This is just a scheme to flatter Trump knowing all along,they would have to cut jobs do to major loses in their Direct TV division due to heavy Cancelations which will peak sometime in April and May.

SunSeeker

(51,559 posts)

8. They weren't even tax bill bonuses; they just renamed previously planned Christmas bonuses.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:35 PM

Jan 2018

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

11. Corporate Bull Crap once again.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:42 PM

Jan 2018

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)

16. Corporations give out Christmas bonuses to employees?

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:00 PM

Jan 2018

What is this "Christmas bonus" you speak of?

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

17. My wife gets a very nice bonus each December

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #16)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 09:29 PM

Jan 2018

But it is just called ‘bonus’, not ‘Christmas bonus’.

SunSeeker

(51,559 posts)

18. LOL. Ok, some rare folks do get "Christmas bonuses," or "End of Year" bonuses.

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #16)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 10:14 PM

Jan 2018

But I agree with your point, it is not the norm for most workers, particularly low wage and government workers.

LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)

20. +1 eom

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:34 PM

Jan 2018

rurallib

(62,416 posts)

6. Eichenwald has been a treasure throughout the Trump debacle

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:48 PM

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Mr.Bill

(24,300 posts)

7. AT&T/Direct TV

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:13 PM

Jan 2018

also raised their rates.

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)

9. Our pay should rise so fast.

Reply to Mr.Bill (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:36 PM

Jan 2018

I am cutting back. Bye HBO!

I can catch John and Bill on YouTube.

SunSeeker

(51,559 posts)

10. AT&T isn't the only Corp to hand out a "tax bonus" then hand out layoff notices.

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:41 PM

Jan 2018

https://thinkprogress.org/companies-gop-tax-bonuses-layoffs-fdf07fdf90d2/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

15. ...

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 05:12 PM

Jan 2018

It’s funny how AT&T was so quick to loudly pat itself on the back for giving bonuses and pretending that it was due to the tax cut when it really was a pre-negotiated raise with an employee union. Yet the news of the layoffs went very quietly. It’s almost like they know they’ve done something that wouldn’t look good?

It turns out it wasn’t the giant scam that caused AT&T to suddenly write extra checks. It was a union—Communications Works of America—who made it possible.

Why would AT&T lie about something that could be easily debunked? Some suspect it’s to curry favor with our narcissistic president who is far too easily swayed by praise

Unfortunately, Trump and the rest of the GOP has normalized this type of doublespeak to line their pockets while wrecking mental and financial havoc on regular Americans.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/22/1694366/-AT-T-credits-GOPTaxScam-for-worker-bonuses-but-its-union-already-negotiated-for-them-weeks-ago

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

19. Obviously this whole sounds sucky and f-d up ... however ... wasn't it like 100K people that got $$?

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 04:52 AM

Jan 2018

Particularly bullshit is that these bonuses were actually due to union negotiations (according to folks above), but framed to glorify Trumpfenfuhrer/GOP (if true, yet AGAIN, that was some GREAT REPORTAGE, Corporate Whor ... Errrrr ... Media!)

That said, lets not run off too half-cocked here. How many '1000s' are we talking about here that are getting laid off?

If it's 50K+ then it's a major story.

If it's 2K ... it's not so much.

And if we run off willy-nilly decrying to all our FB and Twitter friends of this great evil ... we're riskinglooking like idiots if the facts don't bear out our rant. And Dog knows, the 'facts' are SUPER IMPORTANT to wingnuts ... on the very rare occasion that they back THEIR version of reality.

EVERYTHING nowadays needs to parsed with an eye towards 'bullshit', even the stuff we feel like 'helps our cause' ... and yeah, even when coming from 'people we normally trust' ... like Eichenwald.

It's a tweet, not an expose, folks.

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