Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

“ I only came across union techs once, as a manager, when I was sent to Ohio for contingency training.”

My contingency training experience was awesome. Nice city, top notch food and hotel was 4 star. The people training us were salty, it was funny. Anyway, we had a 5 day all expense paid vacation. The union choked on their contract and didn’t strike.

It’s never that serious to be this bitter lol

“Those guys were flat out nasty and openly hostile…”

Long time management here. I have run into this before, usually when there is a small group of bargained for and one or 2 of them are trying to put on a show. It’s all false bravado. The ones that act like this actually are the least confident and most insecure. Give it right back to them. Tell them to f^%# right off if it comes down to it. I won’t be spoken to like that by anyone. I can also handle myself quite well and am far from intimidated by feeble minded, out of shape Jamokes such as this.

I only came across union techs once, as a manager, when I was sent to Ohio for contingency training. Those guys were flat out nasty and openly hostile. In a way, sure, I get it, we were there to "learn" to do their job, so their threats of striking wouldn't be as effective, but it was really just for show, and I assumed they knew it too. No one learned sh... and we didn't want to be there either, and had no personal investment or interest in doing anything that could potentially negatively impact them. Probably the most unprofessional behavior I've ever witnessed, in my 20 years at T.

And you useless union goofs with the limited vocabulary can keep referring to us managers as “y’all”.

I love that the dip-fe--s execs comment on this board. Y’all stick out like a sore thumb.

I bet you are the guy in 300 np with the T-Mobile ringtone

Is that you Sambar? If you do not like it here, leave kinda guy you are. Such a great motivator and a leader. At least McElfresh got better personality on a personal level, you are just rude and arrogant. Nobody really cares what you think.

Nope sure don’t love my job. I used to. Learned that’s a fools errand. I like the paycheck. That’s about it. They pay me, I show up and do what is asked, I go home.

"Maybe you could sweat out all the booze and vapes."

Not possible!!

Don’t worry, you’ll be looking for a new job for another company soon. You know if you work during your shift or if you don’t. Your leader-supervisor knows also. No need to be angry and act up. You may need to take a job that will require manual labor. Maybe you could sweat out all the booze and vapes.

This post is super angry

Many managers were/are 24x7 long before and after RTO.

How many union employees are 24x7?

Yet some union employees feel they know everything there is to know about ALL things RTO related impacting ALL managers.

You do you.

The real reason T is failing is not because of the rank and file employees but because RJS tied a $100 billion debt boulder around your ankle and told everyone to keep swimming. Stephensons name should be erased from any and all T material and property except the urinals throughout the company.

"Imagine a world where getting out of bed and driving to an office is considered "hard". We are doomed."

Imagine being told that you need to take that shower and go to that office on the other side of the country at your own expense.

The truth is not as simple as you are.

Yeah, this post is an example of what you've probably done for AT&T every day of your career.

Standing around bi--hing and having absolutely no positive contribution to the company.

• A manger who did more from home on a Saturday than you'll ever do for the company.

“ To all the kiss a$$ managers who claimed to love your job at AT&T.”

I smell a union slug without a new contract.

Ironing the uniform shirt? GTFO with that nonsense. You sound like some Prem Tech manager that micromanages every little thing because they don’t have the slightest clue how to actually manage people.

I’d gladly go into the office if it was just about having to go into the local office that I was hired at. But it’s not. It’s about uprooting my family and making me move to another state, without any guarantee that I won’t lose my job in 6 months anyway.

Sambar did tell us our work is in the office. It's actually all on my laptop. The only thing waiting for me at the office are a bunch of people holler taking into the phone and crumbs left over from the last person who sat at my desk.

Says the union goof who:

1. Can’t be bothered to follow or even read the M&P that us id--t managers author.
2. Can’t be bothered to follow even the most basic EH&S rules and protocols
3. Can’t seem to figure out how to order new prescription safety glasses (every time)
4. Can’t follow a maddeningly simple process/job aid to send test equipment off for repair, even when it’s perfectly documented and stapled to their forehead
5. Can’t be bothered to read e-mail and get upset with read receipt requests
6. Can’t be bothered to spend 5 min ironing the uniform shirt and pants/shorts so they don’t look like a friggin slob in front of the customer
7. Can’t be bothered to spend 30 seconds following the GOAL process when deploying and picking up cones around the company vehicle. Who cares about what you run over right??
8. Can’t be bothered to spend ANY time learning how to use provided test equipment effectively that’s been sitting on the truck for a year or more.
9. Can’t be bothered to spend 5 min a day organizing and cleaning their office desk space. Have you seen some of these up close. It’s absolutely disgusting.
10. Can’t be bothered to spend 5-10 min a day organizing, cleaning and properly stocking the company vehicle. Have you looked in one of these trucks recently? Most are a complete disaster like you would see at a hoarders house.

This is about 1% of the BS most union people pull with us all day every day. Only about 1 in 50 are actually valuable employees that would thrive and be successful no matter what the environment.

Does that make you mad?

Not at all. You're just following the necessary steps and going on with life. Maybe some of your management peers could learn from you.

I’m a developer, so I do work like 50 hours a week, but it is desk work…and I can do my entire job from home. There’s no good reason for me to be in the office - and to be honest I still don’t REALLY go in.

I coffee badge, I usually zip over to the city on lunch or whatever - when I have time in the day, badge, stay an hour or two, and go back home.
Still get credit, doesn’t matter.
Work from home the rest of the time.

Does that make you mad?

It’s ok man. Just go back to hiding in your truck and doing as little as possible. Yeah I see you guys. While I sit in a noisy office, attend 8-10 conference calls per day and have to work 60+hrs every week. Yeah, we’re the reason nothing gets done and the company rots. Idk maybe go fix something so we don’t have to work so hard to replace the customers that drop us due to poor service (yeah that’s on your end). Don’t worry about what we do, you need to worry about you.

They don’t work at home. That is why they don’t was to give up the gig. Two days a week 104 days a year and don’t have to use any extra vacation days.

Some of you guys are REALLY butthurt that we were able to work at home.

And just a hint - Just because you don’t understand what we do doesn’t mean it isn’t work. You can’t do what we do. We can’t do what you do. That’s why we’re supposedly a team.

I thought managers didn’t use dirty language. Maybe they soiled themselves after hearing about RTO.

"Who said life needed to be hard?"

Imagine a world where getting out of bed and driving to an office is considered "hard". We are doomed.

Says the union guy who sits in his truck all day, sleeps, and then requests 4 hours of overtime to do 30 min worth of real work.