AT&T Panics After Tracking ‘Freeloaders’ to Brink of Breakdown

In 2025, AT&T’s desperate quest to expose office shirks used a dystopian "presence report" powered by laptop Wi-Fi, badge swipes, and even phone location — basically Big Brother with a beer budget. Kellyn Kenny, CMO, admitted it’s inaccurate enough to ‘drive humans to the brink of frustration’ but hey, they caught ‘freeloaders’ clocking in only 30 minutes. CEO John Stankey’s memo pleaded for trust while admitting the data flagged more rebels than reality. This Orwellian RTO spectacle echoes Amazon’s ‘inconsistent badger’ fiasco, turning offices into surveillance zones where doctors’ appointments are suspicious activities. So much enthusiasm for surveillance, yet hiring top AI talent? Not so much.

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AT&T’s office attendance system is so ‘accurate’ it turns doctor visits into covert ops and ‘freeloaders’ into headline villains. Welcome to the 2025 office dystopia, where trust dies before the coffee does.

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'Presence report’: the tech that confuses employee work hours with a Netflix binge, proving even AT&T can’t get their life—or their data—together.

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Tracking workers by laptop Wi-Fi and phone GPS sounds like a tech startup dream. At AT&T, it’s a nightmare where harassment meets hilarity and everyone’s suspicious of the bathroom break.

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