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I work for (current) AT&T, in Atlanta. SBC also bought Atlanta-based BellSouth in 2006, and some of my coworkers who are ex-BellSouth complain that working for
by madcaptenor 2y ago
I work for (current) AT&T, in Atlanta. SBC also bought Atlanta-based BellSouth in 2006, and some of my coworkers who are ex-BellSouth complain that working for this company hasn't been the same since. But I haven't heard that as much lately - a lot of those people have retired by now.
- kjellsbells 2y agoDont forget the takeover of Cingular. That always seemed to be when the old DNA was comprehensively switched out for the new. No more ATT with sleepy offices in San Antonio, now it was a mobile company based out of Dallas.
- madcaptenor 2y agoYep - those were around the same time so I think people might find it hard to disentangle the two, especially when they’re just complaining instead of trying to do serious corporate history.
- Squids4Cows 2y agore: some of my coworkers who are ex-BellSouth complain that working for this company hasn't been the same since. That would be correct and only natural. I started with Michigan Bell in 1977, went through divestiture, the assembly of Ameritech, then SWBT/SBC. The Bell System / along with Western Electric/Bell Labs was a great place to be. You could spread out the SD's to work on problems and end up talking with engineers/programmers. My bosses went from being in Michigan, to Wisconsin, to St. Louis, to NJ. So, yes, the jobs have changed, the coworkers have changed, the jobs have changed. Plus, we all missed Ed Whitacre when he retired.