Death by 1000 cuts? Was management dragging this out to get some knowledge transfer from the old to the young? That's not happening. It shows you just how out of touch management is that they couldn't figure out precise cuts downward in their organization. Tells you a long history of those being promoted to high positions were always managing up and not targeting results. Anyone with a business sense would tell you it is far easier and cost efficient to cut a check for 6 months pay and get all that pension and benefits off the books versus dragging this out for years and years now. Tells you the higher ups have zero clue what goes on beneath them and thus this slow burning bandaid pull. $20B stock buyback or 20K people severed at $1.5B or $75K each. To those of you transferring knowledge prior to a layoff or termination don't frustrate yourself, look for a new job. ATT as an employer is DOA.
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AT&T will not have a younger or more culturally diverse workforce. Millennial here - we are all applying and interviewing elsewhere. No gen z or millennial is getting on board long term with RTO. Most are putting up with it for a few months until they find something else. It’s not like we have pensions or are anywhere close to rule of 75 - there’s no reason for me to have loyalty to this company. It’s just a pay check.
“Management is right sizing the company and moving the company forward.”
Rightsizing across the board is perfectly legal. Rightsizing by applying heavy handed tactics and imposing hardships on targeted employees is not. You better hope they are not doing this.
Management is right sizing the company and moving the company forward.
As is typical, OP is missing the big picture. T wants reductions but must go about way because they have a specific result in mind that transcends beyond simple force reductions. There are inconsistent, uneven and unequal pressures being applied to employees designed for the intended outcome without breaking the law.
Take their statements at their word. We need to get younger. We need to look like our communities. Not everyone is in the same station in life. etc. Any id--t and legal scholar can read between the lines and so can you.
To obfuscate their true intentions, they broke up their operation in multiple waves. Not just wave 1-3 but extensions within those waves as well. This is so they can adjust and calibrate pressures based on goals and results. Some were told to move out of state and some weren't. Those that agreed to move, some were laid off anyway and some weren’t. Some are RTO 5 days, some 3. Some buildings were said to be closing only to have their lease extended after people were let go. It’s the biggest and most obvious scam and the operation is being played out right in front of everyone.
When it is all said and done T will have a reduced, younger, more culturally diverse workforce. Don’t believe me? Ask them to post the stats of their backfills. Not just the one to one role replacement but the stats for all new hires from January 2024 to end of year December 2025.
HR downvotes coming in heavy today. Stank scrambling to save the reputation.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing! T is the biggest Sh-t Show on Wall Street.