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Company Has Lost Its Soul

Principal Technical Architect
Former Employee
Worked at AT&T for 20 years
January 16, 2019
Saint Louis, Missouri
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Reasonable salaries, quality, affordable benefits. Good 401(k) match.

Cons

Lack of trust in employees, forced/artificial "collaboration" by forcing employees who had been successfully telecommuting for years back into the office, layoffs, layoffs, layoffs!

AT&T is consolidating employees into key cities (called "Collaboration Zones"), so if you're not in a key city, you'll soon find yourself out of a job. Additionally, there are the 3 golden cities (Atlanta, Dallas, and El Segundo), which is where you'll be expected to move if you want a GM job.

Advice to Management

Trust and empower your people. You're a company that sells connectivity, so use it to run your business. You have the resources to connect people all over the world to solve problems, and you're squandering that!

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