And managers will get ripped to shreds. What goes on in these meetings? Anyone know? My entire store hates this piece of garbage manager of ours and everyone is ripping him in their survey. What are the chances the idiots gets the boot?
SSR SURPLUS/CHANGE
SSRs to be offered a new position where they are given a smaller quota than an RSC, but given a leadership title with focus on escalations as an ASM. AT&T is currently waiting for union contracts in the east to be finalized to avoid strikes once the... — read more
Att SSR emails the whole group about her poor yearly review
Long story short, an underachiever got a bad eoy review and emailed every single SSR in the company. You then had all the idiot SSRs reply all asking to be removed from the email lmao. Congrats, you idiots just made a list of all the ones that should... — read more
Glassdoor at&t reviews
I've been reading a lot of the recent reviews on Glassdoor, but I don't see anyone commenting about surplus or layoffs. I know it happens often, so why does At&t have such positive reviews on Glassdoor? Are they all fake? lol
March 15th mobility call?
How many mobility management members are scheduled for a conference call Thursday March 15th? Is this one big or little? Thanks.
Isn't he just the greatest!
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/att-ceo-makes-366-times-the-average-worker-2018-03-12
Layoffs and more layoffs,
Randy's salary went up from $ 28.4 to $28.7 million, layoffs are good,!!!!@
List the scams AT&T tries to pull off
Let's start a list of scams AT&T tries to pull off. Like stores giving warranty equipment but charging the customer for a DTV Now. Or signing people up for premium DTV by telling them an installer is coming out just to see if they have line of sight. — read more
Latin America
Anyone in the DTV Latin America know what’s going to happen if the iPo does go thru? Would that mean more surplus?
2020 is around the corner...
I was surplussed a year ago. 2020 around the corner they said. So I prepared myself for "these" days and got a degree with emphasis in big data and ai. Mind you I was self taught in programming first then went the official university route to get the... — read more
Isn't Randall Stephenson sweating now?
“The two minutes per hour is a real target for Fox, and also our challenge for the industry,” Fox executive Ed Davis told the Wall Street Journal. “Creating a sustainable model for ad-supported storytelling will require us all to move.” So, correct... — read more
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/03/08/at-t-files-stock-offering-for-its-directv-latin.amp.html
does this mean more layoffs now?
Brickhaus org call 3/9/18 11a Central
Brickhaus org is having a call tomorrow to be told about a Organization Initiative Discussion. It is said to discuss 2nd quarter 2018 planning.... Here it comes
Is Business ( Regional and select) safe?
We just went through a surplus and leadership is saying no more for our group this year. Truth or fiction?
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Anyone here that was surplussed and found a better job outside of the company? Anyone want to share there success story on how they overcame the surplus and done much better . I know one lady that was suplus in the Network Operations and now she is... — read more
Is anything going to happen???
I’m just curious, have anyone been surplused or have any surpluses even happened at all for any group (techs, managers, ssr, rsc, call center reps, etc) in any region??? Have any Level 1, 2 or 3 stores closed? If so, where? I know we are speculating... — read more
Annual Bonus and Surplused employees
I was told at the time of surplus last year that surplussed employees wou8ld still get a pro rated bonus for the amount of time they worked that year. Has anyone that was surplussed seen any part of the bonus for 2017?
layoffs
so i heard pasadena call center is closing any details? Also tnac in indianapolis is closing with their last day end of march, they are being offered to follow their work to earth city.
Questions for those in stores?
Why isn't anyone objecting to the IHE program as a violation??? They are management employees performing bargained work (Sales!) in the same areas that stores exist. They brag that they can offer customers better deals than in store. Managers in... — read more
Why won't the media call AT&T and Randy out on his lies
They got the tax break still waiting on those jobs. Remember this ? https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/05/04/att-ceo-tax-cuts-means-more-jobs-for-hard-hat-workers.html
New Comp Plan
Thoughts on new comp plan for ATT Retail?
Prem Techs: California Surplus info?
anyone have any info of more surpluses to prem techs in California for the March announcement?
ATT internet Services SW
Anyone heard any rumors regarding layoffs for non management internet services for the SW region? The writing seems to be on the wall: manager layoffs, agent write ups for any little thing, changes to metrics, "trial teams" being tested to see if... — read more
Severance options
When an employee is laid off, does AT&T give an option to choose between receiving severance in one major installment or in several smaller ones? I'm mainly asking because taxes are much higher on larger sums, and unless somebody is in a real... — read more
What midwest groups getting it the 15th? Hearing it's for sure every 90 days now?
What departments are declaring surplus in the midwest this round in 2 weeks.? Any reliable info floating around?
Going, going, gone! Cord cutters dropping traditional faster than streaming can keep up!
http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/03/01/cord-cutting-record-internet-tv
What's going to happen to In Home Experts?
Just curious... Exactly why will AT&T need the In Home Experts when DirecTV switches to streaming only... DirecTV Now? It is an outrageously expensive and bloated idea that cannot possibly be making any money whatsoever. A company car, insurance... — read more
Retail
When is the retail slaughter happening? I know what’s happening just timeline is obviously fuzzy.
Tech-Ops Surplus
Surplus notices going out on 03-05-18 (Monday). Those identified as surplus to be notified by a phone call from their supervisor. You will have a choice of departing by end of March with Severance pay, or electing to stay on for a 60 day period to... — read more
Any updates on SSR head count?
With March looming tomorrow, anyone heard a status of the SSR position with the company?
If it can't be sold... Give it away! Plus alienate customers in other states!
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/27/att-announces-city-specific-offers/ In the immortal words of the Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give it away, give it away, give it away now!"
AT&T is losing money with DirecTV Now... Great strategy!
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/02/22/1-thing-atts-management-doesnt-want-you-to-know.aspx
Prep tech layoffs
Don't know about other regions but Texas is redirecting work from prem techs to special services group The reason given that they need more work and prem techs weren't doing a good job the reality is the company is laying off more prem techs and need... — read more
No Retail Jobs Open
You know stuff is about to go down when there are almost NO retail openings nationwide.
STRAIGHT OFF IBEW 21 WEBSITE PART 3
February 23, 2018 As the result of many conversations between IBEW 21 representatives and AT&T’s Labor Relations Department, on February 14, 2018 the contemplated layoff of IBEW 21 Premises Technicians was stopped. Since then talks on the... — read more
Increased firings
Are there more firings going on than usual or is it just my imagination? It seems that I hear somebody else has been shown the door- and not in a layoff with severance kind of way - every other day. What's going on? I doubt people suddenly stopped... — read more
Mock funeral for AT&T layoffs
At least they are trying to bring attention to the layoffs, nobody else seems to care. CWA members from Local 6215 staged a mock funeral "Solidarity & Grief" ceremony last week to mourn layoffs of at least 178 AT&T call center employees, effective... — read more
Any word on cor manager layoff?
Is this not happening now, or been pushed back?
OMG! Isn't karma a b!#$h!!!
https://www.axios.com/judge-rules-against-att-in-wh-record-dispute-af3fd07f-5033-4b16-b749-0518c71329af.html