AT&T

They hire great people. They build good teams. They try to build diverse teams, but some managers don't really know what that looks like, especially on the technical teams.

Strong support for veterans, some disabled groups, and LGBTQ+.

Good benefits.

Poor life/work balance.

Long hours and weekends.

Lack of advancement opportunities for women in the technical groups. They do better with other minorities.

Too many meetings and too much bureaucracy.

Better diversity training. They do well with race and LGBTQ+.

They do not do well with gender, neurodiversity, and disability training.

They also constantly say that they want people to have "the freedom to fail" when trying new things. In practice, it seemed only white and Asian men had the freedom to fail.

They also handled work/life balance haphazardly. One of my leads had to leave her job after an inflexible schedule kept her from being able to handle her children's morning schedule.

They can handle life events that are schedulable but balk if something unexpected comes up, like a child's illness. They tend to also expect single, childless staff to work extra hours if required by the team, instead of those who are married or have kids—even if the married/parent says they can do it.