That will mean there will be two slots for management on the Board - Executive Chairman - an actual employee, and the CEO. No need then for a Lead Director which will open up a seat since M Rose will likely retire. Any thoughts or rumors on who... — read more
AT&T Decimated by Sr. Executives & Technocrat Mgmt Consulting Co.'s
Although this article was published a while ago, it describes exactly what's happened at AT&T, and the loss of middle management jobs, which losses are in turn decimating the middle class, as the same pattern is repeated throughout corporate America... — read more
Falling MeAT&Teorite
AT&T has the cash flows to support the stock price at $30 and pay a 7% dividend yield? yes...but The company doesn't necessarily have the market position to control their future, and the won't, see the utter failure of Warner Media and their firing... — read more
AT&T SpellS failure, too hard to manage
AT&T: Losing Relevance In Key Markets T-Mobile claims the #2 domestic wireless provider position. HBO has already fallen into an irrelevant position in the video streaming category before launching HBO Max. AT&T should continue missing... — read more
ATT MX nonsense!
T in Mx is recycling obsolete and incompetent leaders making them VPs and C-suite at the same time! None of them making any difference or showing any kind of potential, nor they are accountable of performance of their people or that of the... — read more
misery loves company-600 layoffs at Warner Bros begging Monday
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/warnermedia-layoffs-warner-brothers-hbo-1234729976/
Give me my ESIPP ... so I can leave knuckleheads ...
Keep paying me to do nothing ( not by my choice ... there is less and less work to do ) or pay me to leave ... With interest rates at or near record lows, you would think or genius leadership could figure out how to pay a lot of people to leave... — read more
Culture change comes from the top. 90 percent
Of the employees have zero respect for Randall, John, and The Board. End of Story.39
Retail begging for Google reviews
I know this is not lay-off related. Retail stores are practically begging customers for Google reviews. There is even a daily quota. And guess what reps are calling. Friends to get them to give good reviews.
CWA
Cash Without Accountability Pay your dues to keep this c-ap union alive. Stop paying your dues to fill pockets of yes men and women
Notice Received today
Welday>Choy org (Broadband). LDOP 09.03.20.
stubborn embattled Telco not negotiating
Broken in square HBOMAX projections and positive spin that AT&T T put on the launch of HBO Max does not reflect the reality as demage vontrol guru.. John T. Stankey, stated that, “HBO Max IS STRONG, on track to hit its targets and that the product... — read more
Repeated post on severance
I could not find a way to search for this so bear with me. For the ex T folks, how long after you came off payroll did it take to get your severance payment. was it a check or direct deposit? thanks.
when does at&t buy a garbage company....
that type of acquisition would fit it real smooth, integration would be seamless.
No sports. No College football. So why hasn't my cable bill been reduced.
Licensing fees paid by cable networks to sports leagues (NFL, NCAA etc) make up the majority of your cable bill, whether you know it or not. Even if you have NO sports packages and watch NO sports, you are subsidizing sports on cable. So why is... — read more
ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ABANDONS THE USS STANKEY
Kirk McDonald is leaving AT&T’s advanced advertising unit, Xandr, to become CEO of North America for WPP’s GroupM ad-buying unit. McDonald was Xandr’s chief business officer, and had also been serving as interim head of the business since Brian... — read more
Hiring
It seems at&t is hiring now after the layoffs?
For years I hid my badge in public and didnt
Recommend ATT products and services. Now I simply recommend TMobile and Cutting the Cord. Go check out ATTs web site from a consumers perspective. Total dumpster fire of confusion and links that don't work. TMobile, Metro PCS, cut the cord and I... — read more
The Show is Over At the Studios
The Week Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died The streaming services are in charge, and bringing a ruthless new culture with them. The New York Times / Ben Smith (Archived at http://archive.is/wcuxy ) Aug. 16, 2020, 8:43 p.m. ET For... — read more
Does anyone else find the "new culture" stuff nonsense?
I mean, who sits down in front of 200,000 people and says, "Hey guys, let's make a new culture. Here's a powerpoint on what it looks like" ? Culture is something that's fostered and created through interactions between employees, cultivated by... — read more
At&t Market Value
7/31/13 —At&t Market Cap - 187.17 Billion 7/31/13 —T-mobile Market Cap - 17.52 Billion Fast forward to 2020 7-31-2020- At&t Market Cap - 210.76 Billion 8-3-2020- T-mobile Market Cap - 132.20 Billion What’s even more puzzling is At&t had a... — read more
Mentally taxing!
Working here is becoming more mentally taxing. Does anyone else feel the same?
AT&T’s Comments on RS
Matt Rose, AT&T’s independent Lead Director, said, “Randall has done an outstanding job as CEO in transforming AT&T into a leader in communications, technology, and media and entertainment. His strong leadership and strategic investments during a... — read more
Thoughts on bonus memo?
Estimated 80% tied to CPI or IPI as well? Appreciate the memo and know uncertainties but still a little hard to plan finances. L2 still likely to get 11%, plus or minus taking CPI+IPI?
How fast is SpaceX's satellite internet? Beta tests show it hitting up to 60Mbps
Att is so screwed lmao https://mashable.com/article/spacex-starlink-internet-speed/
Adding Insult to Injury...
Is anyone else having difficulty getting through to an "Associate" to confirm COBRA coverage? Have held for an hour twice to confirm that COBRA coverage is needed. Disconnected both times. Dialing the number provided in the Severance Paperwork. ... — read more
Not b--ching
I know that seems to be the order of the day on this forum, and people use it to vent their frustrations with the company. That's fine... to a degree, but we can also recognize when it does things well or right. McElfresh's recent memo about... — read more
old timer checking in, retirement just around the corner.
sorry for those stuck on this ride. there really isn't a way this company can turn it around. huge debt, huge competition, and honestly leadership is about as bad as you can get.
Promotions extended based on race, not experience
It’s a sensitive topic that needs to be openly discussed: prioritizing promotions based on race. As a white male I’m not going to sit here and claim that my life was harder growing up than my black colleagues because it likely wasn’t. I won’t claim i... — read more
Leadership Social Justice Commentary is a Smoke Screen
All the Social Justice commentary by the leadership team and their sycophant followers in Dallas is only being used to deflect from their extremely poor performance and bad decision making. It is being used to create tension among the existing... — read more
Content Market is so Saturated
Game of Thrones, Sopranos, with so much being pumped out everything feels like it is diluted and a commodity. No premium to be had with Time Warner content. And I doubt ATT Time Warners ability to even stay within a few laps of Netflix or Apple given... — read more
COR STORE CLOSINGS ?
Has anyone heard anything about more corporate stores closing ?
AT&T Mexico does it again
AT&T's backyard aka AT&T Mexico has named, AGAIN, obsolete and incompetent VPs and a CIO that can't even manage to get up and running trivial systems and technology, but worry not, they excel at : arse-kissing, zero accountability, manipulating... — read more
When does DTV get axed
Axe it now, ridiculous to try and sale a service that is outdated. Let’s start a streaming service that is limited streams expensive has a contract and 2 year price increase. This is 1995 television tactics. A lot of good people will lose employment... — read more
AT&T Fires Hundreds Of DC, HBO Execs In Latest Example Of 'Merger Synergies' Failures
Nice analysis of current and not so current events at ATT. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200811/07375045088/att-fires-hundreds-dc-hbo-execs-latest-example-merger-synergies.shtml
Randall Stephenson Comments in 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008 Yeetle Box - AT&T Breaks Pledge, Keeps Pledge to Shareholders AT&T pledged in 2006 to bring back 5,000 customer service jobs to the U.S. from India, eliminating its low-wage foreign call centers. But CEO Randall... — read more
MVO Offer Out Today for Finance
Levels 1-4. Wonder How many will take the offer?
Mount Rushmore of failure: IBM GE and AT&T
https://investorplace.com/2020/08/att-still-failing-up-for-income/