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AT&T CEO says hard to find skilled U.S. workers
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| March 26, 2008
| Jim Forsyth
Posted on 03/26/2008 6:41:43 PM PDT by RDTF
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this coming from the company that makes a practice of laying off all their skilled workers when they start to make too much
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:41:43 PM PDT
by
RDTF
To: RDTF
it was having trouble finding enough skilled workers to fill all the 5,000 customer service jobs at what they feel like paying.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:45:33 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
To: RDTF
"Skilled workers" is code for "able to read."
Government school are geared for political indoctrination, not actual education.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:46:47 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: RDTF
"We're having trouble finding the numbers that we need with the skills that are required to do these jobs,"Translation: Folks just won't work for $7.50 an hour and no benefits.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:46:55 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: RDTF
in some communities and among certain groups,Perhaps they ought to look in other 'communities' among the other 'groups'. Or perhaps someone should just post the 'That's Racist' graphic.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:47:43 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: RDTF
May I suggest to AT&T that the U.S. Territories have a surplus of English speaking, moderately skilled, technology savvy, American labor pools...
But then again, I’m sure they considered the territories before they outsourced clear half way around the world.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:47:51 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: RDTF
"Stephenson said he is especially distressed that in some communities and among certain groups, the high school drop out rate is as high as 50 percent."I wonder which communities and groups he's talking about here. This really isn't a problem. Communities tend to be small areas. If you offer a good salary, people will come in droves from outside that community to work for you.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:47:56 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: RDTF
It’s tough to find them at AT&T fer sure......
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:48:28 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: RDTF
didn’t they just lay off 8000 people last quarter? What jobs where those besides B2B sales execs? I thought I heard that CS lost a ton also? Anyone got the old article? It also talked about a bunch of store closures.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:48:43 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Senator McCain, what did GWB promise you back in 2000? And you believed him? BWAHAAAAA!)
To: KoRn
I don’t know many people who aspire to be customer service reps.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:48:57 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Dr. Sivana
it was having trouble finding enough skilled workers to fill all the 5,000 customer service jobs at what they feel like paying.Exactly. There is never a problem filling any type of job. The problem is always expecting to find good employees by paying them minimum wage.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:48:58 PM PDT
by
Lurking in Kansas
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag yJeou down t his wair level, then beat you with experience.)
To: RDTF
“Gone are the days, he said, when AT&T and other U.S. companies had to hire locally.”
And gone are the days where we had no choice but AT&T.
Works both ways bub!
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:49:38 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(...and then the cops came!)
To: 1rudeboy
"I dont know many people who aspire to be customer service reps."I also considered that, but these may not be all call center positions, though they probably are. I used to work for Sprint, and they consider service techs(phone guys) to be customer service positions as well.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:50:57 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: RDTF
Thats funny. Perhaps if they trained and promoted from within and stopped farming out IT jobs they would not have the problem.
They want to pay top technicians 20 thou a year. Thats what they really want.
To: RDTF
HR in most companies are so full of themselves, they couldn’t spot a good employee if the CEO applied themself.
To: RDTF
I will comment on the criminal dishonesty and incompleteness of this dihonest %&^%$&^$%’s comments as soon as I calm down....
Maybe.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:52:22 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: RDTF
I used to work for AT&T. They laid off over 200,000 people before they got to me. They could try calling a few of them back but then they might have to pay them more than $5/hr.
To: RDTF
You ain't kidding, broham. It took the missus and me 24 hours and about a dozen phone calls to Apu and his cousins in Mumbai to get a fuggin'
cell phone activated. If it was a Slurpee machine, I bet that sumbitch would have been puking out cherry-lime brain freezers in five minutes.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:53:01 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(I hope the AG pounds the Mann Act up Spitzer's ass with a sharp stick.)
To: RDTF
... hard to find skilled U.S. workers who'll work for .78 an hour (plus tips)
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:53:36 PM PDT
by
djf
To: RDTF
I’m proud to say that after 10 or so years of getting telemarketing calls or customer service calls from overseas, I still refuse to talk to any of them. Even when they tell me with a heavy Indian accent that their names are Nancy or Bill.
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posted on
03/26/2008 6:54:11 PM PDT
by
adorno
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