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It was a paycheck, but that was about it

Technical Architect
Former Employee
Worked at AT&T for 6 years
March 7, 2014
Plano, Texas
3.0
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Pros

tele-commuting privileges, depending on your supervisor and job function.

If you get laid off, at least you get 60 days' notice and are not walked out the door immediately.

Good vacation benefits.

Some people have it really good here.

Cons

Getting stuck into a group that you do not want to be a part of and being blocked from moving elsewhere is very hard.

It's very hard to get decent raises, so try to get a good salary upon hiring. Even if you are a top achiever, you end up supplementing the bottom feeders.

People who were salaried often worked 7 days a week, with mandatory meetings on weekends.

There's lots of ongoing off-shoring. There's no career path anymore for onshore technical people.

Every few years, they make you do strike training, and they think that work is more important than your daily job. You end up working all night and doing strike training all day.

They care more about if you do your timesheet each week than if you fix problems and build solutions.

Advice to Management

Management has an annoying attitude toward anyone below them. They pigeonhole people into jobs if they are good at that job and do not compensate them well for it. It makes their numbers look good.

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