ATT has announced 1.5% of the workforce or 4600 people will lose their jobs.
This follows the 10,000 let go at Verizon last month. AT&T has been looking at cutting costs as it ramps up investment in its next generation 5G network, which is expected to fuel future growth
The former customer support specialist is among the more than 16,000 people in the United States who have lost their jobs at the communications giant since 2011, as it continues to shut down call centers to consolidate facilities within the US, or in favor of offshore alternatives in countries such as India, the Philippines and Mexico.
Though AT&T is earning record profits, spending billions on stock buybacks and is expecting an estimated windfall of $20bn in savings from Donald Trump’s tax reforms, it has continued to lay off workers and outsource jobs.
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