Can anyone confirm?
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It’s BAU with Contractors right now. Future plans in place if the strike goes months long. You might want to look for a temporary job to get some pay coming in because this could be weeks before we have anything settled. Thank the Union for allowing contractor aerial placement to work its way into the Southeast. Once it’s in, it will more than likely spell the end of article 14.
“They're bringing in trained monkeys”. To replace the regular trained T monkeys.
Confirmed. I saw two bucket trucks with no logos. AT&T truck was also on site. This was on East side of ATL
It’s only been 2 weeks let’s not get too dramatic. Probably one more week and It will be settled or the union will come back to work once the company starts bargaining in good faith. Meaning, authorized negotiators that can sign off on agreed proposals.
Incorrect. They're bringing in trained monkeys
Management and sales headcount is being reduced monthly impacting level 1, 1.5, 2, 3 and up as company ramps up layoffs to reach their goal for a leaner company as new Business volumes are down 30% if not more from last year. The Business side is being cared for by our own management to handle repairs while company is delaying new installs. Meanwhile the residential customer repairs or new installs are limited or nil, which is driving them to other providers so I have to wonder how much OT will be available when we do return.
wonder what our insurance companies will do with unqualified managers performing hazardous job duties.
You talk about it like it's the first time it's happening. CP was a thing for decades. Everything has been calculated and accounted for a very long time ago, so you can stop wondering, it's not what you're paid to do anyway.
On the road soon. Hope this trailer makes it. I have worked for these clowns before so all I have to do is get there and check in. I'll set up, lock the door and pull in some good old T greenbacks. Have my AC, tv, microwave and fridge. I almost feel guilty, almost.
wonder what our insurance companies will do with unqualified managers performing hazardous job duties. will our rates go up adding more debt to our existing debt?
"Management is handling the load very well."
From the installs I had in the SE last week, they actually are. They may not have been perfect, but they did an excellent job.
Even the high schoolers can do a better job than you know who
Mastec to the rescue??
Contractors have been brought on to handle network repairs that are not customer facing. ATT is paying the contractors around $200/hr for their work. No new installs though, only network repairs.
“ Management is handling the load very well.”
Sure they are, company’s own bargain update, admitted they are bringing in relief because the CP can’t handle it. Nice fantasy from your nice A/C room, I bet the CP force has a totally different take than you. In fact I’m 100% certain because of what the CP managers at our work location have told us. They are haggard and wore out after only two weeks. Don’t hear any crowing about the union slugs are lazy and how easy the work is now, they are crying to go home to mommy. 🥲 they are just doing a small piece of what we are responsible for without any metrics and no full installs. 😆
Management is handling the load very well.
They had to do something. Some of the CP's were having serious issues. They had 1 that got "lost" on the S side of Atlanta. Another refused to get out of the truck. Several have had issues with the public and the law and now they want to use contractors, not to say they are bad but I know some that we are forced to use and I wouldn't wish them on anyone.
I can confirm also. I am loading up to leave Monday. I have completed rehab and my parole officer gave me the ok as long as I check in. Life is good.
How long do you think those CP managers can keep this up? You’re not taking into account what they’re going through. You can’t expect them to be away from their families working 12 hrs a day 6 days a week forever.
I hear you, but the solution is easy and available right this moment. Not a single one of them is forced to do anything they don't want to be doing. They can walk away at any moment. But they like and need their jobs, you might say! Well, sure. I'm sure they do, so now they need to do what the company needs them to, to keep it. Again, they don't have to. Every single one of them is working their assignments 100% by choice.
Can confirm , we have started using contractors and there are plans in place to increase the contractors. Mainly being forced due to AFO demands
thinking OSHA might have to be informed of all these safety hazards being performed by unqualified managers.
There are pictures of a contractor working in a bucket without a shirt, no body belt, safety vest, no chocks or cones out. There is another picture of two managers on an unsecured ladder against a pole without any ladder strap, no gloves, no vest, no body belts, no fvd visible. The fly section isn’t tied off but it’s extended and one of them is near the top and the other one is climbing up to him, going to hand him something, I assume. It was an old pole and I would put money on it, that they never did a pole safety check before placing their ladder. Yet more pictures of another accident with the safety training manager driving, he ran the bo-m of his bucket truck into a low clearance railroad bridge and it wasn’t a gentle tap. All of these are serious safety violations with the potential of serious consequences and none of this is hyperbole.
We may be in contentious negotiations but we don’t want to see anyone seriously injured or worse. The safety pyramid of statistics shows that a serious injury or god forbid, a fatality is imminent. CP managers please take safety seriously, we’ve had coworkers ki-led doing this job and it can happen in an instant. Last year an experienced Lineman in GA was ki-led when his bucket swung into the power lines, a few years back another was caught in a take up reel and died, it was gruesome!
Maybe now the managers with direct reports will have a little empathy for the techs. Techs have been forced for years without quality family time or relief. One of the negotiations ask, is to reduce forced OT cap until then, su-k it up buttercups it’s only been 2 weeks. We could do 2 weeks in our sleep, try decades.
I can confirm there is absolutely no truth to this rumor. Our CP managers are instructed as to what to do. We don't need contractors as we are trying to sustain customer confidence. It's no secret that repairs are performed based on the particular customer demand and installation is non existent.
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Oh I wonder who those people that don't have a webphone profile linked to their attuid i've been seeing all week! Hmmmm....
Don't listen to this clown. I'm IHX in the SE and while there are still a ton of managers out there, I've been seeing contractors as well who have hardly any idea how to use our jank a-s systems lmao.
It is true, they are bringing in 10-12 year olds , the belief is they can do a better job than the managementards , after seeing 2 weeks of dismal results. They decided if they could pay sweat shop pay with the same if not better results, what the heck we will pay the child labor law fines.
We only had 4 calls come in on Friday. It’s obvious that we don’t need any extra help.
“I can confirm there is absolutely no truth to this rumor. Our CP managers are instructed as to what to do. We don't need contractors as we are trying to sustain customer confidence. It's no secret that repairs are performed based on the particular customer demand and installation is non existent.”
How long do you think those CP managers can keep this up? You’re not taking into account what they’re going through. You can’t expect them to be away from their families working 12 hrs a day 6 days a week forever.
That's because the CP managers seem to lack knowledge and understanding of the work being done. LMAO
Given that the "training" they gave CP managers is such cr-p, it wouldn't surprise me. As someone who has been forced to take the training, I wouldn't touch a customers house or the network. Smart CP managers will stay hands off and stay safe. So, it should be totally expected that no real work has gotten done in the last 2 weeks, except for the managers that actually manage the union folks. I assume they did the job in the past and know what they are doing, and are maybe able to just "keep the lights on".
Seems like AT&T would be taking a big risk using contractors in an emergency, and without much vetting.
Ask your f_cking supervisor
I can confirm there is absolutely no truth to this rumor. Our CP managers are instructed as to what to do. We don't need contractors as we are trying to sustain customer confidence. It's no secret that repairs are performed based on the particular customer demand and installation is non existent.