Remember the tax cuts? We still get them. $3b per year.
Estimate Requested
It will never happen but ... if everyone on the BOD and in the C-Suite reduced their salaries to $250,000 with no bonuses, stock options, etc., how many jobs would be saved? Someone should ask that in a Town Hall when they know they are leaving the... — read more
Thank you streaming gods !
What a beautiful day once the Disney+, Hulu and now MAX bundle is complete I will finally be able to rid myself of this corrupt company AT&T. I have been tied to my mobility plan since being that I am grandfathered in with Max on my plan and I did... — read more
Is it possible to change your choice?
Sadly I accepted. I want to switch to Decline and get out. Anyone able to do that? What was the procedure?
Location Tracking COUs
Welp. Just left a meeting with my director. Newest add to the presence reports is using the location tracking on our COUs.
Culture survey
Where’s the results?
Did you ever try to take initiative at T?
I did it once and never again. Management here doesn't want to hear ideas, even if they're guaranteed to save time and money. They like how things are done right now and don't you dare try to change it. We're literally losing money by sticking to the... — read more
You never loved your job.
To all the kiss a$$ managers who claimed to love your job at AT&T. You never did. You just liked being able to hide at home and check in a few hours a week for conference calls. You are the reason this company is rotting from the inside. Too many... — read more
No strategic direction
At least I don't see one. All I see is a lot of "throwing things at the wall to see what will stick" type of decision making accompanied by the omnipresent and always necessary damage control. Am I missing something? Is there some master plan that... — read more
Blocked personal email on company laptop
I noticed on Mon 5/6 that personal email web pages are now blocked. Anyone else?
San Antonio
For the employees currently at the building off Saint Mary’s, I’m begging y’all to please be prepared next year when they surplus us again. I know we all need our jobs and are risking losing out on a bigger surplus on the new mobility purple... — read more
LevelBlue
AT&T divests its managed security operations formerly known as alienvault and AT&T cybersecurity. Google it
We need more layoffs
We need to cut the entire C-suite. That's where all the fat is.
2020-2023 "We dont care where you work, as long as the work gets done" -- late 2023 "We care where you work, and not about performance"
I attended a meeting last week with L2 Supervisors and L3s, discussing HWWW policies and questions (the whole slide deck was released for people to share with teams). Questions were asked about performance and how certain groups are seeing a decline... — read more
Finance STL hit with letters
Title says most of it. Was the Finance group in STL hit with letters last week? Any confirmation on this as well as timelines and such?
L2 Cuts Mass Markets Commercialization
Everyone knows they are coming. When will they be and how will work location factor in?
AT&T being sued over moving pension to Athene
https://www.plansponsor.com/att-sued-over-2023-pension-risk-transfer-with-athene-annuity-and-life-company/ But is Athene really an unsafe company? They have good ratings from Fitch and AM Best ratings. And all retirees are so far being paid so... — read more
Question for the STL Finance Group
Are you guys going to the CFO presentation today to speak your mind or boycotting it entirely? I'm asking so the other departments can back you up either way. Context: I've heard that the Finance people in STL got their letters last Monday (move or... — read more
Workday taxes issues
Someone had posted that there is some issues with how taxes are taken out after the Workday rollout. Does anyone know what one should do to check for the error on their paystub. Thanks in advance
If a manager is in the forest crying about RTO....
And there is nobody there to hear them. Do they still make a noise?
Current headcount
Anyone have most up to date #
1 Wall Street Analyst Thinks AT&T Stock Is Going to $20.
Awesome -- just another 25% in growth to $25 and ATT will be back to the pre-Stankey reign of error price.
Monitoring and Password Managers
I am wondering about the extent we are monitored. I use a password manager extension to help save login info for certain web tools, as well as to keep all passwords consistent after the mandatory password changes. Can the company see how often we... — read more
D9 Bulletin 19
https://cwad9.org/news/att-bargaining-bulletin-19-may-2-2024
Google.com domain is currently blocked for certain groups.
Maybe related to the webmail blocking. dont know.
ELI5: AT&T Turbo what is it, how does it work, and is it worth it.
I'm seeking facts. I read that QCI was changed and that this charge is essentially "buying back" where you were set to previously.
All web-based mail (gmail/yahoo/etc) to be blocked next week
New CISO, Rich Bi---h (or whatever his name is) is on the rampage about people not doing their jobs and doing too much "personal work" on their work computers. It will be done under the guise of "security," but it's a farce to get people to stop... — read more
Sat next to a guy who watched youtube all day.
After a few hours of this, I asked him whats up, and he said, he works in a group that reviews NDA and confidentail documents, so he cant have anyone walking around him seeing what he is doing. He also cant reserve an office as at our office... — read more
CWA UNION SU-K
You take our money and you stab us in the back by NOT NOTIFYING US OF YOUR DECISIONS to move us to mobility while we’re still under our own present contract. Yet when we had to come back to the office you notified us to complete survey/questionnaire... — read more
RTO tracking?
Anyone seeing VPN or network connectivity reports for RTO?
Apollo = Athene Same creepy guys linked to John Stankey
Relationship between Athene and Apollo: Apollo played a role in the formation of Athene. In 2009, Apollo co-founded Athene as a joint venture with Athene’s management team. Athene was established to focus on the annuity business, while Apollo... — read more
Always remember this - John Stankey & AT&T is your enemy.
This just in - I believe this is the same outfit (APPOLLO) that has bought a portion of AT&T retiree pension assets. I wonder where some of that potential $26 billion purchase price for Paramount is being financed - maybe with your pension assets... — read more
The harder you work the worst you're treated
That's the AT&T of today in a nutshell.
Share Buyback Soon
Finance rumors hint at a share buyback with some of the free cash flow gains in Q1. Should I hang on to my 401K match? What are you hearing?
New Single Seller Model Coming For All Channels
For sellers today who are part of an account team where you sell a single product like mobility CSEs or a strategic wireline services or fiber CSE your days are numbered the company is looking to go to a single integrated seller model, some of you... — read more
Age plus years of service gets me what?
MTR 75 gives you what exactly? I checked my pension with dates prior to MTR 75 and after MTR 75 and I don’t see any significant increase in benefit. What exactly am I supposed to be seeing here? In case of a layoff everyone cashes out lump sum and... — read more
What point should you have jumped ship?
I'll start... When in retail they had us convincing customers to put money onto an "Isis card" while Isis was beheading people