Not because you have to, but because it’s the right thing to do? Because you were raised to put in your best effort and take pride in your accomplishments? Frankly, I couldn’t quiet quit even if I tried. How do people just show up, sit around, and do the bare minimum? I can’t wrap my head around it.
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because when you gave your all for the company and they have you train your replacement.
sorry you are not informed enough where you have to ask that question.
I did work hard many years ago, when my job had meaning and my accomplishments were recognized. Before the endless cycle of layoffs, reorgs, failed mergers, and benefit reductions. Before the company su-ked the life out of this place.
OP - this is what is wrong with America today. It has infected all generations. It is the "black and white" view of the world. You are as infected as the one's you are complaining about.
There is a whole lot of gray area in this. You can hate AT&T and RTO, but still work hard. You can limit the hours you work to only those paid for, and still work hard. They aren't mutually exclusive. AT&T deserves your hard work for what they pay you. It doesn't mean you have to be a lazy slug and do nothing, just because you are mad at the company.
To be honest, I haven't liked the company or its policies for years, but I keep working here because I've like my supervisors, and I've liked my teams. I'm good at the work, I've mostly been able to work from home, and the paychecks always clear. I'm not happy about RTO, but the job market and the fact that most companies in my area are requiring RTO means that its just something I have to put up with for now.
So Jeremy has said, "If you don't like it, leave." There again, a black and white stupid statement. I'll stay, collect my paycheck, do the job they pay me for, and leave later on my own terms (if I don't get laid off). I don't like it, but I also don't need to leave. Gray area.
I would say 95% of the time, there will be something about your employer you don't like. You should still work hard. But a company has to earn the "above and beyond". NEVER give that away for free. If you do, it means the company doesn't respect you, and you don't respect yourself or your abilities.
Agree with OP. If you are accepting a paycheck you should appropriately earn it. It's unethical not to. I understand being unhappy with some of att policies. Decide if it's worth it or not. If you get into the habit of making excuses for why you don't have to work hard, it might limit you for the rest of your career.
O.P. you really got the millennials & gen whatevers running for mommy and crying all the way with this extremely correct post. Those that have been babied all there life and constantly told how smart they are seem to really resent being expected to actually be productive instead of just being collaborative.
Any id10t can just collaborate all day but it takes someone with good ethics and ACTUAL knowledge to come in to work and be productive the entire 8 hours. They don't realize those "old fogies" are the ones that actually invented ALL of the equipment they work on and services and products they are supposed to be providing.
Cell phone technology was invented in the 60's, internet was began in the 70's (not by al gore), ethernet over cell in the 90's. The services were invented long before there was any market for them and also before those millennials and gen whatever were born, they just despise hearing that.
They also don't realize how very far they actually are from being capable of anything except whin1ng all the time.
Great post O.P.
It’s the old, do as I say, not do as I do. Thanks Stankey for all the leadership you provide.😆.
Of course this poster is a Boomer or Gen X. A millennial, Gen Z or A think they should be coddled like babies their whole life. Get off your couch (which you know you are) and get to the office!
Post below this one says it all. Bravo!
Working hard while quiet quitting is possible. The idea of "quiet quitting" is to do only the work you are paid for. To not go "above and beyond". I've actually been a "quiet quitter" for my whole career, and the companies I've work for have been more than happy with my performance, because I work hard when I'm working my paycheck. But I've always been an "8 and the gate" person because I work to live, not live to work.
What AT&T has lost is my will to give anything extra. They have lost that privilege. I'm going to work hard during my 8 hours a day, but that's all they get. No extra time in the office and no time once I get home. They used to get extra when I could work from home. I shared the time "savings" from not commuting. They gave me something, I gave them something.
AT&T still pays me, so I will certainly make sure to earn that paycheck. But that's where it ends.
Can the virtual signaling. Loyalty is a TWO way street.
So what you are saying is that if you worked for St-lin, keep your head down and do as told. I get that working hard and doing your best despite what is going around you is biblical and admirable but there are exceptions and this is one of them. They don’t treat employees with respect or as assets anymore so it’s not surprising that employees are reacting. Every action has an opposite action, as the previous post stated, live the golden rule Stankey.
Hey, I treat as I'm treated. I give them the same respect they show me. It's really as simple as that.
The Stank would do well to learn the Golden Rule and actually live it.
I'm loyal to my future and my family. Today, working for AT&T still makes sense. The terms are agreeable. When that changes for me, I'll reconsider. If AT&T chnages things, I'll collect what's owed and will find another opportunity. This comapany has been ran into the ground and makes poor decisions, but as if today the situation aligns with my goals and boundaries.
@dgq+1wbv9A35 no one said anything about going above and beyond. It's called doing the job you are being paid to do. If you don't like the company you work for, then find a company that you think will treat you better. Maybe a small mom & pop biz. Unfortunately, if you want the big $, that means working for a large corporation. They all treat the employees pretty much the same. An entry on a spreadsheet. Enjoy your downvotes, but the truth hurts.
I agree.
Once you get used to working part time hours for an extended period, it’s hard to go back to full-time hours.
Used to and still do when it directly impacts people I want to help. When busting your tail and delivering exceptional results time after time, just results in nothing extra for you except more work, then you learn it’s not worth it anymore. This is a job. I come here to earn a paycheck. They pay me to do that job, so I do that job. They don’t pay me more to deliver more than that job, nor do they reward me for above and beyond. Yes I make sure the work I deliver is good, but that’s it.
If you can't figure it out, your part of the problem. It's called loyalty and it's a two way street. Decisions have consequences and they broke it. And some things you won't get back.
When they took away retirement benefits, they thought they were getting rid of older workers but now they are stuck with people hanging around just waiting to get something to replace it or hang it out doing the bare minimum until retirement age. Yes, decisions have consequences and people making them at T are just plain stupid.
Just wait to see what happens with these cramped offices 5x a week. They'll see more of the same uncaring behavior back.
When it’s obvious the company doesn’t give two sh--s about you, it’s easy to not care or be motivated to work hard anymore
If your talking about management it’s an oxymoron
Probably the same thing that happened to honest and empathetic leadership at AT&T. I remember when the company was a great place to work, and there were leaders for whom you wanted to work. The goals of the company were aligned with the goals of the employee. Alas, those days are gone and the culture of everyone watching out for themselves has been created by Stankey and his cabal. And while you act as if you are "holier than the rest", just know that it will not get you anywhere with the Stank and he is coming for you also.
I used to go the extra mile every time— zero exceptions. Then I started working in marketing at T. It is routine in that org for AVPs and VPs to take credit for the ideas of the ppl working for them .
The first few times this happened I thought it was how the ‘team’ at T worked, but eventually they get promoted on your ideas and go to diamond club and u get to come to work tomorrow as a reward. And the best retaliation is to buy a mouse mover and retire in place.
F that .
F T.
We rather whine and cry about RTO. Lol
I used to be like this. Not anymore.
Took years of constant abuse but I finally gave in to the Stanky Culture.
Because they have self-respect. When you have d-bag pieces of cr-p running the company like Stankey and Legg, why would you give two sh--s about any of it? Especially when they’re mocking people’s questions and issues they raise, and stringing them along for months and years to get the severance they’re owed, so they can hope they quit and forgo the severance, letting them weasel their way out of paying it like the sl--eballs they are. That’s the only reason I held on for over a year. Otherwise I would have e-mailed both of those piles of dog cr-p the day it was all first announced and told them where they could shove the job. How the he-l else would someone go about their job in the face of that?
I’m gonna guess you’re a boomer. Why would anyone go above and beyond for a company that doesn’t give a sh-t about them?