AT&T Calls Telecommuters Back To the Cubicle

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.'"

Less gaming, more working.

[Delusion_]

"Of course it's work-related. I'm farming Primals for my supervisor."

Telecommuting is good for business.

[Peter Trepan]

As the CEO of a successful chain of churches, I can tell you that our televangelists are much more lucrative than our traditional ones.

Re:Better than telecommuting.

[Zenaku]

That is a great "idea." I have an even better "idea:" Use magic. If we all used magic to create our food, shelter and amenities, nobody would have to work at all, and we could spend our time playing Quiddich.

Re:I hope they all quit!

[gEvil (beta)]

Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how much that many data lines cost? It's not like AT&T can just get a bulk discount on them or anything...

Re:Better than telecommuting.

[Thrip]

Dude, the Potter books explicitly state that you can't make food with magic. Someone please kill me for knowing this.

Re:Shadow Layoff?

[Anonymous Coward]

Now I work 1600 miles away, save $20 fuel each way each day[...]

Damn! What kind of hybrid do YOU have!

Re:Shadow Layoff?

[Osiris Ani]

Plus you can't force people to attend useless meetings if they telecommute.

I call shenanigans on that part of the preceding comment. I've been telecommuting for most of the past four years, and in that duration, have attended useless meetings far too often.

However, I generally attend them sans pants, so I win.