What is T offering new employees to lure them in? I keep waiting for our reputation to catch up to us and come to the point where we can't hire anybody, but that's not happening. Do the recruiters lie to people? Does nobody vet the company they're joining anymore? I'd really like to be able to figure out this mystery.
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Ads on the radio say prem techs can get a 10k bonus.
Crazy.
Having a new guy (external hire) joining my team. We basically told him that none of us remembered when was the last time someone new was hired, and we all have 15+ years in. He should be actively looking for another job now.
nepotism.they get treated like guests while tenured grunts carry the load.they are encouraged to rat out union coworkers with the promise of job security.thats what they are offered
@3tao+1dZ72KRS is right. New employees are happy to work here because the benefits are the current industry standard. That's unfortunate for long time employees who think a pension, five weeks of vacation, and retiree health care are normal because your won't find these benefits anywhere else if you leave ATT.
New grads need to get that 1st job on the resume so they can't be turned down for no experience. Being at AT&T 2 or 3 years in entry level is not a ki---r like having 15 years at AT&T know for lack of good experience
This board is out of touch. I work with many of our newer employees. Frankly, they are much happier than those of us who have been here a while. Some of that is because our new wokeness speaks to them. Some of that is because they are too young to have been passed over by others who are harder working, more driven … or prettier … than they are. It sucks to be old, lazy and bitter.
It’s a job. Plain and simple. Sometimes it’s better than where you left. If you’ve ever worked for smaller companies, they can really be sweatshops. T by comparison is easy money depending on the team you’re on. Just being honest.
its just a job you twits
They get a week of my vacation, for starters
I tell prospective employees what I did for the last 15 years and they are on board with it. The secret? Hide in a closet sized office, use my COU line as a hotspot and watch p0rn all day long. Ask stupid questions in town hall or team calls, then every few weeks I give updates on the ever changing content of the white paper I'm writing about 5G antenna placement. Best gig ever
If you don't know anyone that worked for T previously, ie., Mother, Father, good luck getting past entry level management. I've seen so much nepotism in this company that it sickens me. Difficult to accept a non-degreed person getting a B level management position because of a long line of previous T employees in the family.
For management positions T is offering, on average, starting pay at 80-90% of market when bonus and benefits are including. Even less attractive when you compare stock performance over the last 25 years with no measurable appreciation. This implies Tier 2 candidates and in line with what I expecting and seeing. Most do have high ceilings but inexperienced. Just seeing the first wave of gaining experience and leaving for better pay and for better performing companies and the realization that T no longer rewards performance in promotions if you do not check the box; so, going forward, turnover will be an ongoing problem. Unfortunately, T is seen as a dying company. If you think about it, that is what we have seen over the last 15 years with the downsizing and asset sell offs. Throw in gross mismanagement at the most senior levels and we have what we have.
For management positions T is offering, on average, starting pay at 80-90% of market when bonus and benefits are including. Even less attractive when you compare stock performance over the last 25 years with no measurable appreciation. This implies Tier 2 candidates and in line with what I expecting and seeing. Most do have high ceilings but inexperienced. Just seeing the first wave of gaining experience and leaving for better pay and for better performing companies and the realization that T no longer rewards performance in promotions if you do not check the box; so, going forward, turnover will be an ongoing problem. Unfortunately, T is seen as a dying company. If you think about it, that is what we have seen over the last 15 years with the downsizing and asset sell offs. Throw in gross mismanagement at the most senior levels and we have what we have.
CP 21 : always a nice adventure to lure and keep youngsters.
T is a great place to work for psychopathic bu-----t artists. Great working conditions and lots of opportunity for those having that critical skill set. For others, maybe not so much.
anybody thinking of working there should run far far far far far away.
it will always be a cesspool
folks need to come to this site before starting there and run away.
they can't get young employees to stay or even come even after trying to make new higher benefits benefits by taking away from older employees. Only thing they've accomplished is to get older employees to walk.
So don't count on any replacements for the ones leaving. Nobody wants the job.
Most younger employees in their 20s and 30s will never work for companies offering pensions and full medical benefits. This is the exact reason AT&T leadership is having to lead the directives it is. Senior employees are overpaid for their often outdated and stagnant skill level and have longterm financial implications no company can continue to afford.
Most new employees are H1B. Also younger workers dont put up with the BS that older workers have been conditioned to. They are much quicker to leave.
No pension, reduced benefits, and hired as a two to four year term with a fake promise that they can get on permanently. And even if you do get on permanently, you spend the rest of your time here worried about the layoffs that are never far off. Once you get hired on, it feels like the company spends the rest of the time figuring out a way to get rid of you.
There haven't been any new AT&T hires in my area for years. New contractors are added when when an employee leaves or work picks up. Most of the time those contractors are offshore.
No problem getting as many employees as needed... in India!
Candidates cannot wait to hire on! Look at all the great things T offers:
- Our megalomaniac leader - the great illustrious Stink who is irresistible!
- The most abusive, lying management on the planet.
- Mismanagement at every level
- T's Toxic environment - the most toxic in the US.
- $100B in Debt! another record!
- Constant benefit take-aways
- The most "absent" BoD in US corporate history
- No career path
- A pay scale T keeps raising because employees are so underpaid and most abused.
All the above will make T being the next Silicon Valley Tech company, according to the Stink.
T offers new employees the excitement of constant layoffs, and c-suite leadership whose incompetence is so profound, it is hard to distinguish it from intentionally running the company into the ground.