Stankey Needs a Reality Check — You're Not Elon, You're a Fiber Salesman

Can someone remind John Stankey that he’s not Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos? He’s the CEO of a telecom utility company. You sell overpriced phone plans, landlines, and internet. That’s it. No rockets. No innovation. Just aging infrastructure and mandatory RTO memos.
He talks about fiber like it’s revolutionary tech — when in reality, it's 20-year-old infrastructure most people outside the U.S. couldn’t care less about.
Now he’s bragging about acquiring Lumen, a company most people have never even heard of unless they live in one of the six states it serves. That’s not a bold move. That’s just AT&T playing Monopoly with leftover broadband pieces.

Meanwhile, he sends out a tone-deaf email scorning employees for not trusting leadership — while conveniently ignoring the dumpster fire that is AT&T’s internal morale.

This guy acts like he’s steering the future of tech when he can’t even assign desks to 5-day RTO employees. Arrogance without innovation isn’t strategy. It’s delusion.

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Poor John. He's having a sad because his troops see through him. Neither his pyjama parties nor his arrogant butt-hurt emails motivate his troops to follow his "leadership".

@c7 he’s free to leave too. Actually, everyone really hopes he does. Worst and most hated CEO maybe ever in history. Atop the CEO wall of shame. His epic failures will be studied in college courses soon and used as prime examples of what not to do.

"It’s time that you got a reality check. Stanley is our boss. If you don’t like the current terms of employment, you are free to leave."

Stanley? You'd think his mother would at least know his name. 🤣

@c7

Thanks so much for the insight but I will pass. I can do more to thwart productivity staying than I can by quitting. That's what brings me joy every work day ‐ opportunities missed, mistakes made, output not quite complete or correct, misunderstandings reinforced to name a few

Find a way to live with it. It's not changing no matter how many "suggestions" you post.

It’s time that you got a reality check. Stanley is our boss. If you don’t like the current terms of employment, you are free to leave.

What do CEOs like Stank teach me about leadership and career advancement?

Being an @$$#0!€ is rewarded
Don’t make sound business decisions, more important to look like you’re doing something that’s shiny than deliver actual value
Blame everyone else for your failure, it’s never your fault, never take responsibility
Treat your employees poorly, who cares, they are replaceable
Being arrogant is more important than being good.
Results don’t really matter.

"It’s like we are watching Jed from the Beverly Hillbil--es."

Nope. More like Jethro the double naught spy.

Nailed it

Well, it would seem he is very much like the other two as all three of them are a$$hol3s regardless of what they are pitching.

Making sure everyone sees this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/ar-AA1JU1HE

It’s like an ad against working at ATT.

Spot on OP. But what is flabbergasting is that he desperately wants the spotlight commensurate with being at the helm of a fortune 100 company, but doesn’t know the first thing about running it with class, style, integrity nor does he possess the necessary skill.
It’s like we are watching Jed from the Beverly Hillbil--es.

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