Stankey, please come to mexico city and see for yourself : the amount of idling investment, your mexican CTO is not able to respond to business needs, dodging any kind of responsibility, using fear and lies as a tool to get things done. Of... — read more
PTO BS
So the young people get extra PTO and extra holidays. Those of us with tenure lose a week and get three bank holidays to replace them. I used to use PTO for some medical issues but no more. Time to start dipping into that sick time bucket.
They are trying every which way possible to make experienced employees unhappy
Make no mistake while we lost 2 PTO days overall, compensation losses can be bigger if you are experienced. The bigger loss may be the fact that TSR is now a much narrower band 80-120%. Suppose middle of a salary band is 100,000. 80% is 80,000... — read more
Culture b---s---
All this talk about culture is really just about how you as an employee need to respond to the business. It’s not about treating employees with respect!
Pto days
Y’all were right the PTO days got changed as of today for 2021
We are getting “worked out of business” & hangin in is the BEST response! What is smartest way?
Company = Ha Union = Please ??????
AT&T's MASSIVE MISTEP
From Seeking Alpha... *The management team at AT&T decided, after months of negotiations, to sell anime streaming service Crunchyroll to Sony. *This move will help the firm pay down debt, but it's a massive mistake for the firm... — read more
Comments are lighting up!
The HR email came out and the comment boards are lighting up with "praise" for the "bold" "leadership". Make sure to make your voice heard!
Vaccine
If AT&T tries to make it mandatory, will you take it?
America's 5 Worst-Run Companies of 2020, T is Number 1 on the List
https://247wallst.com/business/2020/12/08/americas-5-worst-run-companies-of-2020/
I HAD A DREAM
INDUSTRY’S BIGGEST FILMMAKERS AND MOST IMPORTANT MOVIE STARS WENT TO BED THE NIGHT BEFORE THINKING THEY WERE WORKING FOR THE GREATEST MOVIE STUDIO AND WOKE UP TO FIND OUT THEY WERE WORKING FOR AT&T THE WORST WANNABE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, THEIR ... — read more
28.79 Union dues
So where is the CWA at in all this in the year of the Pandemic?There are so many questions about the sale of Directv! We as employees are people too and there are no reps around to give Directv employees advice or a step in the right direction about... — read more
Bumping rights
So . In middle of surplus and being told can’t bump because of job offer outside of FAA?! Anyone know if this is right?? Was lateral but not in forced adjustment area
Dumping a once great company
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/att%E2%80%99s-sale-directv-said-be-close-dish-network-isnt-buying-174150
DirecTV 15B$ valuation and UVERSE = ??
IPTV started with SBC almost in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since then it was architected with teething troubles and when finally the bugs were ironed out, streamlined and by distributing the fixed costs of SHO VHO by increasing density of VRADs... — read more
The worst I have seen it
I have been in retail for almost 7 years. Not as long as some, but long enough to know the business. This really is the worst I’ve ever seen it. I understand our end of the business ebbs and flows. It’s high pressure sales. But it seems as though... — read more
Are we not trying to win the streaming war?
Or at least survive it? Then why are we selling something that could be a moneymaker if ran properly? Sony will be buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion, Sony and AT&T announced Wednesday... — read more
Legacy T reorg
What the hell are they ramping up to do in the new year? Anyone know?
Retired AT&T Management - question regarding AT&T service offerings
Here is what I currently pay monthly: $31.35 landline $121.37 Uverse & Internet $167.21 Wireless - 2 lines unlimited + 2 new phones With AT&T discounts does this seem correct or am I paying too much? Also, have other retirees kept their at&t... — read more
Stock up 10% in one week
It ended day at 31.50, up 3 dollars since being around 28. Great job Stankey. Get out of DSL. Sell wireline. Focus on fiber and wireless and HBO Max. You will bring us higher and higher stock prices. and dividends. And rationalize... — read more
AT&T's HBO Max is the 'worst streaming service,'
https://www.cnet.com/news/att-hbo-max-is-the-worst-streaming-service-tenet-director-christopher-nolan-says/
Hard to accept
I know it’s difficult for caring and motivated professionals to think like this, but the sad fact is, full time, American workers are strongly disliked by the “leadership” team. May I suggest we all just try to emotionally detach from this place, do... — read more
AT&T Fields DirecTV Offers Above $15 Billion Including Debt
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-enters-late-stage-of-directv-auction-fielding-offers-above-15-billion-11607526184?mod=hp_lead_pos7 Churchill Capital Corp. IV buying DTV?
AT&T Winning!
Hollywood is reacting angrily. Christopher Nolan, who has a long history with Warner Bros., ripped the company: "Some of our industry's biggest filmmakers and most important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the... — read more
In the new
AT&T Inc. T debriefed investors about its progress on various operational metrics. John Stankey to increasingly focusing on its customer-centric busines, Moving forward, AT&T is poised to benefit from the impending 5G boom, . AT&T remains focused on... — read more
Morale is in the dumpster
At my location everyone comes in as if they are facing a death sentence. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad to see. The only thing that perks them up is when there is a box of sweets someone occasionally brings in and everyone is on a sugar high... — read more
Complete lack of transparency
How many of you have noticed there has been complete lack of transparency from the ELT lately? Let me be clear, AT&T has never been a paragon of openness but I don't think that it was ever as bad as it is now. We have to find out about benefits being... — read more
AT&T Rehire
Is it possible to be rehired after being laid off? I recently applied for a job with AT&T and noticed one of the questions asked if you had received a severance package from AT&T. Sounds like an automatic disqualification but wanted to see if anyone... — read more
New positions opening
Thinking about applying for legacy t Networking Technical specialist. I cannot find much information about it and I see quite a few positions open up. Can anyone give some info about the position and why suddenly they are hiring? I heard from... — read more
what's going on at DIRECTV ?
Anything changed at the ol' El Segundo office?
We are #1 losers... So there’s a chance?
https://247wallst.com/business/2020/12/08/americas-5-worst-run-companies-of-2020/
Article praising the great ATT !!!!!
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/att-dismantles-time-warner-to-battle-netflix-the-inside-story.html
AT&T Stock above $30
Anyone know what's going on here?
2020 WORST Run Companies / Anyone’s guess on #1?
https://247wallst.com/business/2020/12/08/americas-5-worst-run-companies-of-2020/
$2700 Supplement in Retirement
If they cut that out I will be dropping all of my services from AT&T. That would be my last tentacle to the company as I have been retired almost four years. That tentacle will be severed. I bet there are a lot of retirees like me that think... — read more
"Change" notification emails are hitting
Partner just received an HR update confirming many of the changes rumored in other posts recently for non-bargained workers: PTO time changes: 0-9 years = 23 days; 10+ years = 28 Three additional Holidays recognized: MLK Day, Presidents Day... — read more
AT&T IS IMPLODING ...out of options
In another blow Roku Inc. declined to carry the service on their TV platforms. Awesome!! DirecTV, no one wants it! U-verse shutting down! HBOMAX, low subscription base! As Warner Bros, the icon a nearly century-old studio in AT&T'S hands... — read more
AT&T Management Severance Package
Hello - I'm being laid off after 24 years with AT&T. Does the severance payment come as a Lump sum and can I draw Unemployment right after I leave AT&T? Thanks much
What will be the next thing to take from the Employee?
So they have taken away the supplement, vacation, IPI, promotions, etc. What will be the next hammer to fall? Pension?
This article is great. Now at&t is running off the content creators of their films and shows
Just when you think at&t can’t act more incompetent , we bring you this story .... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christopher-nolan-rips-hbo-max-as-worst-streaming-service-denounces-warner-bros-plan