Comments on: King Ed The First of New AT&T

By: Jim C.

Jim C. — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:00:56 +0000

Listen to this. I got a call from a contractor to work for AT&T. The promised to move me form California to Georgia and work for them programming. I did so. I worked HARD for them, but had NO TRAINING of their systems, and I guess was expected to learn it in a week with hardly NO TRAINING. YOU GOT IT! 2 months later I was FIRED because I was late ONE DAY bt 49 minutes, and I came in 2 hours on a SUnday on MY TIME to get my work done. Now I have NO RENT $$, NO JOB, and a family of 4 with no $$ coming in. I did EVERYTING they wanted, but I found out I was NOT one of their pets. Thing is, I did a lot of work for them I had to learn on my own, and THOUGHT I was doing a great job. NOW, NO JOB, NO $$ COMING IN, RENT DUE, and A LONG WAY FROM HOME. DO NOT support or go to work for AT&T. They ruined my life, and my family's. I'm 49 yrs old, and been a programmer for 20 yrs. No I am so in trouble, I am praying GOD will give me a miracle. I just can't believe a big company like AT&T threw me to the dogs after they move me from coast to coast, then decided I HAD TO PAY FOR THAT!

By: Digital Life » Blog Archive » another King Ed post

Digital Life » Blog Archive » another King Ed post — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:13:36 +0000

[...] I think King Ed has got it a bit messed up. For the traditional Goolge and Yahoo web pages (the WWW application) it’s the consumer that pays Ed for the right to access them and Ed get’s that broadband revenue. Voice is just another application to be used as email is an application. [...]

By: Om Malik : »

Om Malik : » — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:00:51 +0000

[...] To be “T” or not to be “T”…. that is the question of the day. While I cannot disagree with King Ed’s decision to go with the AT&T brand name for his wireline and now wireless company, one does have to wonder why his minions wasted money on the logo and the typeface, which in the words of Russell Beattie is just simply terrible. Think of it as change for the sake of change or perhaps the Texas crew showing those pesky Northerners who is incharge. [...]

By: moo

moo — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:49:59 +0000

and the best part is, Ed and gang have decided to hold on to Ma Bell’s name.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:17:48 +0000

hey i would settle for $300K. that would keep me in cigars and scotch for a year at the very least.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:48:05 +0000

It’s a good thing I’m not a CEO. I’d be trying to sell the company the second my ass touched chair, if I knew a $30M buyout was in the offing. Om, think of all the scotch and cigars a man could buy with that kind of scratch! Who cares if I I’d be a pauper next to some 20-something who just sold his startup for $200M, I’m a man of simple enough needs for $30M to take care of.