No 2 weeks notice, no transfer of knowledge, nothing. That is the culture Stankey has cultivated. He thinks of us as no more than a means to an end, and as employees we should reflect that culture.
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@n6, incorrect. PTO policy for management states that if employee leaves the company, they get payout for any unused accrued /earned PTO but they do NOT have to pay back for any taken over the earned amount. Check the PTO police linked in HROneStop.
For those that are saying that you get all 28 days and can take them no matter what, you are in for a rude awakening IF you actually work at AT&T. As Stankey mentioned in his manifesto against the employees he has 'consciously shifted away' from many of the historical benefits of working at AT&T. They quietly updated the PTO policy a few years back and you need to go read it. You get your bucket on Jan 1 but if you leave for any reason (quit, layoff, fired, retire) during the year they calculate how many days you 'earned' and that is your bucket. If you are over that you will loose those hours from your last check. I have had team mates run into this and now I warn everyone. I'm retiring Aug 15th and have keep this in mind. If you don't believe me, and care to check, it is easy to find the current PTO policy on the HR website. If you are at 28 days you get 2 each month plus 1 extra the first month of each quarter that you are on payroll. That is the policy now and shows that AT&T is no longer an employee focused company (among many other things).
“ . For management I'm fairly certain it gives it to you but it actually accrues during the year meaning if you leave having taken more time than you earned you're subject to paying the company back.”
you’re absolutely incorrect. You’re not subject to pay in the company back if you use more PTO than you accrued when you leave the company. The company gives it to you to use you use it how you see fit. The only time accrual has to do with anything is if you leave the company with accrued time not used. Then the company pays you your accrued balance. They do not require employees to pay back anything over an accrued balance at the time they leave the company. This literally happens all the time. It also stated in the PTO and severance policies. A bunch of geniuses out here that haven’t ever read through a freaking policy.
“I have one word for you… accrual. Look it up.“
There’s something for you to look up… Management is given all of their PTO at the start of the year earned or not. It is yours to use starting January 1. You can absolutely use all 28 days as you want. The company will only payout what you accrued via a check when you leave the company but if you’ve used all your time, accrued, or not, and quit or get surplus the company does not require you to pay any of that back. People do this all the time. Every single person impacted in my group by the last RTO used every one of their vacation days before their off payroll date, despite it not being accrued. There are no negative effects to the employee.
My organization has lost an equivalent of nearly 390 years of combined institutional knowledge over the last 6 months. The few of us that are still left behind are in a state of shock and bewilderment. Our organization will never be the same again.
“ I am staying thru end of year to get the bonus and then plan to use all my PTO Jan thru March”
I have one word for you… accrual. Look it up.
It’s what happens when those in leadership made disastrous purchases which lost billions instead of investing in R&D and the network over a decade and a half ago. Bunch of want-a-be Hollywood clowns. No accountability for them because You are the problem, they will leave with millions for failing.
It’s a paycheck, I punch the clock, do what’s asked, collect my check and go home. They don’t care about us, they don’t give us extra bonus, promotions, or recognition for going above and beyond, then don’t expect me or anyone to go above and do more and more with dwindling to non-existent resources. More cost savings and cutting? There’s nothing left to cut. You want us to re-use toilet paper or bring our own? The culture here is 8 and skate now. That’s what they wanted, that’s what they get.
I am staying thru end of year to get the bonus and then plan to use all my PTO Jan thru March and leave with zero notice.
Be careful with this you may want to double check with HR or your union rep on if you actually have that time to take at the beginning. For management I'm fairly certain it gives it to you but it actually accrues during the year meaning if you leave having taken more time than you earned you're subject to paying the company back.
I am staying thru end of year to get the bonus and then plan to use all my PTO Jan thru March and leave with zero notice. They are getting bare minimum work out of me the remainder of the year. Going to max out all the caregiver days, have a few stomach bugs and use my remaining 15 days of vacation this year. Company doesn’t care about us then we don’t care about them.
This is literally what it has become. I cannot tell you the amount of teams I have had conversations with where people stumble over “well actually I didn’t make this. The person who did left the company”. And by that, they mean someone who had years of experience in this job suddenly was laid off due to RTO. I wouldn’t do a knowledge transfer at that point either. Don’t blame them, but it is creating cracks all over the company.
"they have been doing everything right to su-k up"
It was not to "su-k up". We were told by our leaders that if we did good work and showed loyalty to the company that there would be benefits for remaining with the company long term. Stank has taken a lot of that away.
I feel bad for employees who are with the company for long period of time, they have been doing everything right to su-k up but not understanding that they will be kicked out without a second thought.