Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

"What is even more staggering is that if these crybabies put as much work in at their home offices as they do crying about RTO, maybe the compnay would have seen the value."
Big part of the problem here is that the company decided to just broad stroke every job and make a decision. There are job functions that were done from home before COVID that made sense. Ivory Tower didn't see that. They made a policy that was pretty generic to cover everyone with minimal exceptions.
Add to it this BS about getting EV service vehicles to reduce carbon footprint, while never addressing the RTO impact on that same footprint? News flash: Not every employee drives a Tesla, and don't come at us with the "You can get a discount on a new Tesla through Perks!"

Why did anyone think working from home was going to last forever?

RTO was mandated simply because the monitoring software on company issued devices including laptops and phones revealed significant activity and work location deviations. It also provided geolocation history during normal business hours. Nothing more nothing less.

nobody is reading all that... it all comes down to $$$!

T is no longer able to afford employees staying at home with zero productivity.

So the majority of our leadership.

Why does AT&T feel like the train company in Atlas Shrugged after all the knowledgeable people left? What will our equivalent of the huge train wreck be?

The flaws inherent in requiring employees to stand behind a store counter are mirrored in the policies of RTO. The contention is that such practices could adversely impact business, suggesting a lack of professionalism. Despite evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of remote work, corporations may assert that maintaining an in-office workforce is essential to uphold their corporate image, even if this degrades efficiency. Do we really care if an employee behind the counter or the cashier is sitting down? Is there a distinction if an employee accomplishes the task regardless of their location?

“ “The evidence is staggering”
What is even more staggering is that if these crybabies put as much work in at their home offices as they do crying about RTO, maybe the compnay would have seen the value.

The investors should see the people that are left now, lol...lost and inexperienced, cannot figure out a subnet mask.

Get back to the office people. Even for the people RTO Tuesday thru Thursday are only 60% productive at most. We all know they are taking 4 days weekends.

“ Guess that whole argument about being more productive in the office is a logical fallacy.”

Get back to the office slugs. The free ride is over.

“The evidence is staggering: From 2020 to 2022, companies with full flexibility led their peers by a remarkable 16% in revenue growth, adjusted for industry differences. And the trend wasn’t confined to the tech world–non-tech companies with flexible policies still boasted a 13% growth advantage.“

Guess that whole argument about being more productive in the office is a logical fallacy. Let’s see if our resident trolls have an ounce of humility. My suspicion is they don’t.

I'm all too happy to help reduce the debt, just lay me off and I'll leave this company with a smile and never look back!

AT&T needs to reduce headcount and they know happy employees will want to stay so they are making as many ppl as miserable as possible to make them LEAVE. Both craft and managers are MISERABLE these days but most are doing much less work with rebellion for the cause. The CEO knows working from home was more productive and made more sense than being in an office but that is the goal of the company, make employees unhappy and they’ll retire or resign making way for the kids who they feel are eager to work and for half of what they’re paying the current 20+ year workforce. Truth is you get what u pay for. I think the best revenge is for the old ppl to stay until the cows come home or leave by force only. We aren’t quitters so keep wishing we’d leave! Misery loves this company and we love our paychecks.

“Most ignorant post of 2023”

And this is saying a lot!

Most ignorant post of 2023

The elephant in the room for T in terms of investor response is the debt level. The debt has to come down.

Micromanagement is done. Refuse RTO and micromanagement....and the union trolls that sit in their trucks and ask for steps all day can su-k it.

T is no longer able to afford employees staying at home with zero productivity.

Going into the office and actually working is definitely bad. Better to stay home and take personal business.

Don’t stop…believin

Investors will be back onboard with AT&T once the cost savings from Wave 2 take effect in 2024.

We all know that the Stink will use any technique he can to maximize the misery of employees, shareholders and customers and certainly terminate as many employees as possible without cost of severance to Toxic-T.

RTO was just another tool the Stink used to feed his megalomania.

“The corporate world’s shift toward flexibility is unmistakable. By the end of 2023, 62% of U.S. companies had adopted some form of work location flexibility, a significant increase from 51% at the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, companies insisting on full-time office work dwindled to 38%. This shift transcends a mere pandemic reaction–it’s a strategic move towards adaptability and resilience.”

True. WHO was it that not only offered these flexible work/life balance work conditions, but touted and bragged about them to demonstrate to not only prospective employees, but investors who understand that happy employees equal a happy, healthy, and well performing company? It was them.

We didn’t change. They changed, and the snap neck speed in which they did a complete 180 SHOULD cause a significant amount of controversy and resentment.

It’s completely reasonable when you consider the tremendous changes and challenges we’re facing from these decisions that seem to be made hastily without any regard for the life’s they are affecting.

Which is why, the companies that do continue to offer what the employee wants will attract the highest quality employees.

Who is ATT attracting? Read the room!