AT&T

The people are polite, and there is much political infighting, perhaps more than at other companies. But it's probably just hidden better.

Senior management is very visible, but many times with their company performances, it's like being in a church.

The company is very stable, which is hard to find nowadays.

If you're doing databases or software you will want to work somewhere else. The bureaucracy is incredible and makes simple things exceedingly difficult. Senior management is trying to change this and has a "Workforce 2020" plan for 2020 which envisions reducing the work force by 1/3 by 2020. So they are trying to force educate the workers on agile and data science but there's really so few software and database jobs that are internally posted that there's not really anywhere to go once you get in. They just approved 64-bit Windows 7 after banning it for the last 3 years because it was "unproven" and "unstable" in spite of the 100 million+ users on the rest of the planet. I have a data science certificate and there's really no where to apply it in the company or find any positions as they require a PhD. Really, I worked my behind off for the company and got nothing for it except perhaps less and less respect. I really wanted my time with AT&T to be good and for me to be able to say good things about the company but I really can't except for the polite people and being economically stable (if you don't count reducing their workforce by 1/3...100,000 people in the next 5 years).

What can I tell you?

You talk a good game, but what BS in the real company!

Ethics violations are routine and cannot be reported.

Deadwood is everywhere!

Horrible middle management!