Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

I’m ready for fiber. Get with it AT&T, I need something reliable, fast and reasonably priced. Satellites and wireless aren’t reliable or secure enough for me and my business.

fiber overlay is hot,c-appy work,i did it, the more strong backs the better,its blood money.that being said I made a ton and took the buyout 2020.life in retirement is as sweet as honey,its worth the slog.keep the faith brothers.

Core FT, ST, DT will be installing residential fiber service, FST can be over 4 spans from customer aerial and buried to save money. Contractors will do the fiber build out due to little Customer interaction. Less techs, everyone will do 2 installs a day,

there have been a ton of fiber work job postings of late

Same story, different day

AT&T can't offer month to month contracts because they laid off all of their developers. There isn't anyone left to make the software changes that that reflect contract changes.

OP what you say is true, the company has had constant layoffs as brought out in the ARS Technical article. The company is also using a lot of temps and contractors. The benefits, large salaries, bonuses, dividends, raises, stock options etc., are only for the C Suite and above. Lords vs the serfs.

Sure you can pass a test to be hired or transfer to a technician job. After the poor company class training and even less OJT you are expected to perform. Ask the thousands of Wire/Premise tech no longer employed and were escorted out. The attrition rate used to be around 60% or hirer of new hires after 3 to 6 months.

All the other more skilled title opening are filled by transfers or surpluses from other orgs. The company hasn’t replaced any of those position now for years. There are less and less skilled techs and those left are expected to pick up the slack thru micromanaging and constant harassment.

You are a funny person, “I can teach someone in less than a day how to do my technician job”. You must be a sanitation tech. Come work in air pressure, paper cable, large pic cables, load coils, stubs, repeaters in the manholes with us finding and repairing damages, oh great one. Sounds like another company troll. The only new technology we use vs old in our tool bag is a digital meter vs an analog and I can read and use an analog 310 or throwmaster meter much faster. Same with the other 32 titles a lot of things to still know and learn until the cooper network is retired.

The union shaft craft??? That’s been going on for a long time!

Also, it’s a “layoff” board BTW.

Since this thread seems to be Southeast related, when referring to “top craft”, are you meaning all 32 wage scale jobs?? FT, DT, ET, Systems Tech, etc.?? The last time I checked, years of training and experience (or skill for that matter) were not needed to attain or retain these positions. Pass the TMTlll test and you are qualified for FT and passing the TKTll qualifies you for the others. Seniority becomes the only roadblock at that point. Training, experience and actual skill having nothing to do with it. Just stating the facts. Contact any local CWA president in the SE and you will be told the same.

It stinks for all of the perm OPT’s and FT’s(myself included) that were let go in 2019 and 2020 in when the company was surplussing them. Now they are just being replaces with temp/term techs who will be here 2-4 years before being let go when the project is finally over.

Seriously, are you kidding me! I can teach someone in less than a day how to do my technician job...it’s not that difficult! It used to be, but with all the technology available, there’s nothing to this job! Most technicians will either be laid off over time and I’m betting in the next 5-7 years, the number of techs will be drastically reduced. Their need will diminish immensely and the need for high paid personnel will fall by the wayside! New hires should be aware of this that their job will not be here forever!

Err on previous post, should have read years of training vs trading, spell correction.

Said someone that has never been a technician, it takes years of trading and experience for top craft positions

HaHa...You used the words “professional” and “union” in the same sentence. Funny.

I also see in the article they exposed how the company has let the old copper network to deteriorate and not maintain.

I just need 8-10 more yrs then I’m out of this woke NWO cesspool and they can “Take this job and shove it” Used to be a great company to work for and They/I cared but now I show up for paycheck and run them out of $$$. They no longer care and neither do I, show me the money!

I see this as a test to see if the new administration is for Labor, this needs to be addressed immediately! There have already been layoffs right away in another union industry after they took office. We are being flooded for good paying union jobs and layoffs will ensue. How does that help the country or labor? Your job could be next, companies are already offshoring and rebadging like crazy.

I thought the SE has article 14 in the CWA contract that union employees are to be only ones doing any tele/fiber wire/splicing work, including placing cables.

If it is a long project then temps shouldn’t be used because the company always follows up one project with another. They just finished up a fiber project not long ago, using this scheme allows the company to not create permanent jobs going forward. It creates temp semipermanent jobs without the benefits or better wages thus less taxes.

Most of the project labor contractors that are digging pits to bury the fiber are using illegal labor. Usually only one or two running the crews can speak english. Another way to stick it to the tax paying legal workers and pay poverty level wages.

Industries all over are doing same. Industries used to get work permits for migrants then they would return to their home countries when work was complete. There is no way the US can sustain a permanent influx of the worlds poor without making this great country into a shell of itself. Help them where they are, Americans are more charitable than in country in the world but the golden goose is being k–led by NWO elites.

True that

It appears to be a bad faith continuous bargaining agreement or MOA by the CWA Union. I believe that the temporary job assignments are for only 18 months to 2 years. If longer there is supposed to be permanent job openings. The company and union both know this project will last longer than 2 years. It’s the NWO way to make gig employment instead of using professional trained techs with a signed contractual agreement..

The union allows the company to play a shell game of moving these temp employees around to different locations or states doing the same work instead of permanent union employees for years. The other game is to release them and tell them to reapply at a different location, it’s a way to try and beat the signed agreement for permanent positions. Someone needs to file a grievance or file a complaint with the Department of Labor for breaking contract. AT&T gets a lot of government contracts and tax breaks so they should be providing permanent jobs with benefits instead of using gig temp labor.

in metro areas is the key. they aren't expanding the cheapest possible way - how about serving rural america like their competitors are doing. nope won't happen because they can't make 200000% profit from it so they can keep paying the board and the dividend.

had someone move to my neighborhood and they got att and have had trouble ever since and they will not be renewing anything when that draconian contract ends. why is it all the competitors do a month to month contract but not att. captive customers if it wasn't for them att would be out of business.

S—s for all of the OPT’s that were surplused in 2019 and 2020 (including myself). They got rid of about half of us only to replace us with temp/term OPT’s that will be gone in 2-4 years when this project is over.