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 

I heard that most of the experienced people we laid off recently were immediately snapped up by a competitor at a much higher salary. If that doesn't show how clueless our leadership is, nothing will.

Everyone is burned out. Not just from the work, but from the endless layoff anxiety. Management doesn't care. They'd love it if we all just left.

With the new office in Plano and the enforcement of RTO without exceptions , it seems to me the next brick to topple is closing NJ Hub as this is an expensive legacy l hub, those in the know what's the word on the street

We can replace Stankey for around 5k, and save the company $30 million+ per year. This doesn’t even include stock losses this dum--ss boomer has caused. We give AI The Handmaid’s Tale, Elon’s annotated version of Mein Kampf, and tell it to always... — read more 

Q. Why did the Japanese car companies beat the American car companies ? The answer may surprise you but this is why T is dying as a whole due to layoffs. The Japanese car companies had eight people rowing the boat and one person steering . The... — read more 

No one wants to hire you because, they have AI. AT&T doesn’t want to keep you because you don’t live in hub. What a bad thing to be a T employee.

https://cwa-union.org/news/telecom-win-decommission-work-returns-cwa-district-6

Any more left?

Why do the follow the work letters that are going out have Dallas listed when we are moving our headquarters 20 miles north in Plano? That is like a 45 min drive just between the locations. How inconvenient to require people to drive to the Dallas... — read more 

I’ll be moving to Plano, Texas, as part of AT&T’s relocation policy. It’s a big change, but the more I learn about Plano, the more excited I am to call it home. Plano seems to offer the best of both worlds: the energy and opportunities of the Dallas... — read more 

I think AT&T is looking at WFH completely backwards. Instead of fighting it, why not use it as a competitive advantage? Why limit hiring to a few expensive hub cities when you could recruit the best talent anywhere in the country? Why spend billions... — read more 

Meeting were held with the general manager, members and union to discuss the closing of call centers in Tustin CA and Cerritos CA. Management said they will consolidate both offices into a new office space. They are pushing propellor out of the... — read more 

I have been with the company since some time where I qualified for pension. Naturally T just contributed bare minimum to it since the last 10 years. I was also a high performer through out and naturally salary went up. Now with all this surplus stuff... — read more 

Is it true only people above age 50 are surplussed in Dallas after relocating? I heard many people who moved got surplussed after their move. Was there any reason given for surplus or just told your position is eliminated?

this week everyone got to see the quality of resources from offshore during a sev1 issue call in the CSO/EdHayes Org. These folks from India cannot speak a line of English correctly, cannot articulate the problem nor the impacts, and don't even have... — read more 

MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job per... — read more 

These RTO, relocation, and surpluses this year have turned out to be nothingburgers in the grand scheme of things. Nothing nearly as impactful as originally advertised. Just be in the right location and right time and you are good. Now on to the next... — read more 

Anyone got any info on the employee survey or when it may come out? I want to see if they are brave enough to send it while the tons of folks they just surplussed are still on payroll or if they will bi--h out and send it after (i.e September or... — read more 

Looks like it’s the new CSO hub.

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MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job per... — read more 

Is this where CST's are going to get surpluses too? Anyone know why this new title is being created?

Did he have another one of his ok boomer rants?

I'm old enough to remember all the haters saying Southfield isn't a hub. Welp, just got word a multi-decade lease has been signed on a recently remodeled building. Got about 1k employees moving there over the next year. Live your designation and try... — read more 

If you are not in Plano already you are toast. The direction from leadership couldn’t be more clear. The important jobs will be here at our new headquarters. Other locations will be phased out in short order. The city of Plano has even provided us... — read more 

Come on AT&T! Can u get someone 3rd party companies into Louisiana and stack these Fiber sales and more! Not only thank but doin door to door knocks inside the cities which is against the law! Sounds like a great idea for another class action... — read more 

Hard Pill to swallow but due to no job offer and single salary, my hand is forced. See you all on the commute. Might get used to the 2 hour daily commute in a Tesla.

How about instead of mistreating the folks actually doing the work at the L1 level, we get rid of a LOT of the fluff at the L3 and higher level?....There are so many L3s who do nothing but host teams calls where they circlej--kand throw out... — read more 

What’s the progress? Anybody been there recently? Is T sleeping on it or being fast tracked?

https://www.jeremylegg.com/

If Stinky’s goal was to convince younger employees to stay, publicly taking shots at Gen Z over wanting flexibility wasn’t exactly the way to do it. His comments came across as dismissive, disrespectful and completely out of touch. Here’s what this... — read more 

Fonts and Colors. And has an army of yes people to crack the whip. Spent more time walking the line activities than driving OI there. Total knucklehead operation.

One of the biggest mistakes this “leadership” made was creating a 5x RTO policy for everyone because of the actions of a few. The understanding has always been that the push toward 5x RTO was driven, at least in part, by concerns about a small... — read more 

Hey everyone. Through all the myriad of changes at AT&T since John Stanks reign of incompetence he is still underperforming terribly. His ego has him delusional and he speaks like he is the smartest person to walk the earth. The company will... — read more 

Too many layers and way too many people who think they're important but don't actually contribute anything. We spend our days in pointless meetings, dealing with endless back-and-forth, and watching people fight over territory instead of actually... — read more 

MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job per... — read more 

It allows MS to take screen shots of your computer every so often and store them on the PC.

First I'll say that I genuinely enjoyed my small team at AT&T with whom I worked the last 20 years of my career there. I have no resentment to the time I spent there, so this isn't a complaining post, just some perspective after some time away. I was... — read more 

The people that sit behind me were told to be prepared for an October notification. The impacted headcount would mirror the June surplus. No way to verify the accuracy of this report. My manager said she hasn't heard any speculation coming down... — read more