AT&T's Holiday Layoffs Greater Than Originally Reported AT&T spent much of last week trying to claim that the Trump Administration's tax plan was directly responsible for one billion in additional 2018 investment and the doling out of $1,000 bonuses to around 200,000 employees. But the company's PR noise hid some less pleasant realities. Like the fact that much of those bonuses were hashed out by union employees as part of a new deal that had nothing to do with Trump's tax plan. AT&T is, however, trying to get regulatory approval from the Trump administration for its $86 billion acquisition of Time Warner.

AT&T also didn't clarify how much it intended to spend in 2018, suggesting the company is once again fiddling with investment projections solely for PR effect (this is a longstanding tradition at AT&T ). AT&T also failed to mention it would be laying off up to 2,000 employees just in time for the holidays . Original reports that 700 employees would be losing their jobs appear to have under-reported the figures. One AT&T insider told DSLReports.com that the Southeast alone saw the elimination of around 700 positions at the company. "Just in the Southwest region we had 700 legacy AT&T employees get surplussed or laid off," says the worker. "I think reports from all districts put it close to 1400 or so just for the AT&T side." 600 workers were also laid off in the midwest, and another 700 workers are slated to be laid off starting in February in Texas and Missouri. And AT&T hinted to the Chicago Tribune that even more layoffs could arrive in the new year because "technology improvements are driving higher efficiencies." “How can you lay people off and then give them $1,000 and say that there’s going to be more jobs available? I wish someone could tell me how that’s possible because I have to explain that to my members, and right now at this time of year, this is a difficult pill to swallow," Joseph Blanco, president of Local 6360 Communication Workers of America Union in Kansas City, told a Kansas City Fox affiliate. The layoffs come not only despite AT&T's claim that the new tax plan would be an employment boon, but longstanding claims that regulatory efforts like killing privacy protections and net neutrality would help boost investment and, by proxy, jobs. AT&T, apparently, hoped you wouldn't notice that the company's PR promises once again eclipsed reality. AT&T, apparently, hoped you wouldn't notice that the company's PR promises once again eclipsed reality.







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fuziwuzi

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Palm Springs, CA 21 recommendations fuziwuzi Premium Member Surprise? Does anyone really believe there will be "more jobs" here in the US? More income for the average person/family? How many times do people have to be led down the rosey path only to be gutted that the promises were all just lies? rody_44

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Food for thought. The 1000.00 is above and beyond the 1000.00 agreed to in the union contracts. That means 2 thousand dollar bonuses. »



In Wednesday's announcement, AT&T noted its track record of creating U.S. jobs. Earlier this year, thousands of AT&T workers, members of the Communications Workers of America union, went on strike over issues like job security and outsourcing. Many AT&T workers already expected to receive 10 percent raises and $1,000 lump-sum back wages as a result of an agreement announced last week.



AT&T told CNBC the bonuses announced on Wednesday are above and beyond any existing agreements, which means some workers would get two $1,000 allocations: One with a new contract, and one when the tax reform bill is signed. copy and pasted Like i said nothing to see here accept dslreports attempt at being a political propaganda machine. What is new is the fact they put a extra billion dollars into the budget for upgrades along with the 1000.00 bonuses and that was thanks to tax reform. Yea i will wait for all the thumbs down instead of actual facts. Its what propaganda machines produce. Might also add that 1 billion dollars equates to 7000 american jobs (per MSNBC). But hey no need to let facts get in your propaganda agendas way.



In a nut shell, your whole story is hogwash. Must be eyeing a career at CNN. Just once it would be nice to see a story written without political bias. Maybe the fact that it is a extra 1000.00 and it is a extra billion dollars or 7000 american jobs. Pretty sad actually considering even CNBC doesnt see it your way.. you really need to up your game to land a job at CNN. They purchased direct tv and people didnt think they would be laying off uverse installers? They announced it so i would assume they were going to do it. LOL they were upfront with this and said uverse workers would take a hit as they made the change. This isnt a surprise to anyone just as dsl reports acting like it is a surprise isnt a surprise to me. Everyone knew they would be getting rid of uverse employees. The layed off have a opportunity to transfer to where the jobs are so im assuming some will make the transfer. You would think sooner or later the media would just report the facts. Fact is everyone including at@t workers knew this was coming. The jobs will be made up as they change uverse to internet only. Only a moron would expect a company to keep two delivery platforms. Not much different than fios turning to wireless. You guys are way smarter than this. Nothing to see here but more political propaganda.Food for thought. The 1000.00 is above and beyond the 1000.00 agreed to in the union contracts. That means 2 thousand dollar bonuses. » www.cnbc.com/2017/12/20/ ··· ees.html Will dslreports ever get away from being a political propaganda machine. ( yea a little research from someone writing stories might be nice).In Wednesday's announcement, AT&T noted its track record of creating U.S. jobs. Earlier this year, thousands of AT&T workers, members of the Communications Workers of America union, went on strike over issues like job security and outsourcing. Many AT&T workers already expected to receive 10 percent raises and $1,000 lump-sum back wages as a result of an agreement announced last week.AT&T told CNBC the bonuses announced on Wednesday are above and beyond any existing agreements, which means some workers would get two $1,000 allocations: One with a new contract, and one when the tax reform bill is signed. copy and pasted Like i said nothing to see here accept dslreports attempt at being a political propaganda machine. What is new is the fact they put a extra billion dollars into the budget for upgrades along with the 1000.00 bonuses and that was thanks to tax reform. Yea i will wait for all the thumbs down instead of actual facts. Its what propaganda machines produce. Might also add that 1 billion dollars equates to 7000 american jobs (per MSNBC). But hey no need to let facts get in your propaganda agendas way.In a nut shell, your whole story is hogwash. Must be eyeing a career at CNN. Just once it would be nice to see a story written without political bias. Maybe the fact that it is a extra 1000.00 and it is a extra billion dollars or 7000 american jobs. Pretty sad actually considering even CNBC doesnt see it your way.. you really need to up your game to land a job at CNN. Tch81

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@2600:1005.x 7 recommendations Anon61366 Anon at&t = fewer jobs, slower speeds Every quarter at&t surpluses American jobs and have for years. It is more efficient to stop updating DSL than to update DSL. It is more efficient to buy another company than to make the current one successful. They can close a call center in Birmingham, Alabama and reopen it elsewhere, get a new tax incentive package in the new city, claim job creation, get rid of older workers, and hire cheaper employees. It's a win win for America? Right?

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Rosston, TX 5 recommendations WHT Member "eclipsed reality" says Karl I say glide angle of a brick.

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CT 4 recommendations cralt Member horse and buggy hiring on other lines of business. They even say this in some of the linked stories. .

IF your working in DBS, twisted pair, or a voice call center chances are your going to be out of a job no matter what sooner or later. Its all dying tech.

Its amazing how people get upset at ATT when we all know no one here is signing up for POTS.

Most people prefer chat for tech support/billing issues.

And we all understand on-demand TV is the future and can't be done over DBS.

ATT is cutting back DBS, copper, and voice call center jobs. Stuff thats going away. They areThey even say this in some of the linked stories. .IF your working in DBS, twisted pair, or a voice call center chances are your going to be out of a job no matter what sooner or later. Its all dying tech.Its amazing how people get upset at ATT when we all know no one here is signing up for POTS.Most people prefer chat for tech support/billing issues.And we all understand on-demand TV is the future and can't be done over DBS.