AT&T to cut 12,000 jobs
0. phoneArena posted on 04 Dec 2008, 12:17
The No.1 phone company has stated that the 4% lay off of its workforce is also due to in part of 'a changing business mix...
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9. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 17:26 0 0
I wanted to throw my hat into the mix and just state this. When Alltell Is dissolved into VZW, VZW will offer alltell custs to either keep their plans the way they are(for as long as they want, contract end date and beyond) or change to a VZW plan. Vzw has done the same with Qwest, Unicell, and others and will do the same with alltell customers. So my point is I only wish that people would think/research before they speak.
11. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 17:41 0 0
leave it to vzw fanboys to comment on something that has nothing to do with their company... this article is about at&t employees losing their jobs... and you fanboys come on here and start going to bat for vzw... its filth like you that make this site more horrid by the day... i dont have a problem with you guys on vzw articles, but for the sake of god, leave the comments for something based on the article... and yes, vzw will be the number 1 provider (in terms of subscribers)... but not yet... at the time of this article being written, at&t is number 1.... so leave it alone...
13. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 19:18 0 0
haha lol..stop using FANBOY it is a gay name! my sincere apologiez go out to all the at&t people who got fired lol, that what you want me to say dude?
36. (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 19:39 0 0
Ok, you wanna be called fanman? And that is less gay??? nice, fanboy. Besides, fanboy fits you well...Gay.
40. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 21:32 0 0
haha lol i dont want to be called anything dude, i just use that as a username bc everyone would say "fanboy" anyway. fanboy what a gay name. call me a verizon idiot, moron, suckup, fan, rep or what ever but not FANBOY haha lol. boys will be boys by panic at the disco...BTW hahahaha lol, a movie is coming out in 2009 called FANBOYS
66. (unregistered) posted on 07 Dec 2008, 12:30 0 0
your only further proving his point....your bating for the wrong network....btw what ever happened to an unlocked network....and alltel was around for customers who still wanted good coverage...but hated vzw
15. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 19:48 0 0
You morons it is talking about Landline services. Verizon "not verizon wireless" is not even close to competing with AT&Ts landline services.
16. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 20:23 0 0
"Ironically, the good news is that with the wireless industry growing, AT&T is hiring in the wireless sector." So all you vzw idiots are making it look like at&ts going under, when theyre hiring because of good business. typical vzw morons. yelling at the top of their lungs why their employer is number1. some people love the evil empire, most dont. whatever you rednecks like, thats fine. just dont forget to go to your evangelical church and praise verizon.
18. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 20:39 0 0
#19 seriously you have a problem. You just can't help to hate that verizon is taking over the wireless communication. I would be concern that at&t are laying people off and who knows how bad this could end. The only good thing at&t has going for them is the iphone, "but" soon we will have an iphone of our own. Could you imagine that? The iphone on the biggest, best reliable network... It's actually kind of scary to think that at&t might actually loose it all!!!
23. (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 10:18 0 0
Wow straight from a commercial... first off if you look at the Markets for cell phone companies. It is no longer a battle for who has the most subscribers. AT&T focuses on people ages 15-30 focusing mostly on indiviual plans. Verizon focuses on ages 15-40 with attention directed toward families. Sprint focuses on ages 20-55 with attention directed towards buisness. All three are the best at there catagories and only offer a mix of plans beacause it would be bad buisness not to. So yes AT&T is #1 if you like gsm and want an iPhone VZW is number one for calling area and high bills Sprint is number one for buisness phones and wireless broadband* If you want to argue about the wireless broadband do some research of your own dont just take what a commercial says.
24. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 13:16 0 0
a carrier is only as good as the coverage you get and thank you comment number 19 for not using the word fanboy! what a gay name haha lol
70. (unregistered) posted on 07 Dec 2008, 13:40 0 0
stop beating a dead horse... vzw has great coverage for farmers and trailer parks... but for cities, all carriers have good coverage... what good is a smartphone if its crippled? what good is coverage if you cant pay for it?
19. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 21:22 0 0
This is for employees working in the landline division. The wireless division isn't getting any jobs cut. Maybe you morons should learn to read before you post an article.
22. Jyakotu (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 08:23 0 0
Well, since the wireless sector is hiring, can't the people who lose their jobs in the landline area be rehired again in the wireless sector? Also, what's with these VZW fanboys? I mean, there's no guarantee that Alltel customers will stay with Verizon. Because, if they wanted to be with Verizon, I'm sure they've would've chosen Verizon instead of Alltel.
25. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 13:17 0 0
i stil dont know how to get to at&t's website, so i just do cingular.com and it works
38. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 21:21 0 0
not that im lazy but then you have to click on wireless. so it doesnt bring you directly to att wireless. unless you wanna do it backwards and go to wireless.att.com
72. (unregistered) posted on 07 Dec 2008, 13:50 0 0
or you could go to attwireless.com... not much different from going to verizon.com... fanboys know to go to vzw... why dont you break your thumbs typing on your bb storm and type that address in?
73. vzw fanman (unregistered) posted on 07 Dec 2008, 14:34 0 0
haha lol..i dont have a storm i have the gay voyager, and i could "break my thumbs" easier on the voyager's keyboard than the storms. the storms keyboard is not that bad and its not suppose to replace a laptop, ppl shouldnt be trying to write 10 page reports on the storm. thanks anonymous for the new "rock hard for vzw" phrase. why dont you idiots use real user names instead of anonyumous, like bob, john, me, at&t fanboy?
26. The Doctor aka Big Moe! (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 13:33 0 0
I just think it's funny that people are justifying the job cuts because this is an iPhonearena.com/At&t website and the job cuts are ONLY happening with its landline services. People are so naive. Job cuts with any company are still job cuts. Which means that the company either may not be doing well or that company is not doing as well as they anticipated. One thing that I can gaurantee is that Verizon/Verizon Wireless has better job security than ANY other carrier IN THE WORLD! Yeah, I said it. The reason? VALUE. Verizon Wireless knows that although they are not the cheapest carrier, they have the MOST RELIABLE CONSISTENT SERVICE in the country. If you have $50, and you need cell service, would you buy an iPhone with MEDIOCRE service? Or would you buy an LG VX8300 with the BEST service? I would hope you choose the latter!! GO VZW!!
