and engineering 30%

Reading posts here, it's obvious this place is full of dissatisfied employees. Is there anybody who is actually happy here?

This company is $180B in debt, and wireline isn’t helping. What exactly did you expect from them? The union? There’s no fairy tale ending here. Think of how you would cut $180B in debt if you were a business owner. Let’s be realistic. At this point... — read more 

Seeking dominance, AT&T sinks $2 billion over 3-year period in NC’s wireless network 5GAT&TWIRELESS NETWORK Seeking dominance, AT&T sinks $2 billion over 3-year period in NC’s wireless network 5G NetGear router by WRAL TechWire staff — July 2, 2019 ... — read more 

Not acceptable, Effect "Telcel club" damaged the competition of the cellular market: AT&T The SCJN postponed a discussion to determine if it is the Congress that has the attribution to apply an asymmetric regulation in the matter of prohibition of... — read more 

It seems like 911 should be a priority, but these major outages keep happening.

For those of you that doubted me that uverse will be gone, most likely by the end of this year here you go! Good old project Midas and osprey coming together to knock out Prem Techs. So we will have DirecTV, AT&T tv, and AT&T tv now... — read more 

And how many do we really need? If AT&T wants to save money, it needs to look into that.

Google it. Class actions on the bogus administrative $1.99 cell fee and from misleading shareholders can only mean one thing...more debt!

Your hearing it here first. D4 will ratify no matter the vote count. D3 is already a done deal. D4 had a take it or leave it choice after learning D3 deal is already complete. D3 will wait to announce the tentative agreement until after the D4 vote... — read more 

A: We’re already in a recession

Hattis Law is currently investigating complaints of AT&T Wireless charging a hidden and misleading “Administrative Fee” to its customers. AT&T recently increased this “Administrative Fee” to $1.99/month per line. Customers report that AT&T fails to... — read more 

Not to p--p on your parade, but having Supervised and Managed Telco people for going on 30 years, I can say with 100% conviction that all this talk of revolt and rebellion is pure BS. The truth of the matter is you will do nothing. You will gripe... — read more 

And in the last year and a half or so, almost nothing from any of them. It's almost as if they knew from day one that all of the training made available was useless, trivial information and that the meme of employees having to update their skills and... — read more 

How long do I have to wait before I know if I’ve been bumped by a tech that has been surplused? If I get bumped can I choose to work wherever I want?