Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

"I’m so tired of the RTO complainers. Good grief. Wtf did you do pre-Covid for all the years you were employed."

In my almost 20 years with the company, I was a TW for 10 of the them. That did change before COVID because of the "collaboration" stick up an executive's butt. However, while I "had" to be in the office, it was as my manager deemed necessary, and there was no Big Brother reporting to HR.

This time it is because Lord Farquaat, er, I mean John Stinkey... dang it, I mean John Stankey wants everyone to remember that he may su-k as a CEO, he will get his way.

Person posting below me speaks the truth. A laid of non hub att employee is a good employee.

I'm so tired of RTO whiners. I'm a c-suite white knight and think that if you don't worship John, you should just quit. You should have moved to Dallas before the RTO policy started. The fact that you didn't means you are not loyal and any of us in the ONE true hub city see you as being a piece of garbage. Collective brain power is here, Dallas, the chosen city. Not your backwoods, crime infested blue swamp.

I was a tech for years and yes there are dangers in the field that are worse than those in the office. The difference in the office after Covid is that we no longer have assigned work areas. Imagine coming into work and not having assigned trucks as a tech - where it is first come first serve every day to get a truck and if all the trucks are taken you are still graded on how many jobs you complete. That is what the office workers are complaining about as well as being told they have to move several states away to keep their job with no moving assistance.

I’m sure there are many risks from working in the field, going into other home’s, etc. But, that is the job you have and signed up for.

I only wish the best for you and being safe from all those unfortunate things you mentioned.

If you know of a way to do your work remotely, let us know. The bad news is if you can then someone else or AI can do your job too (just like mine).

Wtf did you do pre-Covid for all the years you were employed.

I worked from home, except for a time when an SBC VP made me commute and sit at a CO. He lasted about 3 weeks in that position.

That's what I did. Then the company, for no good reason, insisted I had to sit in office even though my team is spread around the country.

They all went to sit in the office, and are probably still there. I took severance and never looked back. Remember: if you're pegged for RTO outside 50 miles, it's an involuntary layoff and they will pay you severance.

Don’t forget all the other dangers techs have of working directly with the public and other hazards. There have been several techs ki-led, electrocuted, hit by a vehicle, robbed at gunpoint, knifed, kidnapped, several injured from falls..etc over the last several years. Quite a few cell tower techs have died over the last several years from falls too. Not counting the homes or businesses we enter and are not told or they wait until after that someone has a serious disease, Flu, Covid, even fentanyl laying around, etc…

“ Ahem, that's your role outside technician, correct me but hard to compare a Craft position, to a non-Craft role such as an AM, PM, Ops Admin, ICB Pricer, etc , who were already primarily virtual and who mostly sat in front of a PC before COVID, also politics and personal beliefs aside and not trying to troll but you can't fault people for believing in the vaccine and having concerns knowing other employees they will be now working in close proximity with may have, per their own personal rights and beliefs opted out of the vaccine.”

Fear is fear. Accommodating an employee’s fear must be done equally. Regardless of the employee title, you either make accommodations for those that request it or not. And we are not comparing roles, we are either in the business of providing accommodations or we are not. To be honest, tech roles have been more hazardous to health than any desk jockey. We have had to enter homes of smokers for decades with no consideration of the health effects. Your reality of being subjected to an unsafe work environment will never rise to the level that techs have endured for decades. Get over yourselves.

AT&T = The Layoff Machine

They’re constantly looking for ways to micromanage you more and make you hate your job. They’ve been doing to to craft(which is what I am)for a long time, and now they are sticking it to management. This company is equally horrible to all of us, and this RTO nonsense is absolute garbage.

As an outside technician, I don’t feel safe going into homes or businesses, should I get an accommodation like those that want to work from home to feel safe? My feelings are no less important.

Ahem, that's your role outside technician, correct me but hard to compare a Craft position, to a non-Craft role such as an AM, PM, Ops Admin, ICB Pricer, etc , who were already primarily virtual and who mostly sat in front of a PC before COVID, also politics and personal beliefs aside and not trying to troll but you can't fault people for believing in the vaccine and having concerns knowing other employees they will be now working in close proximity with may have, per their own personal rights and beliefs opted out of the vaccine.

To the comment
I am going to complain my way to success.
Honest conversation here, define success with T, use your role/position as the example

I feel most people's idea of success is having a somewhat structured career path that is sustainable and leads to longevity or at the very least allows one to develop skills that are marketable.

How many that read this board truly see a path to success with T, not saying it's not a viable job for the short haul, but there is no longevity at T anymore, skill development is non-existent at least from what I've seen for most front line roles- PLE is not really a way to advance or develop, mentorship..not seeing that , now using Performance Improvement Management to move people out of the business for lack of production against unrealistic metrics, there's that.

I’m so tired of the RTO complainers. Good grief. Wtf did you do pre-Covid for all the years you were employed.

Pre-covid I could WFH when needed without being hounded like a 5 year old.

It has nothing to do with performance, it's about getting people to quit by creating a toxic environment.

WFH is just the tip of the iceberg. I want the old medical and dental plans back, not this "it is what it is" piece of sh-t Stankey sold us out for. I want that inflation-matching raise Legg Moranis promised back in 2021.

If you can only afford to give us the bare minimum, you're going to receive the bare minimum. It is what it is.

As an outside technician, I don’t feel safe going into homes or businesses, should I get an accommodation like those that want to work from home to feel safe? My feelings are no less important.

I am going to complain my way to success.

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MANY managers worked from home FOR YEARS BEFORE and leading up to COVID. The only thing that changed is this is now a layoff in exercise because of T leaderships & BOD BAD decisions $$$$!
Are you a 24x7 employee AND NOW told to go into the office or move across the country for the sake of “collaboration” (layoff purposes) ?

Take a seat.

If all the Whiners would just resign, there would be no need for further layoffs. There are
supposedly "hundreds" of jobs out there that are WFH and pay twice as much as T.
ADIOS

I’m so tired of the RTO complainers. Good grief. Wtf did you do pre-Covid for all the years you were employed. Now all of the sudden it’s a giant ask? Get lost.

Would you last a day in the field? If so, apply.

That’s D O U C H E.

If so unhappy, why do you stay? You can leave today.

Correct.

Your forgot: Stink deserves a massive bonus for being the at the top of the CEO Wall of Shame - the worse CEO in the US, past or present.

And Stink is a D O U C H!