Anyone else hearing the rumors that they plan on cutting back severance from a max of 6 months to 3 months? That would be the start to them eliminating it all together. From the rumors I’ve heard.
Should 1st and 2nd level Managers unionize?
Grievances -- inaccurate time tracking, inadequate space to perform work activities, continued degradation of benefits, facilities improperly maintained, antagonistic leadership.
Federal Employees and AI in the workplace psychologists weigh-in
Federal employees recently learned that AI is being used to check government issued phones (landline/mobile), all Teams/Zoom virtual meetings, and calendar entries. Employees at multiple other agencies have identified the same. Federal Employees... — read more
Grim reality of working at AT&T
Why are there not enough desks? Why are there not enough parking spaces? Why is the presence tracking software developed by AT&T so horribly lacking in accuracy? Why are Exempt employees miscategorized to avoid paying them overtime pay? Why is all of... — read more
McElfresh Townhall
Can someone fill me in on what’s got everyone so upset and feeling disrespected? Was it something he said, how he said it, or maybe what he didn’t say at all? Let’s keep it focused on the facts and no personal shots.
AT&T San Ramon lease
San Ramon’s lease is up this year. Any insight as to lease renew or move to a diff building in other city?
RTO and COLLABORATION
ok so how many people "COLLABORATE" DAILY??? and with the restricted no assigning of seats, are you seeking out people to "collab" with? or are they ever new strangers sitting next to you that have NOTHING to do with your work. Hi want to collab?... — read more
To those stressing about RTO and time reporting
If you’re worried about being unfairly fired because of faulty time tracking at AT&T, it’s crucial to act before it happens. The timekeeping system might be underreporting your hours, and AT&T’s policies could leave you vulnerable to wrongful... — read more
Working from home today
Aka taking a PTO day and still working from home so as to not drive to the office 1.5 hours each ways just to not see or talk to anyone else
McElfresh Townhall
Imagine being so incompetent that you consciously divide your workforce amongst management and frontline. He couldn’t even hide his absolute disdain for his management employees. We are basically working 5 days a week the office because his... — read more
What’s in the water in El Segundo office?
They sent an email that it was tested but what was the concern in the first place?
HRBP's
Can someone explain to me why we have HRBP's when we have HROnestop? The market HRBP's are useless and just a fixture to show up on a call from time to time. When you ask a question, they refer you to HR # because they don't know the answer or how to... — read more
New round of terminations brewing
In March company terminated managers reporting into the office less than three hours. This week they are asking supervisors about office workers reporting less than seven hours. You know this is gonna lead to terminations. Forecasting lawsuits if so... — read more
The Hourly Presence report is wrong again . . .
Not only are the hours being logged incorrect, but the calculation of time in the office based on the hours tracked by the report are wrong. What a $hi+ show.
John Stankfinger
The worst CEO At&t has ever had to endure. Can you believe after all the heartache this company’s workers have had to endure that this narcissist is still in his position. It’s a disgrace! Corey and Jeff are absolutely not suitable replacements... — read more
A visual for Mr. McElfresh
Sir, since you intend to focus on the front line, let me iterate the point of your lower-level managers in a way that you can visualize. Imagine it is the beginning of a work day. The sun is rising over a dilapidated field office. Thirty... — read more
Core Hours
It's not a mistake that you're hearing all of the buzz about "core hours" now. While stopping just sort of mandating set hours (9 to 5 or what have you) -- we have gotten a couple emails now talking about how we need to work when our customers are... — read more
People don’t Quit Jobs
I am not sure how the rest of AT&T is going, but we have people leaving left and right, good people, people with tenure. I guess upper management is good with hiring id--ts so they can talk down to them, to make them feel superior.
Top 10 Company
Seriously, AT&T was recognized by LinkedIn #7 as a top 10 company for career growth??? What a load of cr*p. All the layoffs and surplus impacted employees across the nation and top talent?? Come on they had to pay them a hefty fee to get on that... — read more
Tentative agreement reached
https://cwad6.org/news/cwaatt-sw-bargaining-report-31
Jeff McSelfish - Ungrateful RTO Manager here
McSelfish, I admit I am ungrateful. I want a desk with a chair that I can adjust to my individual height and lower back anatomical requirements, just like you have. I don’t mind sitting on a Starbucks-like marshmallow couch for 1 hour, but it’s not... — read more
San Antonio/CWA District 6
If anyone can please answer me this it would be very helpful. I’m a union member in the San Antonio department for 25+ years and we were on the old SW contract and got moved to the Mobility Purple contract about a year ago. I keep seeing posts and... — read more
Is anyone aware of managers having the opportunity to relocate in recent months?
Or is that a thing of the past? Where they are only giving surplus notifications? I'm inquiring because as a result of craft layoffs, my location is no longer an option for my org.
Corey Townhall
Not sure which is worse between him and McSelfish, but the RTO question he said gave him high blood pressure. 1 question with over 200 up votes he tried to answer while clenching his teeth. Top 7 questions was just all RTO and leftover angst from... — read more
CWA/AT&T SW Bargaining Report #30 | CWA District 6
Didn’t do deep dive into the links so no idea of if there is pertinent info. https://cwad6.org/news/cwaatt-sw-bargaining-report-30
Employee Survey ‘25
Really confused on why they would launch an employee survey. At best you’ll get 3 responses. At worst, you’ll get the same feedback as before and won’t release the results.
What did he say?
The posts and replies are difficult to follow. Someone please post here exactly what JM said in his last 5 minutes?
It is the small things
Is anyone else’s manager constantly mad because you now refuse to answer emails outside of work hours? I am living for it. They really thought dragging us back into the office meant they had all the power again. Turns out, we did have some leverage -... — read more
Jeff McElfresh
On behalf of all managers in Dallas, Atlanta and Jersey, AND ALL OTHER LOCATIONS, we demand an apology and your immediate resignation. Your closing comments on your town hall this 8th of April were unprofessional, reprehensible, and completely... — read more
Broken Average Hours report will update tomorrow
Are you ready? Will it be accurate? Of course not! Will they take time away from your presence by creatively rounding your minutes? Not to mention the time you spend looking for parking and a place to sit, will you ever get that time back?
Accelerated downsizing
How is it possible that AT&T has so many unprofessional employees still on payroll after the surplus activities? I see people here night and day publicly trashing the company.
Supply Chain Surplus
Pre notification surplus given yesterday in supply chain for WA, CA, and MO. Some will be backfilled in Dallas and Atl, some will not.
Security Key
I’m a hard pass on driving my personal vehicle an hour round trip to pick my security key. I gotta keep my average hours looking good! But you can bring it to me, if it’s that important to YOU.
Wow, there is hardly any activity on this site today . . .
Its almost as if the moderator is deleting posts. The post about deleting posts from this weekend has been deleted.
McSelfish open Mic
Who’s going to ask the tough questions? Where do you feel the company culture and employee satisfaction are at today? Where’s the McKinsey survey results? Employee morale is at an all time low. What’s leaderships plan to change that? Post... — read more
Mid market and enterprise commercialization updates?
Anyone really know what's going on and what the outcome will be?
WFH still works
WFH still works. I have proof because i’m doing it right now. All the kings horses and all the kings men, can go pi$$ off because nobody in our org has to follow this lame RTO they are still trying to push!
Ticket 2 Ride celebrates its 257th Monday today!
The Ticket 2 Ride Program is celebrating its 257th Monday today! Let’s all give the program a big round of applause for its longevity, and leadership’s commitment to funding a program that has achieved so few milestones. It’s the cornerstone of... — read more
So frustrating
Every time they hire a new "manager," it's like they picked someone at random. No experience needed, apparently. Now the team has to train them while they make calls that set us back months. But hey, what do we know – we're just the guys who do the... — read more
Roll Call
Just for fun, where are you all from? I'm from Georgia.