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Please Don't Misunderstand
I get this email from a co-worker gloating about AT&T laying off 12,000 employees. My first response was "are these landline or wireless jobs?" She did not respond. So I had to get home and research it and I find that they are indeed landline not wireless job cuts. Is anyone really surprised? There is a reason why Deutch Telekom refuses to sell TMobile USA and Vodaphone will not sell its interest in Verizon Wireless. Wireless is profitable and landline is a dying dinosaur. I know two people who have landline phone service. The same thing which makes AT&T's marketing simple will confuse some people when bad news is reported. AT&T is a brand and there are different sectors which fall under that umbrella. The same article reports that...
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"My first response was "are these landline or wireless jobs?""
My first response is "How horrible so close to Christmas." To me it matters not landline or wireless. Although landline IS more understandable.
My first response is "How horrible so close to Christmas." To me it matters not landline or wireless. Although landline IS more understandable.
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It matters to me because the whole point of the email was some chest thumping by a fellow employee at a rival (of AT&T Mobility) carrier. It was emailed to my entire training team so when I get back to work there will be tweny plus responses co-signing the email and talking about how luck we are to be employed there. We ARE fortunate to have our jobs, surely, but it is a mistake to act as though AT&T landline employees being laid off is one more reason to be thankful. That is what I am thinking about. Is it sad this close to Christmas? Surely. But both my parents have now been laid off (my dad the Tuesday before Thanksgivings and my mother the at the beginning of November). I am not surprised that anyone is being laid off. This is on...
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Nah...just get a bail out. 🤣
Btw I was just kidding on the previous sentence
Btw I was just kidding on the previous sentence
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