What do these younger development employees do all day? I’ve seen quite a few that seem to spend 50-60% of the day networking or goofing off in the Dallas HQ. It seems more like an extension of a social experience than people actually solving business problems. These kids are getting paid 125-150k a year and seem to wirk 20 hours a week at most!
What the he-l?
What do these leadership development or rotational employees actually do?
They Develop and Rotate, what did you expect them to do?
In my experience with them, they do want to work and learn. The problem is they are in positions for such a short time. Who wants to waste their time training someone for them to just move on half way through it. No one has time for that.
Who needs to know anything when your fast track career path means you won't be in any job longer than 12-18 months? By the time anyone notices, you're bumped up a level to your next assignment. But this program is not going anywhere. It's a full employment program for the kids/relatives of executives. Nepotism rules!
We have on my team. They are on everyone’s calls and that’s about it. They never say one word. I wouldn’t recognize their voice if they did. Boss wants us to find something for them to do, but to do so would just create a lot more work for us, because they literally don’t know anything. And that’s but necessarily their fault. It’s just a flawed idea.
I’ve known and worked with a few. Some are awesome, most yeah no. They almost all are executives kids though.
There are plenty of employees at ATT that have been here a while with non-bs degrees from prestigious schools still sitting at L2 and stuck. Yet these LDP jump straight to the top.
Lesson 1 - it ain’t what you know, it’s who you know.
The kids coming out of real universities, with real degrees (engineering, computer science, and accounting) are typically sharp as he-l, and in 6 months will put 30 year AT&T veterans to shame. The problem is with the kids who come in here with worthless degrees (marketing, management, finance, Human Resources, general business). These types have no clue. They are the problem.
don't train them, f em, Stank can train em
And the suggestion is don’t hire any college grads any longer? It’s crazy we’ve come to that.
Horrible program full of nepotism and kids without one damn clue. They need to end it.
I’m a new hire that works in sales - those who aren’t in Dallas actually work our butts off, I know I have some friends who are in Dallas and aren’t in leadership and still work hard. Maybe it’s those in marketing or whatever, but we do stuff - at least those that are in sales.
I was in the office today and overheard someone apparently trying to train a new employee over the phone, was not very productive training it seemed and the gentleman had to keep restating simple job functions over and over again. I could hear frustration in his voice and he was talking a little louder so I overheard everything. Almost felt bad for the trainee until I overheard him asking the trainee if they were a new hire fresh out of college. Pretty sure his tone changed after finding out the person was fresh out of college. Experience and knowledge are out the door, and these newbs are going to take over. Get used to it. We all started somewhere, but I have to admit this new generation of graduates are so clueless, it's comical how bad it is.
Worked with many over the years. Each do great work in my experience.
College kids don’t know their backsides from a h0le in the ground! They’re green as grass, wet behind the ears & naive as the day is long!
Future executives
Say less fam
It's all fun and games now, but trust me, I see people on LinkedIn with great degrees, and with no degrees at all... all struggling to find good jobs just the same.
don't be jealous.....
"Quit pickin' on us, we earned our cred in the classroom pal, nuff said."
No you didn't. Like most people fresh out of college you think you are the most brilliant gem in the box. Wrong. The end of your studies is merely the beginning of your real education. Buckle up. The ride is just starting.
Quit pickin' on us, we earned our cred in the classroom pal, nuff said.