I just started this group yesterday, 1/11/06.. Hopefully the group will grow and provide a medium for old friends to be reacquainted. A little about myself...
My name is Tom and I originally started in 1970 with NY Telephone in Manhattan repairing teletype machines. The group, Special Services, evolved with new...
I worked 13 years for AT&T as a comm tech, then two as a manager, then layed off as a manager. A few years later AT&T bought the company I was working for...
Steven Estrada
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Jan 18, 2006 10:15 am
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I worked 13 years for AT&T as a comm tech, then two as a manager, then layed off as a manager. A few years later AT&T bought the company I was working for...
Tom, Thanks for the thanks. I think we will all enjoy it as it grows. Welcome to the group. It sounds as though you had a very interesting career with AT&T...
Hi Steven, Welcome to the group. In regards to your question on benefits. $300 a month for 21 years of service. Sounds kind of low to me. Is this to say if...
Hi, Thanks for starting the yahoo group. I was given the boot from ATT after 35 years. My name is Pat Wenz. I worked in Chicago my entire career. I got...
Hi All - Short version....started at New England Tel as a teletypist in 1971, left for a year to work at Winter Park Tel (Winter Park, FL)& then back to NE....
... Maybe it has something to do with conversion to cash balance in 1994. I got a detailed printout, but don't know how to begin to verify any of it's data....
Hi Pat, Welcome to the group. I at one time new a few people that went to Chicago. They were guys promoted from Detroit and from Ojus, Florida to some sort of...
Colleen, Hi and welcome to the group. Wow, another interesting AT&T career. You sure can't say we didn't get to travel with AT&T. For some it's almost like ...
Steven, About the only thing I can think of is to go to or call whatever organization created your print out and ask them to explain it to you. Does it say...
Nice to see the rapid growth! Eric - I also considered VRIP (and the seemingly big lump of cash) but was only 49 and looked like I would have still incurred ...
Tom, I had no idea AT&T had such a large presence in Singapore. Singapore was not one of my countries when I was an international traffic engineer so I never...
Is anyone else concerned about the rising medical premiums we have to pay as our contribution to the costs. When I was employed no big deal, but now it is a...
Hi all! Career summary: I started with the old 195 Broadway Corporation in NYC in 1977 and basically stayed with that unit through its many metamorphoses, to...
I started in Houston with Southwestern Bell as a frameman in 1973, end up over 29 years laters in sales in Columbus, OH when I was FMP'ed in 2002. My only hope...
Folks, please read the Summary of Annual Report page 3 which was mailed to all of us back in November of 2005 from AT&T. This report is mailed annually. It...
Folks, please read the Summary of Annual Report page 3 which was mailed to all of us back in November of 2005 from AT&T. This report is mailed annually. It...
Gary, Welcome to the group. I for one know what your saying and of course nothing will probably ever change, i.e.: increase our pensions, but it is nice to...
Hello Allen, Welcome to the group. A fellow frame man as that is where I started in Detroit back in 69. AT&T was hiring like mad at the time and it seemed ...
This is old news. ACER (formerly known as ACE CORP) has been preaching this since 1998. This is old news. ACER (formerly known as ACE CORP) has been preaching...
I see what you are saying and indeed the AT&T fund does seem quite healthy. Of course those of us that took the Lump Sum are locked in to what we accepted,...
My name is Jim. I worked for AT&T for 21 years. Started in 1982 with FSS in Orlando, Fl. Worked in tech support for MVS mainframes starting up data centers for...
Hello Jim, Welcome to the group. Glad to here you took the annuity option, or did you have a choice. In 98 everyone I knew took the cash buy out as the stock...
Hello all, I see we are up to 40 members now, which is not too bad. So far in January we had 26 messages, 13 of which I believe were mine, or something like...
MESSAGE for All who Suffered the Cash Balance Conversion During 2005, The HR (HR2830) and Senate (S1783) both passed pension reform legislation, and now it...
All, I created an album, Eric's Album and put in about 8 pictures I have found so far of my AT&T days. Have a few more I will add as I find them. Eric L. AT&T...
All, Has anyone else used the Fidelity Retirement Planning tool on the AT&T Fidelity web site? I have been using it and was somewhat pleased with the results....
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