I should have agreed to RTO.
Looking for Insight
At the C-suite, BoD level, what’s the 3-5 yr plan here? Yes, we are going thru wrenching changes now as an organization, but to what end? They are laying off tens of thousands of people to reduce headcount, so that our revenue per headcount is in... — read more
GM's up to bat next
Word on the street is 25% GM reduction coming soon. About time!!!
Defer Severance
Should you defer your severance? Is it taxed differently if you defer to March? Is city tax taken out of severance? I’ve heard you are taxed less if you defer.
Space Mobile
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ast-spacemobile-welcomes-chris-sambar-123000958.html MIDLAND, Texas, June 24, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based... — read more
FSA - USE it now!
Use up your total committed to FSA $$ for the year before you are off payroll. Even if it is more than you put in, your employer or ex-employer can not come back on you for the amount you have not paid into the plan yet! Just make sure your... — read more
Not only peeps refusing RTO/relo laid off today
It seems it’s across the board from what everybody is reporting. Also, no real warning - which is sh---y. No wonder everyone here only barely exists while waiting to be laid off. Morale is peaking.
LevelBlue Layoffs
My whole team is gone in a flash. What are the extent of the cuts? ATT severance to be paid out, most off payroll in 2 weeks.
Tejas org
Anyone have any idea if Tejas org is getting hit with any layoffs?
AT&T wants Big Tech firms to pay into telecom and broadband subsidy fund
Reuters: June 24, By David Shepardson AT&T (T.N) CEO John Stankey said on Monday that Congress should give the Federal Communications Commission the power to require Big Tech firms to contribute to a government fund that subsidizes access to telecom... — read more
Phase 3 - Take Note
Management swore Phase 2 last day would be in December. Veazey even confirmed the December date in her town hall. Suddenly, it is moved to August. So, those who were honest about declining the move will come out worst than those who lied about... — read more
Can we get Stankey to read this article?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2024/06/25/3-ways-to-cut-costs-with-collaboration-instead-of-layoffs/
MR75
It's time for all those who were laid off and were 1,2 or... years away from MR75 to unite. Join "MR75 United" Private Unlisted Group on Linkedin to support each other in managing the legacy of the Nonbargained Program of the... — read more
Union call centers
Everyone seems to act like union call centers won't be surplused. I'm hearing the exact opposite thing. Our headcount has dwindled to nearly nothing and all of our top management has cancelled visits to our center. Does anyone here have any... — read more
Leadership leaving..hm
The amount of leadership that has left in the past few months has been kind of concerning. Not sure if this is a sign to start updating my resume or what? I’m just curious that AVPs have been hired and leave left and right. Something doesn’t seem... — read more
Layoffs tomorrow?
Do we know for sure? I hear different rumors.
Stankey Rally
T stock is up 21% over the last year. The plan is working. Stay the course John!!
Ferret out the Dinosaurs
Please, please, please cull the dinosaurs still trapped in their 2001 good-ol'-boy mindsets. The world has changed around them, and they are impediments to progress.
CIO townhall call
They had the ba--s to tell us how reliable our systems are after someone asked about the layoffs and service outages we've had. Such B.S.
Disney employees sue after selling LA homes for scrapped Florida jobs
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/disney-employees-sue-after-selling-la-homes-for-scrapped-florida-jobs/ Two Walt Disney Company employees who sold their homes in Southern California and relocated across the country when the company announced... — read more
New COR Retail Rep here (Coaching Culture?)
I’m 22 Just hit the sales floor 2 weeks ago, I used to work for Best Buy as a customer service rep for 4 years straight out of high school. I took this job because it pays well & I’m in a 1 bedroom apartment helping my Mother she’s on disability... — read more
AT&T is still on the hook for offering landline service in California
By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Jun 21, 2024 at 6:51 PM EDT AT&T can’t pull the plug on landline service for customers... — read more
Purple Contract
Word is that all non-management will eventually be moved to the Purple Contract. Management will also be moved to Mobillity, this includes 2nd and 1st line Managers. ATT can't afford to keep growing our pensions and salaries.
Dallas
Do the “Stankey leg” and your job is secure!
6/25 letters
Can’t believe I’m being paid 6 months pay because I declined to move. I was once worried but I’m so glad I declined. I’m so happy to be let go with a huge paycheck. 6/25 is almost here!!! I can’t wait!!!
It appears AT&T is still compromised
Package thieves are intercepting and fighting over AT&T phone deliveries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDCKCKO3s-8 Considering the two individuals were brawling, this isn't just a case of a retail employee tipping off their buddies. It appears... — read more
When will we finally be the correct size?
I don't get what the end game is. In the Bothell / Redmond area we had building after building with AT&T. now they gone, my kids school building used to be AT&T, little campuses here and there of amazon and msft used to be AT&T. vacant buildings used... — read more
why its all a scam
20-year results AT&T's stock price has not shown significant appreciation over the past 20 years. Your hypothetical $10,000 investment would be worth $9,752 today. That's a negative return, leaving you with less money than you originally invested. At... — read more
Fix Your Network, Puh-lease.
Coverage and speed going downhill since last year. I googled “AT&T Network Slow” and this site blogs about outages appears. Can someone ask your bosses to fix the network? No one answers 611 either.
T created a walking dead culture
I think that there are a lot of people who are waiting it out so that they will get severance. It's kind of like the walking dead. People want to leave, and won't be really upset if they get surplused, but they are just waiting around for the ax to... — read more
volunteer for layoffs?
with the rumored upcoming layoffs coming up, is there anyway to volunteer yourself. I’ve never been so stressed and unhappy in a role I’d prefer to just be let go with some severance and find something else. I’m being very serious. Would love... — read more
Atlanta Midtown Building
Amazing how empty our building is today.
DELL employees fight the good fight, unlike AT&T’s.
Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report, computer-maker Dell... — read more
Can you imagine
a place that has so lost it's way that it commissions an expensive survey to gauge the "culture", and then when the results come in , just decide to sit on them and not release them, as it paints the executive leadership in such an unfavorable light... — read more
Productivity
I get the sense all 155,000 employees are motionless while they wait and hope the CEO quits or is fired. It won’t change as long as he is in the position.
level blue updates
any1 have new info on coming changes and mass layoff? do you have a plan b?
Letters 6/25 and LDOP 7/9
Anyone have news from HR to confirm the rumors?
Management HC Delta
Does anyone have the head count change for badged management employees compared to the beginning of 2024? Just my sense but I don't see a large decrease so far.