Townes CS&O - Surplus Notification 5/22 Is this a troll or somebody in the know who is willing to publish numbers, locations, and levels??/ I'm skeptical.

Yikes. I am 61. I need to hold on for one more year. Legg is moving heaven and hecklesburg to crock block me. Massive contract with India pals to “help my team” and second contract with Croatian peeps to automate my work. Please, let a virus destroy... — read more 

Week of 5/20 announcements to be made on 5/22 and 5/23 Impacted locations: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Hoover, St. Louis, Sunrise, Sacramento, Brookfield, New Jersey Impacted titles: 1 L4 Delivery, 2 L3 Delivery, 3 L1 Delivery, 2 L3 Assurance, 2 L2... — read more 

some info on locations and orgs please = or is this just BS? TOP REMOTE LOCATIONS AND REDUCTIONS IN HC IN ATLANTA AND DALLAS PLEASE!!!!

I'm so lucky that I was eligible to retire, both personally and from AT&T HR's perspective by the time the wheels started falling off the AT&T machine. AT&T managed to bring itself to the brink of failure, only to be bought at salvage rates by SBC... — read more 

What is the plan for Reorg? They are not backfilling any of the open roles. Are we truly getting reorged? IE bigger territories? With so many people off the books I assume so. My fear is they would give some of the modules to SPs. I would like real... — read more 

I heard that some managers (real managers) have been laid off recently? I heard some were from ATS Organization under Irene Shannon. Is this true?

Appears to be Voice and Data outage in Central Oklahoma Metro Area (Uverse related and/or fiber cut?), as of about 2:30pm Friday. AT&T reporting time of repair by tomorrow (Saturday morning 4:00am-6:00am). No phone, no internet, no TV.

So sitting in the basically empty office on Teams calls like always and get this lovely Friday afternoon tu-d from leadership. “With your leadership, we’ve made great progress managing through this change for many and in creating thriving work... — read more 

Let's have a quick chat he says... Are you💩 your pants as I do...

Boss asked why my Teams always showing idle. Told her must be in building Wi-Fi. Now I need to buy a mechanical mouse mover. Any favorite brands? Heard we can’t use the usb software devices.

I wonder what kind of tax breaks AT&T gets for RTO: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-state/nj-firms-stand-to-lose-tax-breaks-unless-workers-come-to-office But I'm sure it's all about collaboration, right?

2022 6%, 2023 8.7%, 2024 3.2%. So just to keep up with COLA a 12% immediate raise is required. Then after a year 3% raise in wages would keep up with the cost of living. The CWA should be fighting for at least these percentages of raises for... — read more 

My boss just told us they are now monitoring if you logged into company IP to crack down on people just swiping their badge and going home. He said for now it’s just if you logged in not how long you were logged in. Anyone else hear this?

https://nypost.com/2024/01/11/business/elon-musk-rips-boeing-they-prioritized-dei-over-safety/

JVB org. What are the plans for downsizing. Sellers and engineering. What have you heard?

Apparently AT&T has just figured out they can use satellites for broadband now. If only they fully understood that when they had free reign with the other satellite company they owned.

Hearing rumors of more layoffs for public sector later this summer, has anyone else heard similar?

On the Last townhall Ward had all he did was tell his folks don't complain to the stank if he asks you how it's going. Also if don't like RTO, too bad, we aren't talking about it anymore

How funny that they’re going to surplus some departments to take away pension from service reps and senior consultants and taking away commission earnings for leverage reps. They know plenty of reps will leave and not continue the work. Now if you go... — read more 

I was questioned on not being in the office because my badge swipe was not recorded. I didn't leave the building and come back during the day. I only left when time to go home. Anyone else have issues with the reporting system showing badge swipes in... — read more 

Can anyone confirm or comment on this. It seems ridiculously high based on history. Any comments regarding locations?

For the new guidelines, seems like between PTO & holidays, if you are out 3 days, you aren’t going to be included in presence reporting. Does that mean you/your manager will get into trouble if you do not show up those 2 days? It states: 2 days or... — read more 

Has there been any information about when the last few remaining T employees in Southern California (specifically the El Segundo office) will be forced to either move to Dallas/Atlanta or quit?

I believe there are enhanced tools to monitor office attendance and RTO. How many employees have been laid off or left, and what is the target number the company wants to reach? What are the metrics being measured on how exactly RTO drives increased... — read more 

Did anyone get impacted by the past layoffs on Friday 5/10. What organization were impacted or how many layoffs?

Hearing some of those who moved to Dallas were affected by layoffs last Friday. Can anyone confirm?

Anyone affected or have heard of other being affected by layoffs this past Friday?

Final numbers are out. Over 400 level 1’s and 2’s are going to be hit. All the upper management must of just fit in the budget.

All of that bullsh-t talk about "integrity" is only applicable to you and I. The id--ts that run this company have a different set of rules for... — read more 

Just heard some rumblings - anyone know anything?

https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/rejecting-atts-request-to-withdraw-as-carrier-of-last-resort

… why do you ki-l yourself working?

I don't think anyone really "cares" ...but it is interesting and such a telling moment where here this third party survey that they paid a lot of money for, and spent so much time "strongly urging" all non-bargained for to complete...seems to have... — read more 

This is pretty funny: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/to-defend-against-disruption-build-a-thriving-workforce?cid=soc-web So the company that is running our 'culture' survey posted an article... — read more 

How are things going since Monday brand launch? Are you affected employees inspired and excited now?

Heard they were adding 300 call center people in the next few months.

Non hub location here. Overhearing conversations on my floor from some people with loved ones about obvious depression about impending layoffs. Some are very sui-idal sounding in tone. Overheard one very distraught person saying that EAP told someone... — read more 

Your time at AT&T has come to an end. Go forward and prosper.