Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Job Market Unfreezing

Uh oh. Time to start applying for jobs again. I turned down offers in 2021/22 and regretted it. I’m not missing the boat this time. ATT is about to have a major problem with talent retention.

Source: https://wsj.visitlink.me/BrNZ0-

America’s biggest companies say they might need more people after all.

For months, major employers treated hiring as an expensive last resort. Now, a shift is emerging across industries.

Companies ranging from railroad giant CSX to Google parent Alphabet have told investors in recent days that they plan to hire to meet growth goals or to seize on emerging technologies.

The push to expand head count, at least modestly, is a reversal from the prevailing corporate messaging during much of the AI era.

Major employers largely held back on adding people due to economic uncertainties or a belief that artificial intelligence could shoulder more tasks on the job. But some executives say the costs and limitations of AI now demand that more people be added; others want to hire people back following layoffs.


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Post ID: @OP+1kymnes3h

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They dont want top talent. They want yes men and women.

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Post ID: @15k+1kymnes3h

@re they can have 10% of the company assigned to HQ while the rest return to life as normal before Covid and WFH. That will be the only way the company can remain relevant and attract the talent needed to deliver their initiatives. Time will tell, but I prefer to bet against the strategy of big stink. It’s 100% so far.

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Post ID: @159+1kymnes3h

@qp
Once the new HQ is built, T is going to expect employees to pack that building. T has already promised City of Plano that 10,000 employees will be working from that location on a regular basis.

No resurgence in WFH for a LONG time.

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Post ID: @re+1kymnes3h

@q6 because when the job market turns it becomes an employees market and not an employers market. When that happens companies must offer the flexibility people want to remain relevant and attract top talent. You really should have seen this coming based on the timing of the new HQ build. Once it’s ready then WFH will have a resurgence.

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Post ID: @qp+1kymnes3h

@e7 why do some people say RTO is coming to an end? Is it because people won't have jobs? (Serious question)

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Post ID: @q6+1kymnes3h

LOL... you think ATT Gives A F about talent any more ?

They went from the best talent in the country to the best talent willing to work in dallas. I have seen real talent leave the company in the past year , people with skill learned over decades in and out of the field, not the paint by numbers and leave at 5pm crew. The leadership has made so many horrible decisions like the TMO merger, Direct TV and Time warner and this latest act is just another biggie. All they can do now is throw bodies at it . They will continue to chop heads and release talent to make their numbers. I am planning on retireing early in JAN 2027, I am done taking on more work because we had to cut people to make a number and I have no intention of training replacements . Maybe it will help retain a few other people a little longer.

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Post ID: @j6+1kymnes3h

@g9 good thing I can code then and also can do AI automations. I’m one of the people doing that work and I’m out as soon as I can. Tired of the bs, the low pay, and insignificant less than 2% raises. I’m going backwards vs inflation.

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Post ID: @gh+1kymnes3h

@OP Sorry it's different skill sets. AI watched keystrokes once reputation figured out, they automated it, so hiring programing skills.

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Post ID: @g9+1kymnes3h

They want people gone. They are looking forward to people leaving without having to pay severance and unemployment.

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Post ID: @fe+1kymnes3h

RTO is coming to an end

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Post ID: @e7+1kymnes3h

Welcome to WalMart!

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Post ID: @e4+1kymnes3h

We have unprecedented job market. Nobody is worried about H1B visas anymore except people living in the past looking to blame something or someone because their life is going nowhere.

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Post ID: @bf+1kymnes3h

JD Vance's wife is from India. You'll get the talk but nothing else will happen.

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Post ID: @be+1kymnes3h

JD Vance just proclaimed open season on H1B's... its going to get messy.

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Post ID: @b7+1kymnes3h

Stank
does
not
care.

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Post ID: @b5+1kymnes3h

AT&T does not have any growth goals. Stank has never been able to grow revenue. He can only cut expenses.

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Post ID: @at+1kymnes3h

Stank will never reverse anything. Too blind and proud.

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Post ID: @as+1kymnes3h

Imagine how sweet it would be if Stank has to reverse course on all of the BS he's spewed the last 3 years.

Talk about must see TV.

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