Wow, I was shorted more than 4 hours in 4 days. One day it shorted me significantly such that I did not reach 6 hours on the report.

I personally felt he demonstrated why our company is ranked # 567 out of 600 Companies for Employee Culture. He said nothing new but did double down that in spite of reading the survey comments, nothing is going to change. Let me repeat that…... — read more 

That is all. Whether you make 56k or 250K. You’re still the working class at T . Gentle reminder to protect yourself, get affairs in order. Just be proactive.

Do you feel like it might be the right time for the company to offer management employees with pensions a retirement package? With everything changing so quickly in the business and with fewer people coming in under the old pension structure, it... — read more 

The rumor mill isn’t just noise this time, there’s a storm brewing. Multiple friends in high places are warning me NVWs are squarely in the target zone for Q4 layoffs. RTO FTW purges were just the appetizer. Now leadership wants the main course... — read more 

Please help this old boomer… retired and need to pay my life insurance.

Project Firewall is an enforcement initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 19, 2025, aimed at curbing abuse in the H-1B visa program. It focuses on investigating employers suspected of exploiting H-1B visas to displace... — read more 

One time I was given an 'anonymous' survey about job satisfaction at work, and wrote in one comment 'I don't think its fair to tell employees their responses are anonymous when they're not' and I was called into a meeting with HR where they assured... — read more 

That’s all. Post it everywhere..

Does anyone know more about this? Thanks! US OPT tax push coincides with 25% outsourcing penalty on US companies https://x.com/FinancialXpress/status/1969728070962540590 US lawmakers have proposed taxing international students’ earnings from the... — read more 

The company is about to capitulate and come across with the long awaited BONUS OFFER. FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY! CWA TECHS GONNA BE FREE AT LAST!!!!!!

This amuses me. Meanwhile they have destroyed the careers of millions of people. But that’s ok. Trump needs to put a tariff on offshoring.

So d-mb

Which group will be the first to go back to Hybrid work?

Any news on next layoff? Is it every month or every quarter?

JVB said I’d have to pay back all of the commission on my 100,000 SIM card deal in NYC. I guess I’ll go back to cold calling.

That tells you everything you need to know about this company. The only thing worse would be if they were %600

How do you fix this?

https://www.forbes.com/lists/employers-culture/

When we worked from home, people cared more. We gave work extra attention, checked in after hours, and delivered our best because we had the energy to. With 5-day RTO, that’s gone. Now it’s just “do your 8, get out, forget about work.” The commute... — read more 

Hearing from multiple coworkers in different orgs that the company is moving to an even harder stance on 5 days.

Anyone have any real information regarding the all hands call for the centralized team under Hristov and King? Last minute email went out mid afternoon.

I never left the office. I don't have that luxury or privilege.

Department of labor now investigating visa abuses. https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/us-launches-project-firewall-to-protect-american-workers-in-h-1b-visa-program/ar-AA1MWreB

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/return-to-office-workers-fail-3d966807?mod=hp_lead_pos1 The Rush to Return to the Office Is Stalling Microsoft, Paramount and other companies are stepping up calls to get back to the workplace. Many of their... — read more 

I can’t wait to see how much MORE Money AT&T will Lose for each H1B Visa replacing American workers. These Executives are highly skilled at Losing Money. 💸

They just announced a new CEO. Not impressed and may stay with T now. I know this a site for T but I have stocks in all 3 big telecoms.

They just hired Darcie Henry to run HR. The same Darcie who spent decades at Amazon while they became infamous for break-neck quotas, high injury rates, and treating workers like garbage. Then she went to Snapchat where she was part of cutting 20% of... — read more 

Have the rules relaxed or it is still 5 days RTO?

Anything? The only thing I can think of is that now I'm fully ignoring anything work related after business hours, and I used to be available at all hours while WFH. But that certainly can't be considered an improvement for the company. Is there... — read more 

Stankey’s memo was triggered by internal warning signs from surveys. The results showed a noticeable drop in morale and buy‑in. His solution may have backfired. How else could he have addressed declining employee engagement?

Morale and Culture The continuous layoffs have taken a toll on remaining employees: "T has developed a very toxic culture, and morale is understandably low." 7 min read · Aug 25, 2025 . AT&T, one of America’s largest telecommunications... — read more 

I am hearing chatter that a big layoff is going to happen tomorrow, Monday, Sept 22, mainly for L2s, some L3s in Network. Please let us know under which VP and AVP this is happening.

And my manager is trying to intimidate me using the presence report. What can I do or say to get them off my back?

Now that a little time has passed, I thought about sharing some thoughts with you all, John's minions, and the staff at Business Insider and other outfits who scour these forums for hints, facts, or observations. BI asked for comments to their... — read more 

This is why finding a job is so difficult: over 800,000 layoffs have been announced in the U.S. so far in 2025, making it the worst year for job cuts since the pandemic peak in 2020, and the year isn't even over yet. The causes include: Impact of... — read more 

https://www.fastcompany.com/91391672/remote-work-isnt-the-problem-mediocre-leadership-is-work-from-home-bad-leadersh

Been going around that she is very upset that her saying that we should ignore the presence reports got out on the interwebs. I guess her freeeloader remark didn’t land well. Funny, none of these people were all that upset when the company scr_wed... — read more 

T and other companies in US might have a very big impact because of this.

Got the word. Our group in Michigan is moving back to 5 days in office. Thought we were going to be good at 3 days. Was nice while it lasted.