Lawsuits claim AT&T's CEO saw the relocation mandate as a way to replace older workers with younger ones

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AT&T CEO John Stankey has said the company needs to move away from a culture of loyalty and tenure toward one that is more market-performance-oriented.

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Read the memo AT&T sent staff about moving its global HQ to the Dallas suburbs

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AT&T's corporate headquarters in Dallas.

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AT&T CEO says he made a mistake in how he went about fixing company culture — but the viral memo wasn't it

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AT&T CEO John Stankey said he was too slow on changing the company's culture.

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From Palantir to AT&T, CEOs are demanding employee loyalty on DEI, AI, and remote work

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  • Don't see eye-to-eye with your CEO? That's fine, you can go.
  • Leaders in recent months have taken a hard-line stance on AI, remote work, and so-called "woke-ism."
  • They have more power to demand what they want right now — but the pendulum is always swinging.

Bend the knee, or go work somewhere else.

Hegseth's speech is another sign that workplace loyalty is dead

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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at a Marine Corps base in Virginia

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AT&T tracked employee attendance to find 'freeloaders.' Now, it admits the system is driving workers to the 'brink of frustration.'

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A visitor walks past US multinational telecommunications AT&T logo during the 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona.
AT&T uses an automated system that tracks employee compliance with the company's return-to-office policy.

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AT&T's CEO isn't sure why his corporate culture memo went viral, but he says it has spurred 'the right kind of dialogue'

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AT&T CEO John Stankey speaks at the Boston College Chief Executives Club luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 24, 2023.

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The AT&T CEO's blunt memo is a test case for leaders

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Current and former CEOs weighed in on AT&T chief John Stankey's memo to managers and the challenges of creating lasting cultural change.

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AT&T just made it official: Workplace loyalty is dead

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Here's what readers are saying about the AT&T CEO's memo

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Business Insider readers shared feedback on AT&T CEO John Stankey's recent memo about company culture.

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