AT&T

Decent salary and benefits, including employee discount on AT&T services (50% off wireless lines).

The RTO policy is 5 days/week in the office with almost no flexibility. Reports on your office presence are treated as if you're a grade schooler, even if your team is located in other cities.

There are no stock options or RSUs except for high-level managers (and we're supposed to celebrate when the stock goes up).

Stay away from the Bothell office because:

• There's no cafeteria. Executives say they can't afford to subsidize one, so your only on-site option is a food truck, vending junk food, or bringing your own lunch.
• The office is in an office park in the middle of nowhere, about a mile from the nearest transit, so you'll likely need to drive.
• If you do drive, get to the office as early as you can, as there isn't enough parking.
• There is no assigned seating.

When your Head of HR leaves after you force employees back to the office five days a week, you lose lots of valuable talent through attrition or firing over RTO policy violations, and employee morale sinks, it's time to reconsider your "culture" and policies.