You can’t have a “market-based culture” unless you’re actually willing to compete in the market for talent. Stinky keeps talking about building a market-based culture, but what exactly is market-based about AT&T? Companies with true high-performance... — read more 

What he said in the ATG live really pi---d me off and changed my mind. I wasn’t going to take it, but now I will. I’d rather blast leadership in the survey again than sit it out. If nothing else, it’ll force them to confront the exact same feedback... — read more 

https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/verizon-to-restructure-sell-274-stores-and-lay-off-500-employees/132450686?utm_source=most_read&utm_medium=newsDetail

ATT is like a seller on Marketplace trying offload a rusted out hulk of a vehicle. They photograph a dime sized shiny spot. The prospective buyer sees the Con and balks. ATT just grins and says But look at the shiny spot. Look how shiny it is.

AT&T stock gains 5% today due to increased RTO and confidence in CEO Stankey's leadership going forward

Question 1 - Is there the option to defer severance to the next calendar year? Question 2 - Is remaining vacation paid with normal paycheck or with the severance?

At&t loves a good slogan they can jam down everyone's throats as if that's going to change anything with how terrible the company actually is. Stinkeys "Marketbased Culture" is the latest. "Fast. Friendly. Fixed" is the other and both couldn't be... — read more 

Which would you have picked if you had the option? Charlotte would make sense only for commute to work and cost of living. Dallas on the other hand has lots of companies if T lays you off a year later. Both cities are new to family and kids are still... — read more 

Heard Miami is becoming a main hub and they are renovating the building for incoming departments for the next couple of years. Anyone heard anything?

If they cut heads and get another $5B in free cash flow? Personally, doesn’t mean you’re smart to just cut heads, anyone could do it. Where are the new products, the innovation, the “I wanna work there” moments? I still fail to understand how Board... — read more 

In the last 15+ years, we've had two incompetent CEOs, countless reorgs, several acquisitions where we bought for premium prices and sold for cheap, and a complete erosion of culture. I think the rot is so deep at this point that any new leadership... — read more 

She walked by and clearly saw the job posting on my screen. When she asked about it, I lied and said I was looking at salary benchmarks for a friend. The look on her face told me she didn't buy it. Can I be fired over this?

Thanks DJT.

I am a fool. I underestimated Dallas commute, Parking and the 8 hour requirement. What a mess. Door to door is 11 hours for 5 days a week. What the he-l? How are my fellow 50 year olds taking it?

Assigned to go to Bothell through RTO email. Requested Atlanta and management and HR approved it. However HR isn't willing to send an email future location will be Atlanta. Did anyone face this?

I retired from T and I got a better deal on a cell phone from mint mobile. I went looking ...................... before they cut me off my copper land line .

When your manager's manager bails without warning, the gossip mill goes into overdrive. We've already got a betting pool going on whether it's a coming layoff or just bad culture. Either way, I've updated my resume and started casually browsing. Call... — read more 

We instead surplus CO and outside workforces to be replaced with made up titles that just send us emails of no value. Nonsense over and over.

A Very Simple Plan to Reset AT&T Cancel the new HQ project and redirect that capital toward the things that actually matter. Use a portion of those savings to fund a responsible workforce transition and right-size the company for the future. 2... — read more 

All organizations need“Streamlining”. Also, looked like Jeff had to help grandpa get through the call.

In John’s Q2 results email he said, “We’ll need to embrace a market-based culture and continue executing against our 2026 priorities.” That got me thinking… what exactly does “market-based” mean? A market-based system generally means rewards and... — read more 

Stankey seemed awfully confident during today’s ATG Live. After one solid quarter in a six-year tenure, the tone came across as more smug than self-aware, and the comments about employees didn’t exactly help. Let’s see what next week brings after... — read more 

All of you gloating over the 2% increase in stock price today, just keep in mind that the stock is still 33% lower than it was 15 years ago and pays out only 70% of the dividend. The stock has grown $1.50 since Stank became CEO and dividend has gone... — read more 

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/21/0617230/att-loses-key-ruling-in-bid-to-stop-offering-basic-phone-service-in-california

AT&T recorded 367,000 fiber net additions and 279,000 fixed wireless net additions. Fiber connections rose 22.8% year over year to 12.87 million, while fixed wireless connections climbed 77.4% to 2.61 million. Thank you JS and RTO!!!

You should not feel disrespected. You should be grateful and eager to work hard with a song in your heart!

How to deal with the problem

When is the board of directors and everyone else going to wake up and realize that John Stank has provided no value to the company for a long time! He is no longer relevant and if he doesn’t like the truth he can retire or find another company... — read more 

Fortunately I was surplused on 7/1 after 28 years at Att. I’ve seen this company go from, a great place to work to a Stanky hole. Anyways, when should I expect my last paycheck or severance payment. I haven’t seen anything so far. Knowing the... — read more 

It has been a couple of weeks now. Where are the posts about Virtuals getting relocation letters? Have the few people who kept perpetuating these fabricated rumors every few days gone?

Hope in one hand and relieve yourself in the other and see which one fills up first. And repeat the mantra "I am a close personal friend of John Donovan".

Have been hearing rumors around the office, that NJ and Bothell offices will soon be closed down, and employees will be required to move to the new hub in Gary, Indiana by the end of 2027.

So we got the org announcement email earlier that Hissim is no longer over the Eastern Care groups and instead has been moved to Workforce within AT&T. Our only wish now is that they drop kick that goblin Louie Lewis somewhere else next. He has zero... — read more 

Who is commuting 5 days a week, 60 miles each day. $25 per day in travel costs not including parking. Aren’t you exhausted? Needs to be at least 3-4 years until Plano HQ. Finding new employment in Dallas doesn’t help as commute doesn’t change... — read more 

Comment here if you relocated and still have employment

Any info on whether Orlando will be a HUB. Or closing? We keep hearing rumors that we are definitely a HUB but then we watch as managers and reps disappear.

Everyone should tune into 2Q earnings on Wednesday and witness “leadership’s” spin on their reality vs ours and our customers. What’s the anticipated playbook? If like other earnings or townhalls it will go something like this: 1) Credit Hoarding... — read more 

I've heard more surplus is coming in September, and I am hoping I'm on that list! I asked to be on the July surplus and was told my department wasn't impacted so I could not be included. Any chance I will be on it in September? Specifically... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/15/bny-ceo-robin-vince-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer.html Granted this comparison is Fin-tech vs Telco; but T stock has actually dropped under Stinky and this company’s stock has risen 290% since this guy took... — read more 

25 union members who are collection reps just got the vtp (voluntary termination pay) to leave the company. This is up to 104 weeks pay depending on seniority. This is only the beginning. It is expected that more will be surplussed until all union... — read more