Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Are they checking weekends and late nights? I know many people who work late and weekends now since they have a lengthy commute they come in super early and try to leave earlier to beat traffic. They log in when they get home and weekends to make up for the 10 hour days they usually worked while VO. These are not the slackers or those totally fed up who give their 6 hours a day or less.

Badge swipes, VPN usage, YWR reservations - all are being reviewed and analyzed to determine whom is actually showing up 3 days for RTO - and how many hours on VPN, etc. Big brother is most definitely watching.

You guys are in the technology field and are asking this question? Really!!!!!

Private eyes….they’re watching you…they see your every moove!

"ATT monitors what you have active on your monitor. The applications and sites you access too."

They can, but that software isn't part of the default system image - has to be installed separately. If you want to see if it's on your PC, open task manager and look for iDeskOp - if it's on the list, then they can see everything - from applications used, keystrokes, PC idle, time in application, urls visited, etc.

No clue about how the LAN monitoring/swipe card info looks - didn't handle it while I was there

RE: This is why we switched from Cisco Anyconnect to Palo Alto GlobalProtect as the VPN provider.

LOL, AnyConnect was around for 20 years. You'd be a fool to think VPN usage hasn't been monitored all that time. GlobalProtect is cheaper, nothing more.

They are going to chip you next

Next week they are going to publish a report for clicks and key strokes. Then CTO will hack into your web cam to perform retinal scans to see if you're awake. Next will be hall pass for bathrooms.

This is why we switched from Cisco Anyconnect to Palo Alto GlobalProtect as the VPN provider.

Haha, no. GlobalProtect is cheaper and AT&T doesn't want to pay those Cisco contracts. That's really the only part that matters.

ATT monitors what you have active on your monitor. The applications and sites you access too.

All of the above. At&t right to do so. No way to game it, if at&t serious about it now.

This is why we switched from Cisco Anyconnect to Palo Alto GlobalProtect as the VPN provider. GlobalProtect keeps track of which network you are on and I assume provides logs and reporting.

They barely even having desk space and parking space so those people who didnt get a seat are using wifi, not LAN sitting in the breakroom. Sure, they did wipe their badge coming in, but coming out, there is no swiping out. Not in Alpharetta. Plus salaried people can work over their COU phone so LAN connectivity is not an absolute measurement if one decided to leave 2hrs earlier than 8. Maybe its more stricter for hourly employees.

They are tracking and recording ALL
COU - calls and physical GPS location
Laptop and PC - login, keystrokes, and URLs
Badge swipes
Any and all email scrubbed for keyword (s)
Any and all IM’s and content

There is no way around it ….and be used for cause.

My supervisor, who also is not a fan of RTO, was very clear it is badge swipes for now. As analytics are introduced, that can have a tendency to become more or less granular.I personally think that swipes will achieve the desired result (termination with cause). For what it’s worth, if they start going that granular, a lot of people could be terminated, but it would be based on bad data. Not every job at AT&T requires you to be on a PC for your entire work time. It would be lazy to use LAN time to determine if a person should be let go with cause. With that in mind, make sure you are keeping a good log of what you are doing any given day. If they fire you, you will need it for unemployment and any case you may want to bring.

Big Brother is wathing you. Be aware.

There's been monitoring software on AT&T Windows-based machines now for 10+ years.
So there's that method.

Monitoring badge swipes and time spent on but wipes also. Take metamucil before work.

I figure all of us go into the office and do our job duties. Got nothing to hide, right?

IT and the COU orgs have on demand reports showing every instance of company network, systems and equipment use. As an L2 I would frequently review the IT reports that showed the IP address (company or not) logging in from, web sites visited, times, etc and the SNs of the equipment (e.g. monitor serial number) that connect to the network. COU reports showed internet log of URLs visited, time, apps on the phone, hot spot usage and call detail. These reports were often provided to AP when making a COBC case (e.g. FMLA abuse, failure to call in, claims of no internet for WFH, etc) This is all part of normal and legitimate business operations to monitor company owned facilities, and as explained in several PLE courses, there is no expectation of privacy when using company owned equipment, systems and networks. The company is expected to use due diligence to monitor it networks and systems to prevent fraud, abuse and hacking, also explained in the yearly shareholder's Annual Report.

They have been doing this for many years.

If they were really looking close a lot of people will be caught

Omg, another round of those swipesholics.

All of the above. Some supervisors have shared how they are monitoring us.

trust me...a little bit of everything.