I guess pajamas are the new business suit.
He made Jeff the first ghost.... I guess Jeff had to suffer a little at John's compulsion for his previous statement.
He made a good ghost though.
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“If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here?”
Please return to this board after AT&T has trimmed much useless fat and you are gone. Tell us how you are doing. We drink up the juice of schadenfreude from those that deserve it.
We sleep so, so much better after hearing your sweet cries. It is like a lullaby.
“If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here?”
Best post I have ever seen in this board!
I wonder why there is only a Thumbs Up option on the videos from "leadership" and never a Thumbs Down. The Stankey sycophants wil find out what the rank and file know about him. He has lost Billions of dollars in shareholder value (FACT).
Tell me again why I should care what you think?
“If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here?”
You know why.
Best post I have ever seen in this board!
Best su-k up I've seen in a few minutes.
Putting aside the hate for a minute, Stankey looks neat in pajamas.
“If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here?”
Best post I have ever seen in this board!
So surprised a CEO was chosen after all of the fiascos of M&A and spinoffs, etc. How do I sign up for getting outrageous bonuses for saying yes to everything and then getting promoted/blaming others when things go wrong?
I am not doing America correctly...
" If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here? "
Because simply ignoring it speaks louder than a snarky comment.
This..
We witness idiocracy and wish not to respond.
" If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here? "
Why don't you "up vote" John's foolishness where ever you can? Doing so will not provide favor. Stankey cares not for you. You try, and try to be important, yet the layoff broom sweeps wide and collects those up high and those hiding in the corners.
This is a good thing.
The man is totally full of himself, a true narcissist at heart! It doesn't get any better than that, our leader, our lack of visionary, a crash test dummy running this company into a brick wall
Cool video. Can't wait for the next Stankey video.
" If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here? "
Because simply ignoring it speaks louder than a snarky comment.
I didn't even bother to watch. At least they seem be starting to realize that this stuff is pointless, so they released it as a video and didn't do a real-time meeting. They should dispense with all of it.
For all the talk abt DEI destroying the company Stank sure does look like an old white guy- so did Randall….
No plan or budget is in place to get off ds0 ds1 for our own company systems. If he’s saying we won’t sell it anymore then who was even buying that. Nobody.
I watched the entire video. During the Christmas Carol skit, one of the “ghosts” thanked the teams for discontinuing Legacy products. I asked my manager which ones and what will the impact be on the Legacy T employees. Our manager advised the following are being discontinued.
DS0
DS1
DS3
I asked for a list but only received the aforementioned. 2024 should be a very interesting year. Now if the company wants to get rid of Legacy T products…they should retire the “AT&T brand.
Happy Holidays.
Hmmm. I don’t think we have fireplaces at Dallas HQ. So, I suppose StankTank was WORKING FROM HOME! Yikes! Noncompliance!! Either that, or now we can wear bedroom clothes to work.
If you guys think the video stinks, why not put your comment on the video itself instead of here? Oh, too afraid to lose the job you hate? Bahahahaaha!
Cowards. You make me sick.
John should have sat down behind his desk, business casual attire, maybe a nice background and laid out the priorities like a leader should, it would have been better received.
He should name the people that are helping us pivot toward these priorities, and thank them by name if needed.
Tell the rank and file directly the progress that is being made and tell us where and what kind of company we need to be.
Maybe I'm old but I think we could respect more FDR style "Fireside Chats" than PeeWee Herman Show antics.
The mgmt consultants have told Dilbertesque pointy bosses [Stank & sycophants] to communicate by trying to appear somewhat HUMAN, RELATABLE,funny not the arrogant , aloof pseudo-intellectual , overpaid overrated, destructive fraud con-man di(k everyone views as . This is standard corporate mass-messaging . Contrived , phony, meaningless
Let's have the Stink eat hot wings while getting his hair cut in his pajamas....That's what real leaders do!!! We don't need cute, we need new leadership..
well while you A holes who are ATT employees need to RTO, we ex att folks who now contract back to ATT, will continue to WFO..what a country!! I put in my 40+ years with T, craft to Dist Manager. Left with my pension and 401k, got hired back at almost full salary again with benefits and 401k if I wanted them from my contracting company, all I can say is even though T has gone from Great to su-king, it provided $$ and a great life..
I always marvel at jerks who think making jokes will somehow make them likable. If you could be an effective leader, the reaction to these antics would be much different.
Ah yes. That time of year when various levels of leadership spout out different sets of goals. By the time it gets to an L1, there are 40 goals while "leadership" has their measely 3 or 4.
Talk about a disengaged workforce. Six (6) comments on that thing.
Couldn't get through it.
I like the pajama holiday videos. It makes John seem like less of a suit. So many employees would be critical if John appeared in media clips with small children or kittens. T is in crisis mode and many need to wake up.
I wouldn't mind funny videos like that, but during GOOD times. So many people have been forced out of their jobs this year. His RTO plan is a major disaster, which has tanked employee morale like never before. Normally, I would appreciate a fun CEO with a sense of humor, but this guy is so out of touch with the reality of our company right now.
He needs to GO.....take your brown-nosing sycophants with you and walk away.
Another year and upper management has again discovered what we should focus on. Last year it was our "purpose". Before that it was "focus on the customer". That followed "building customer relationships". And let's not forget when Stankey totally ripped off "it's the customer's world and we just live in it". Seeing that quote posted on the wall at a company event with his name underneath like it was something original was as insulting as it was cringe worthy. We, the rank and file, know why we are here; we don't need the annual, transparent repackaging of the same message from the C-suite.
Also, I fully agree with the comments about the lack of dignity, etc.; the pajamas are an embarrassment.
Probably Legg is convincing him to make video clips, like Legg does for his town halls. That is the only thing Legg is good for as he utters complete nonsense about AI.
It would be nice to have leaders that have some dignity.
I cannot believe this is the messaging that "leadership" wants to display to us.
"Treat customers right and they will be our customers". REALLY!?
It was embarrassing and insulting to any of us that take our jobs seriously.
John Stankey, please, just please retire already.
This video is pathetic.
I deleted it immediately. Can’t watch that id--t
Stink is an embarrassment.
Our CEO is a giant tool.