Any rumors on when and if that will happen. If approved they should be able to start getting a return on that investment early.

8 and SKATE, IT CAN WAIT. GO team. Rah rah.

Year after year, month after month..I'm having to constantly hear through my manager and from peers that the group I'm in will just shut down. The 'leadership' above us seems to think that the automation that is used in conjunction to our work just... — read more 

Got some documentation saying the discount will go from 30% to 50%. Took forever to find someone who even knew what I was talking about. Lady said that according to what she could find, and if she understood it correctly, the discount would take a... — read more 

Does anyone know when the Arlington Heights lease is over? My coworkers are scattered at different locations. They did offer me a position in Dallas. Thats a no go for me.

Notice how empty the office is now? Rules are changing. The whole RTO experiment has run its course. The truth is simple: the office is there if you want it, and home is there if that’s where you do your best work. That’s how it always should have... — read more 

Noticing that since the news came out that they are no longer tracking in office presence , the little Flexible workspace In my building is no longer full. It used to be at capacity daily, now half of the seats are empty - people are going back to... — read more 

I swipe in, do exactly what’s needed, and leave. Used to stay late, used to hustle, but not anymore. Every month the bare minimum gets a little lower because the company’s shown me they couldn't care less about us.

has the list for d9 surplus been leaked. id appreciate a link to the site

Will all RAN National employees need to move to Dallas? And why aare all Local RAN design teams still heavy in remote locations?

I don't know about you but I would be willing to pay for WFH days. Anyone else? Not ideal, especially since they already took a week of vacation away from 20+ year managers; but it would be worth it some days. Perhaps it's a new revenue stream?... — read more 

So from what we can tell, John Stankey lives right near Highland Park, which is basically the Beverly Hills of Dallas, TX. He gets driven to the Dallas Downtown HQ, which is a 15 min drive for him - but typically 45+ min for his employees. He gets... — read more 

Sat in on my L3 call given he was out PTO. AVP has announced network wide large cut of L1/L2s across Anatomy, Leggy, and Greendick organizations. Capex/Expense being cut for automation given known reduction in workforce. End of payroll is before... — read more 

Go to 3204 local site. Look under files tab . BST 4th qtr 25 surplus

Almost an hour now but no indication sending us home lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq10jrnO2SM They are openly mocking him on YouTube now

There’s some solid information that’s come to my desk about mass layoffs for San Antonio coming within the next 6 months. They will be consolidating to a “super center” and will be laying off people that are getting paid a higher salary than what new... — read more 

Has there been any discussion on how long this designation will last and if all people outside hubs need to move or just where offices are closed? This puts people with that status in limbo prolonging the decision.

Did anyone else get a random employee survey a few days ago. Essentially all questions asked a few months ago via third party survey but this survey came out via Microsoft forms and it isn’t anonymous. I thought that was weird.

https://www.businessinsider.com/att-system-for-tracking-employees-rto-compliance-2025-9

“I AT&T is looking at office space in the suburbs, two people with knowledge of the situation have told The Dallas Morning News, even as its CEO remained silent Friday regarding speculation about the Dallas-based telecommunications company reducing... — read more 

There are rules to follow when joining home dispatch program. Following the rules helps save gas and time and wear and tear on a vehicle used to drive to work and to home. But MSTs abuse this program from driving to the garage every day and... — read more 

Surplus announcement date is September 15th for Leg T/CWA union workers per labor contract.

AT&T is dialing down its use of a controversial attendance tracking system for enforcing its RTO policy. The so-called presence report uses a combination of inputs to log employees' time in the office. The company's CMO says its goal of finding... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/t-joins-forces-gigs-launch-135804177.html

Anyone heard anything on the lumen fiber buyout? Will we being doing the installs.

Hi y’all. An 8 minute, highly edited clip from the disastrous one hour webcast is now available. No mention of Yugo. No mention of Applesauce. No jokes from HR lady. No mention of work-life balance. Highly edited to look more professional

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/at-t-tracked-employee-attendance-to-find-freeloaders-now-it-admits-the-system-is-driving-workers-to-the-brink-of-frustration/ar-AA1MpqJJ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=68c417d6a14d47a3b21a021170d7ea46&ei=15 or... — read more 

From Business Insider article; “ AT&T tracked employee attendance to find 'freeloaders.' Now, it admits the system is driving workers to the 'brink of frustration.’ “ Relief may be on the way for all that are beyond frustrated.

Stankey stands to make a lot of money from this deal from his stock holdings. However, employees were forced to sell their stocks that they received via 401 match at a huge loss. How is this legal?

4th quarter Vsipp and 1st Quarter 2026. Also im hearing September 15th could be ugly. Just spreading info I heard. Might be nothing.

I know its not a layoff post but I'm genuinely curious anyone here work in the Charlotte area for a corporate function? Looking at risk roles and understand the 5 day office thing but also hear no seats and new hub is coming in 2026. Is Charlotte... — read more 

So I have a couple of senior folks who work for Wall St. firms , and they have given me a heads up that Q1 is going to be a major hemorrhaging of white collar jobs,sectors mostly affected are big pharma, telecomm ( including at T. , VZ and CISCO) ... — read more 

‘We will do better.’ Microsoft CEO Nadella admits company has to rebuild trust with employees https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/microsoft-ceo-nadella-says-company-must-rebuild-trust-with-employees.html

Imagine coming to this site and whining that people are “complaining.” This is literally a place for layoff news, venting, and sharing grievances. What did you expect to find here, a cheerleading squad? If the culture was positive, if leadership... — read more 

The company and John Stankey have made it clear that the direction is for employees to be colocated in Dallas. It doesn’t make sense for us to operate and keep open hubs or offices across the U.S. for a distributed workforce. Either relocate to... — read more 

Why are they so bad? They don’t know what they are doing, schedule too many useless calls, and don’t know how to actual lead or manage a team.

AT&T wants to be like Amazon, where is the increased salary, bonus, RTU to match?