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Just not the same and getting worse

Senior System Architect
Current Employee
Has worked at AT&T for 20 years
August 16, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Not many to pick from.

401K, acceptable Healthcare, 50% of Mobile services, great Internet price.

As for the work in this company, I suppose if you are a project manager, you might like it here. Plenty of things to keep moving forward with and sticking to a timeline.

Cons

No growth. Declining businesses mean job reductions. Leadership is a bit arrogant.

Newbie leaders will no doubt leave because it is too hard to affect the needed changes. Plus, none of them were stars in their firms, yet they pretend to be stars here.

Advice to Management

If I had that advice, I’d be a highly-paid consultant. The real issue is the senior leadership is already paid and set for life.

Transforming an old firm is not easy. However, the current leadership team is not believable. The newbies are trying too hard. Let’s just be honest.

Most of the people sticking around are too set in their ways. Nothing seems to be truly transforming. The CEO is still the one who helps guide the company to the shipwrecks, and this is the same person to lead us in this transformation. The prior CEO was no better. Unfortunately, the best leader we had passed away.

Right now, it's just a new “good old person” club of well-paid individuals who should be invited to do something else, starting with our CEO and the rest of his lieutenants. Several of these folks created the problems, and we need new blood.

I cannot blame the company for trying to eliminate the older folks in this business. Many are too biased to breathe new life into the company. Also, this move to building our software is hard to imagine with how we finance this company and run things here.

That said, go for it! What else do you have to lose in a company dying by a thousand cuts, or is it really 50,000? Nobody seems to know.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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