Disappointed but not shocked.
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The CEO is correct about one aspect. This went from a being a profession to nothing more than a paycheck during his watch. His email only inspires workers to want to see him fail faster. AT&T needs a CEO who can instill pride in the work we do.
"John Stankey: It's not me, it's you."
The guy criticizes the last threads holding this 100+ year old company together
"28,500 professionals who are disappointed by the damage he has wrought on our work culture and company,"
Where did you get this number? I didn't see it in the email.
99,000 participants in a survey the CEO blessed, and then hounded employees to participate in, and he can't find anything of merit in the responses? How is that possible? What was the purpose of the survey?
Checking now, I didn't receive any emails about a survey. Was this a company-wide distribution list?
"The CEO of AT&T addressed the 28,500 professionals"
Mr Stankey needs a mental health evaluation. I cannot get the picture out of my mind of him giggling when he signed it.
Post the email!
@ap Sorry but that doesn’t sound credible. It’s the AVPs jobs to tell us that we should appreciate the response (ha!).
"The CEO of AT&T addressed the 28,500 professionals"
Our AVP apologized to us for the CEO's comments, said it was the most shameful day of his tenure with ATt
"79% feeling committed and engaged” is a stretch."
That is not a measure of the C-suite and top leadership . . . it is more of a measure of the group you work in. It is easy to be committed to the direct work you do without wanting to contribute to the company as a whole.
The CEO of AT&T addressed the 28,500 professionals who are disappointed by the damage he has wrought on our work culture and company, a company that was once an American icon of ingenuity and creativity.
John Stankey: It's not me, it's you.
@ac it will leak and he knows it will leak but as has been said over and over. They. Don’t. Care.
It would be a real shame if that email found its way onto social media.
I want to see the results of the question about recommending AT&T as a place to work.
If i were younger, I would be looking for another job - T is a disaster
"“79% feeling committed and engaged” is a stretch. But what do I know…."
Yeah, I would love to see the break down of that number.
what was noticeably missing from his email were the ACTUAL results from the survey :-).
It was all spin /BS doubling down on the RTO bullsh-t. I would love to see the actual results, but I have a better chance of winning the lottery.
Typical AT&T - we made a bad decision, but fu-k it - we will plow ahead anyway.
He made it clear his mindset is lords and serfs. The majority’s opinion doesn’t matter when the minority holds control.
Time to plan for my exit. F this place.
Well he made it perfectly clear. It's all of us who are wrong, not management. And if you don't like it, GTFO. what a disaster. This new "culture" is going to be nothing but a bunch of braindead corporate yes-men.
He's tone deaf but is he wrong?
Mobility is about to get it's lunch eaten by Satellite backhaul in less than 6 years.
AI is about to bring in a level of micromanagement we've never seen before and will be he-l for anyone left behind.
This many be the most tone-deaf email I have ever read. It is completely clear that he can't stand us and thinks we're all id--ts. And no the mention of changes to time of have me worried how many more days they're going to take away from us.
Ole Stankey Stank's email was absolutely what we all expected. A lot of consultant speak using corporate buzzwords to obfuscate the real issues. But, basically, John told everyone if you don't like working in office 5/week and being tracked then get the fu-k out. What a tu-d. But we already knew that. He'll be shocked when someone who has nothing to lose absolutely goes apeshit on him in an elevator one day. What an id--t.
“79% feeling committed and engaged” is a stretch. But what do I know….
Ha. Using an Ai model to write the summary of how you felt.