Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

To the OP: I'm right there with you.

I had convinced myself that the layoffs wouldn't hit me because:

1. I always had very good performance evaluations
2. I did everything ever asked of me, and volunteered to do more (taking on-call weekends, etc)
3. I did their stupid 2020 classes and even got two nanodegrees (and are these useless)
4. I won the SEA a couple years back
5. I've been repeatedly praised and encouraged by my supervisor, the director, and my VP

Then in August I got the axe. No reason (at least none given), and no apology. The only thing I can think that was working against me was that I was legacy DTV and was still working on that line of business.

Even though I thought I might be safe I was never deluded about the folks running T. I could tell they were all incompetent, malignant, arrogant, selfish, petty, ignorant, lickspittles who couldn't be trusted to mop up the men's bathroom at a truckstop diner much less run a company.

I have to say, I am quite relieved to be gone from that place, as my new job is more fulfilling and not at the whim of total jackholes who need to keep laying off people to cover for their bumbling. Even better, calling to cancel everything related to T felt liberating, as I now know not a single penny of mine is voluntarily going to fund anyone there.

As far as the T "leadership" ... well, I try not to think about them, but if I were to hear how they all were on a plane that exploded over the Atlantic, I wouldn't be concerned at all.

sorry that you regret doing your job fully while you were being paid your agreed salary to do just that. i suggest that instead you feel good about yourself for actually doing your job and earning your pay honestly. it's called a work ethic. if enough americans can hold onto that ethic, this country will be ok. if not, we're all doomed. it will then be a never ending race to see who can get the most of something for nothing. today in this country, there are many, many millions of folks who get something for nothing every day. i know quite a few of them. none are very happy, even while getting their free handouts at every turn.

@1qqx+1811yYqZ,
How does it feel to be you? No compassion for your fellow man, just cruelty and scorn. You are a miserable person and should be ashamed.

Welcome to the club! If you were putting in 110% there is no way you would be able to just the bare minimum - it's not in your DNA. However, 100% would have been good enough and your frustration is understandable. Here are some thoughts:

1. AT&T is going through turmoil and your lay off is the direct result of restructuring. You would still be working at AT&T if ________ (fill in the blank) was managed differently/better. Hold your head high and know that there is another team that will be glad to have your great work ethic and experience!

2. Keep in mind that your manager is scared for their job. Does it excuse their behavior - no. But it helps to explain it. At a bare minimum you manager should have been encouraging everyone in their group to keep their resume and LinkedIn up to date - that is NOT obvious if you been working 110%, getting great performance reviews, and there is zero sign you could laid off because of your work. Then when you were laid off you manager should have done everything in their power to help you find a job inside the company. Another bare minimum is that when you left the company your manager should have written you a LinkedIn recommendation because as it turns out that is meaningful (hey managers, I don’t care if you wanted your ex-employee to lose their job - dig down deep and come up with some words to put on the screen to help your ex-employee get another job because maybe, just maybe they did a less than job in your eyes or you weren’t in synch with you because you are NOT the best manager for them. Either way you have a job and it is your responsibility to highlight what you think are your ex-employees best qualities in a LinkedIn recommendation. Please don’t ask them to write the recommendation themselves – that is very hard to do and is extra hard if they are reeling from unexpectedly having just lost their job).

• To the nasty people who are stating - well this should be obvious to anyone - you know what, life gets in the way. Personally I had my spouse and child sick with "the flu" for the entire month of March - luckily no one needed the hospital but it was close (2-3 overlapping weeks of illness and watching COVID news was harrowing) and this was at the beginning when NOT everyone was COVID sensitive (and working for right leaning manager in March just means he failed to appreciate my situation). When I got sick I worked through it because I had already taken so much time off and because I am also the id–t that worked 110%. Getting laid off in July was like getting s—er punched in the face.

3. Your manager DID know that you would be laid off. AT&T legal and HR needs about two months to complete the work for you to be laid off. So sorry to report that your manager knew for two months that you were on the list – you will feel twisted by this because looking back over those last two work months before you were laid off you will think about all the times you approached you manager asking for guidance AND that is another opportunity for your manager to have guided you so you weren’t working 110% two months before you were laid off – which would give you “extra” time to work on your resume and LinkedIn profile. Feel the frustration so you can work through it, get over it, and move on. If I did it you can too.

4. To all those people stating they do nothing or the bare minimum. Yeah, we know who you are, we work around you, and we wish you would get it through your thick skulls that you are the reason people have to work 110%. It would be ok if you stopped commenting now.

You do your job and get paid for it. No one owes you anything and you don't owe anyone anything. If you think you can grind it out with one company these days you may be in for a rude awakening. I wish it was still a job for life but that train left the track quite awhile ago. Grow your skills that are marketable outside the company. Don't assume anything. If it becomes unbearable, look for something else, but set yourself up to be able to.

Practice the following:

1. Thanks for shopping Walmart
2. Welcome to Taco Beepo
3. May I have your order pleeeze
4. Can I supersize that
5. Would you like to try our rice chimechanga

The sky is the limit

Don't feel stupid, that is just the way it works here. Unfortunately there are thousands of others here that went through the same process.

ID: @vst+1811yYqZ Are you refering to the dalits that have "degrees" from Mumbia U? Pretty sure when the break room smells like curry chicken you are not dealing high caste Idians. Google it, Dalits vs Brahmin.

Here's a tip: your manager had no idea. Until he was told he needed to supply someone. At which point he picked you. That could be because you cause him some headaches somehow, but more likely that he just doesn't like you that much.

You gave it your best and that’s all you can do. Lesson learned for perhaps future employer, but hopefully will be better situation. Hope you can enjoy the holiday season not dealing with work!

your situation is one repeated over and over around here.

Me? Since my boss is thousands of miles away, I just pretend I'm working on special projects while I just sit in my office and watch p-rn. I don't mind driving to the office every day to do it either

Sorry to say, but with some the attitudes displayed here, it’s no wonder companies are off-shoring as fast as they can. The Indians are smarter, better workers, and they do not display poor attitudes. Ye reap as ye sow.

Don’t feel stupid because the person that you are!Hold your head high and just know that there is another team that will be glad to have your great work ethic and experience!

Your biggest regret is doing your job and getting paid for it? You need to get over it. That's some poor work ethic. Your manager might be a b–tard but I doubt he's the one who decided to do layoffs. And since you admit you were going to do the bare minimum if you were told, I can't really blame your manager for not telling you sooner.

I still have my job watching others get axed. In protest, I do the bare minimum and The Boss is too stupid to know any better. Too busy attending meetings downtown.
In fact, I started doing just enough and making up "work" about 15 years ago.
There's lots of p–no to be watched at work and not get caught, if you know how.

Yeah, once you were notified of the layoff your new job was to immediately start looking for another job. It was not to continue your laid off job.