Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Really sad how corporate America has become so "transactional" regarding employment. And they wonder why they have no loyal employees. Sad state of affairs for this country when dignity and respect are now longer a thought in the equation.

The US really is becoming morally bankrupt in so many regards.

The company pays me for 40 hours a week. So that’s what I owe them. 40 hours.

unless you have "critical skills" lol

Must be a union guy, you guys whine about not having ice provided by the company daily per your contract.

OP doesn’t speak for us “union guys” either. We think the RTO is completely asinine just like the rest of you do. There’s absolutely no reason for it, other than forcing people to either quit or making them want to quit in the near future.

good luck getting ANYONE to come work for this Company

Must be a union guy, you guys whine about not having ice provided by the company daily per your contract. Could you even imagine having to reserve a truck every day you come in and hope it has the tools you need or carrying all your tools to and from work every day, only to get a different truck daily or maybe no truck at all because someone took yours or there were none available?

is this a recruiting letter?

So contractors have access to YWR? If not, they must be the ones squatting in reserved seats. I had a reservation for a spot the other day and after showing them my reservation, they said to me, “can you sit somewhere else, I want to sit with my team”?? Usually most will just get up and leave.

They tried to have “neighborhoods” in 2019 but I didn’t see that they worked back then. I don’t know how they’d have the room, there’s hardly enough room now in ATL/Alpha for those that show up.

I heard yesterday they are supposed to be going to "neighborhoods". The idea being that a manager can reserve a block of desks or maybe certain neighborhoods belong to certain groups.

Sooooo sort of assigned seating???

RTO is one thing. Asking employees to report a thousand miles away and uproot their families or leave them behind us another. This is uniquely cold , callous , calculating. It’s uniquely AT&T.

It is ok to ask people to come back to office. It is ridiculous to not then give them assigned seating and leave it up to individual to find a place to work at. This is beyond ridiculous. As a supervisor of people in Atlanta I have to help them find a place to sit. I am pretty much unable to do that for them because they don't give me slots to place them at. They talk about collaboration but even in Atlanta my employees are split between three facilities. That is my number 1 function at work, is enable my employees to be productive and I am not even empowered to find them assigned seating in one building.

How can anybody defend back to office policies without assigned seating is beyond me?

Worst execution ever!
Stankey should be ashamed of himself.

Guess why the are not having a hub in California....it's a pro labor state.

While you are correct it is a business decision. However, it’s horrible how they are treating employees.