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posted by Fnord666 on Friday June 21 2019, @12:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the business-as-usual dept.

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AT&T Lays Off Thousands After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks And Regulatory Favors

Back in November of 2017 AT&T promised that if it received a tax break from the Trump administration, it would invest an additional $1 billion back into its network and employees. At the time, CEO Randall Stephenson proclaimed that "every billion dollars AT&T invests is 7,000 hard-hat jobs." Not "entry-level jobs," AT&T promised, but "7,000 jobs of people putting fiber in ground, hard-hat jobs that make $70,000 to $80,000 per year."

Yeah, about that.

The Trump tax cut resulted in AT&T getting billions in immediate tax relief, and roughly $3 billion in tax savings annually, in perpetuity. Yet when it came time for AT&T to re-invest this money back into its network and employees, AT&T actually did the opposite and began laying them off in droves. Unions claim AT&T has laid off an estimated 23,000 workers worldwide since the Trump tax plan, with investors and executives unsurprisingly pocketing the savings. This week, the word came down that AT&T would be laying off thousands more as it wraps up fiber deployment:

"Leaked internal documents confirmed most of the 1,800 planned job cuts. One AT&T surplus declaration shows that more than 900 of the surplus jobs come from the company's Southeast division in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This document attributes most of the cuts to "economic" reasons and some to "technological/operational efficiency."


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @01:09PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @01:09PM (#858523)

    1) Revenue is generated from the activities.
    2) Operating costs (including salaries) are substracted.
    3) Now you have profit before tax.
    4) Taxes are paid.
    5) Now we have profit after tax.
    6) Profit after tax is given to the shareholders.

    It goes always in that order. Now, cut out point 4... where does the extra money end up?

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @03:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @03:36PM (#858580)

    More telemarketer jobs in India.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Friday June 21 2019, @03:39PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 21 2019, @03:39PM (#858582) Journal

    When you cut out point number 4, you substantially increase point number 2, but only at the top executive level.

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