AT&T

I'm still in a legacy DirecTV division, so the people are great. I got some a really awesome project and great new technical skills from it.

It seems everyone is replaceable and equal at AT&T.

Don't expect merit rewards. I killed it for the team and got zero raise.

AT&T benefits are also terrible, and there is a threat of salary reductions for the full transition in 2017, so I am looking around.

Still, it can be a good place to get experience for your resume.

Just don't expect to reap the rewards here.

If you are exceptional, take the experience and move on.

It's only a place for the mediocre to feel comfortable long term and stay.

I understand the need to conserve costs. But you are losing out overall. You have exceptional employees doing more work than three or four coworkers combined, but they are looking at losing out. Reward and promote based on merit.

Get rid of the incompetent. I think you would save money overall AND serve the customers better. I feel completely alienated.