AT&T’s 5G network goes live in 12 cities — but you can’t use it yet 5G device sales don’t start until next year By Jacob Kastrenakes on December 18, 2018 9:52 am

I can't figure out if yesterday was just a spill-over from Friday notifications or if it was a brand new start to more layoffs that will take place throughout the entire week. AT&T doesn't seem to mind that Christmas is next week, so I wouldn't be... — read more 

This is program that has been 6 years in the making, and yes 2019 is going to be brutal- AT&T didn’t have a fraction of the debt in 2012, when the “2020 initiative” was conceived as compared to debt in 2019. There is a bigger sense of urgency now... — read more 

The Internet & Entertainment Field Services (Prem Techs) and Technical Field Services (Core Techs) will be merged under one leadership structure. It has been delayed from first to second quarter. This will result in massive layoffs on the core tech... — read more 

Cwa district 4 town hall meeting CWA D4: Join our town hall call on 12/17 at 7:30 PM ET to get an update on AT&T bargaining, discuss next steps & ask questions. 855-808-5159

After combined 60yrs svc between wife and I had with Mountain Bell,South Central and BellSouth.AT&T takes over and flushes all the hard work down the toilet.Had Charter/Spectrum at house today to convert all services .SAD.Algamated thieves and thugs... — read more 

HOW FUNNY IS THIS? LOL https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.kansascity.com/news/business/workplace/article223105155.html

On Thursday 12/13/2018 AT&T called a formal layoff of 226 employees in the Southwest region affecting Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma only days before Christmas. This is all in preparation of their 2020 vision of reduction of Wireline employees and... — read more 

Reilly attended Cornell University where he earned his undergraduate degree in communications arts in 1984. While at Cornell, Reilly was a member of the Phi Delta Theta, he is a great pic!!@

The company announced the increase in its quarterly dividend by 2%, which will be payable on February 1th. The dividend value per share will be $0.51 per share which represents an increase from the prior quarterly dividend by $0.01 per share... — read more 

Has anyone heard anything about a downsize for credit and collections / accounts receivable. We went from about seven centers to two . We take a big hit last December anyone know of anything else?

I want to work one more year and retire end of 2019. I want a strategy for exploiting this severance package deal to my advantage so I get paid 6 months in 2020 and financially ease into retirement. 1. If I show my hand early to my boss do I risk... — read more 

Finance had a voluntary layoff in November and now looking at involuntary layoffs to hit early 2019. Any word on timing and how many? They lost some critical people in the voluntary and now promoting a few to director level after demoting several to... — read more 

CWA D4: Join our town hall call on 12/17 at 7:30 PM ET to get an update on AT&T bargaining, discuss next steps & ask questions.

There are 77 total layoffs announced in Leg T. I don't have a list of all the titles, yet. A few weeks ago, there was an 80 person VTP announced. Some of the titles from that VTP overlap with the titles announced yesterday, and some don't. I would... — read more 

44 Techs total. Mostly in Georgia(20 Et's in Conyers and Atlanta) Could have been much worse, but the sky is not falling--Yet

I was put on a cap for missing quota the last few months! HR won’t do anything. Who do i call to get this thrown out? Is this a backdoor way of laying people off?

There is practically nothing that a business can do to engender more ill will than to fire employees right before Christmas. This morning I was part of a global roundtable discussion on this same issue. And most senior people were laughing...

Our management group has a 3rd and 4th level call this week and individual calls are going out this Fri. 12/14 to everyone in the group, telling them that they have a job or they don't have a job. Mandatory attendance "Warning" conference call... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1073691986073407488

Good luck!

They had a center-wide meeting at 1 pm EST to tell everyone that the center is closing. They can be relocated to Southfield, MI or Dayton, OH.

Any word if the Midwest got hit today? By the way, are we ever gonna get a new Contract or work under this one for 3 years?

Per the Kate Hopkins (VP) webcast yesterday, 5-6% of CDO employees will be surplused, details to come in January. Being physically present in the office - esp a ‘collaboration’ location - was going to be a major factor in the decisions, along with... — read more 

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Just got canned from the biz marketing org...apparently there are several today. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t sell ur soul and play the political game correctly! Oh well - so tired of this place anyways...couldn’t handle the... — read more 

...it would be s sh;thole country... Any additional thoughts?

Business units under Chow notifications have started this morning.....

Today's employees are tomorrow’s customers, competitors, vendors, and references. We are Ensuring that former employees today are brand ambassadors at every stage of their journeys – even upon exit from your company. We have Discoverd through trial... — read more 

Trump inaugural committee under criminal investigation, source says By Kara Scannell, Gloria Borger and Devan Cole, CNN Updated 6:22 AM EST, Fri December 14, 2018 “The committee, which CNN previously reported had raised a record-setting $107 million... — read more 

I'm truly thinking that ATT looks bad on a resume... I was "surplused" in July and still have yet to get hired by a company? I was with ATT for 16 yrs, as prem tech, then manager of net operations, then ATO coach for the last 3 years. Now companies... — read more 

Verizon is parting ways with 10,400 employees in "a voluntary separation program," despite the Trump administration providing a tax cut and various deregulatory changes that were supposed to increase investment in jobs and broadband networks. The... — read more 

Not a mass layoff but a few people got laid off today, all over district 6... — read more 

Q: What does it take to create a workplace culture that transforms a company into an employer of choice? Means that AT&T likes: Taking care of employees at every stage of their career journeys as they move into, within, and out of your organization... — read more 

In order to have people off payroll before the beginning of Q2 (the common tactic), the announcements would come within the couple weeks. The RFI process: Make an announcement that a group is impacted on a group call. Upper leadership spends 2 weeks... — read more 

Everyone deserves to live and work in safe places, but that’s not the reality in some Chicago neighborhoods. It’s an issue our employees in these communities are passionate about. Believe Chicago is an AT&T employee initiative informed by grassroots... — read more 

Advice for women executives: “Be mindful of your social media footprint. People will prejudge you based on what you post. Make it private or be hyper vigilant.