Serious question. Should I expect something in the mail when being surplussed? I thought I had seen a reference to that on here somewhere but I never received anything in the mail.

I haven't seen any News coverage. Has anyone seen anything published indicating the total count? TIA

I was surplussed December 2023. Husband turned 65 Feb24 and enrolled in Medicare. Apparently, I was supposed to notify T within 31 days. I didn’t - my understanding is that he’d be dropped automatically from T benefits Turns out he’s still on... — read more 

‘Just keep in mind that ATT is selling the pension plans to 3rd party companies, which may include companies outside the US that are not subject to the 2006 PPA.“ You need to heed this advice. I want the fixed pension payments for life too, but... — read more 

Providers in our area no longer take AT&T benefit offerings for Vision and Dental. Everyone except mall eye doctors refuses EyeMed (like Visionworks and chains you find at Walmart). Dentists in my area are parting ways with Cigna. Everyone citing... — read more 

Where some companies will seek prospective employees from the entire country, ATT only hires people from the Dallas metro area, thereby reducing its pool of talent to a smaller area where other top tech companies are competing for the same... — read more 

Take a lesson from what is going on around you. I graduated college at 21. My father offered this advice, and I listened. Plan and protect yourself financially. Set aside 3 years of wages, 3 months in a bank account and the rest in an investment... — read more 

Just curious as customer service is no help...have there been AT&T wireless outages, issues this week? I haven't been able to make calls and receive texts in batches a couple times a day...

The culture of fear and favoritism has completely taken over. If you are liked by your manager, you can do whatever you want (or do nothing at all, to be more precise) and you'll be safe. If you're not, you're constantly bullied, threatened with... — read more 

old and Hanging on for a package

Thought I got MAX along with my mobile plan. Did that greedy as----e take that back too???!

I was surplused and have 10 years before retirement. I'm not making any changes to the pension and plan to take the monthly annuity when I reach retirement age. There is some risk but I have plenty saved in 401k and other retirement accounts. I... — read more 

What happened to free POTS line for retirees? When did Stink bo-b ki-l this one? (cheap S-B) noticed my Voip went to 30 a month after taxes and fees. I understand all the medical and life insurance changes after him and Randall sc--wed the pooch for... — read more 

Current Money Market alone paying 5% GET YOUR PENSION OUT OF ATT AND STANKEYS GRASP. Just do it. Hopefully over the years most of you have transferred the company match in ATT stock to just about anything else. ATT can't manageoney or cash flow. They... — read more 

It's a bunch of different things. There are layoffs slotted for every month of the year and there is a calendar of all the associated activities. A lot of tomorrow (i.e. today) is RTO related but not all. As far as the waves, different people work on... — read more 

Seeking advice related to pension from someone who’s already evaluated this ….. was laid off recently, but fortunate to have company pension. Need to decide on these options: take a lump sum of about $450k now and rollover into Fidelity IRA for... — read more 

Keep the Fourth of July celebrations going! Congratulations to those retiring.

California Warn Act Website has two layoffs listed for San Ramon 5001 Executive Parkway: 19 Layoffs, Effective 8/24/24 5005 Executive Parkway: 37 Layoffs, Effective 8/24/24

Our business sector is failing very badly right now. Employees are taught to make the customer add lines and not give them the option. ( saying oh it lowers the bill is why you have to do it). Cases on the back end don’t get completed customers have... — read more 

Multiple threads have mentioned July 9th. Is this the layoff date for wave 2 folks who did not accept moves to hub? Is it wave 3 date moved up? Or is it additional non RTO related layoff? Anyone really having first hand info please provide details. — read more 

Is it just me, or is the workforce composition changing rapidly? We have a lot of older people who're staying on because they're close to retirement and don't want to rock the boat and we have young folks who're here for a year or two max before they... — read more 

The ship is sinking.. fast. Every call I’m on; people are stressed, depressed, burnt out and waiting for the shoe to drop. Quotas took 6 months and the magic manipulation of target objectives… Stankey is a clone of Randal and they are laughing the... — read more 

Anyone experiencing this?

Darkstar! DARKSTAR! Are you ready?

How is the job search going? It's been pretty brutal here. I've applied to almost 200 jobs since March, have gotten about 30 actual rejections, and no calls for interviews. There's been a few bites but then it fizzles out. I've been networking like... — read more 

“Jeremy earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brown University. He serves on the Customer Advisory Boards for Microsoft & IBM and is a regular speaker and panelist at events such as CES and other industry events” Customer... — read more 

T loves to talk the connectivity talk, but it’s a lot of hot air. Neighbors admiring the Verizon speeds, even the Xfinity Mobile guys got better coverage. Hire techs who can do the Ohms and Hertz. It’s embarrassing to work here. Walk the walk!! We’re... — read more 

It sort of sounds like the sound of no union employees getting surplused.

What do you mean we can’t launch real products? We came out with the most innovative and disruptive cyber solution on Earth this year. Dynamic Defense will shake up the industry. The other security companies are literally freaking out. Palo Alto... — read more 

So in COR stores in the South it’s hard as you know what to get inventory! But yet ATT still using FedEx! Not a day goes by that stuff is not being stolen from the boxes before delivery! Over 8mths this has been going on and yet not one thing has... — read more 

On telecompetitor.com AT&T CEO Underlines the Need for an Effective Implementation of BEAD Posted on July 5, 2024 6:00am by Ian Doescher John Stankey, CEO of AT&T, named the effective implementation of BEAD Program funding—in service of closing the... — read more 

https://youtube.com/shorts/EakOXDTRJvg?si=np3S8wl-gZMzyvca

Spending over 150 paid union hours to support a contract for 50 employees for a pest control company that has paid zero dues and now we are taking on peace in the Middle East. How about taking care of the 100s of T workers that don’t have a future. — read more 

No layoffs today

I’m not going to lift a finger. Just doing the bare minimum to make sure I’m not fired. Fingers crossed I get laid off next round, and go live my life and do some more decent job in a decent company where there might be something to actually look... — read more 

Do you have to stay employed through March to receive it or will you still get your bonus as long as you stay employed through the end of the year?

Yeah, neither do I. It was so poorly executed. Senior Executives running around trying to figure out what the cloud was. Sad.

Fos Business News-Mayor Cherelle Parker announced in May that city employees must return to working in office starting July 15 or risk losing their jobs. District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees... — read more