They have left you no other option. You can quit and get no severance or you can drive an average of 50 mins each way to sit in non-functional shared workspaces with no building services for 40 hours a week. This is not a choice, it is a mass age-based termination. Even forcing them to outsource would be a better outcome than RTO, because no contract firm would force in-office at this point.
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contractors don't have to RTO, so there's that.
“ In case you didn’t know the union employees are the most tracked employees of Att. We’ve had gps on our trucks for 25 years. We are given only a few minutes for each task All tasks assigned must equal 8 hours. I hope you like being measured 80 different ways and no bonus ever.”
That’s what negotiations are for. You think no union workers anywhere get some kind of incentive structure? Same for the tracking. Employees in say the New York Times unions etc don’t get tracked by the number of words written. It’s relevant to the job.
When it comes to unionizing, be careful what you wish for! Unions are legalized extortionists, period! Never did a bit of good for me except to take my money! CWA is on the same page with T, so the union is essentially powerless!
“Wait, what? You ARE the least senior. Bunch of d-mbazzes.”
Such an id--t. We tech guys are not as stupid as y’all. Part of the negotiation for joining the union would be to map years of service into the fold ya ja----s. Otherwise no deal.
Take it of leave it. It’s a wonder you ever get a good deal with that 10 cent head of yours.
Wrong dummy, you create a new position, and the contract protects those news positions.
So, you organize and your positions get migrated to Craft under the CWA. All good, right? Now say the CWA gets pressured to terminate some roles. No problem, it'll be the least senior people. Wait, what? You ARE the least senior. Bunch of d-mbazzes.
In case you didn’t know the union employees are the most tracked employees of Att. We’ve had gps on our trucks for 25 years. We are given only a few minutes for each task All tasks assigned must equal 8 hours. I hope you like being measured 80 different ways and no bonus ever.
CWA here. We’ve been 5 days RTO with only a short break for a few during Covid. No exceptions. Not even for an ice storm. Believe me I tried to work from home during black ice and the boss said no way. Don’t think the CWA will help you with things like that.
Ohhhh, now you want to become one of the whiny, worthless represented now?!?! No worries, we will let corporate know!
Absolutely should be done. If they’re going to impose this 8 hour in office cr-p and pointless RTO cr-p then we need to orgqnize.
Good idea. Start it up. Majority would be in.
Let’s do it. It’s time. CWA where you at?
Lets Do It!
CWA why don’t you have the ba--s to make it happen. Oh, because that would make you a sellout to AT&T? CWA leadership, show your loyalty to the union and sign us up now!
CWA are you interested in another 150k members?
Let’s vote!
Is there someone at CWA we can talk to about this? It seems like something that wouldn’t be possible. If it is possible though it would be hilarious to stick it to the stink.
I'd prefer an offer.
It's more like, you don't like the choices.
Interesting how C-suite and L0 are managed by contract at ATT but not any level in between.
There's no reason why people without subordinates are called "managers".
We would love to bring you all on board the CWA train. It's open up more job opportunities for us to transfer to.
Be careful what you ask for, you may get it.
I definitely agree , Individual contributors at least should unionize.
I would reccomend starting to collect names , organize offsite, you can use mail chimp or something similar to put out a mailing list with updates.
Bleh
It’s time to fight back!
RTO is a corporate best practice not specific to T.
Yes, other large companies like Boeing have protections in place for folks at all levels. This needs to happen at AT&T. It is absolute incompetence and lack of strategy that the company spends money on monitoring internal employees rather than spending money on innovation, improving tools, and actual value add.
Not a bad idea.