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AT&T Calls Telecommuters Back To the Cubicle

Posted by kdawson on from the land-of-the-pointy-haired dept.

bednarz writes "AT&T is requiring thousands of employees who work from their homes to return to traditional office environments, sources say. 'It is a serious effort to reel in the telework people,' says the Telework Coalition's Chuck Wilsker, who has heard that as many as 10,000 or 12,000 full-time teleworkers may be affected. One AT&T employee says rumors have been circulating since AT&T's merger with SBC that the new upper management is not supportive of teleworking: 'We'd heard rumors to that effect, and all of a sudden we got marching orders to go back to an office.'"

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  1. Oh No! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First they call you to the office, next thing you know they're going to want you to communicate! If this goes on for too long we may actually have to work.

  2. Re:Shadow Layoff? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They probably figure - correctly - that they can accomplish as much with half the staff. Most telecommuters suck.

  3. Cry me a river by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So, you won't get to play WOW on the company's dime. You won't get to do your laundry on the company's. You won't get to walk your dog on the company's dime. You won't get to babysit your rugrats on the company's dime.

    Don't like it? Get another job.