My wife participated along with 26,000ish in a survey that was open for about 4 months. This was not about AT&T specifically. The responses to 2 related questions were fascinating.
Would you hire anyone you currently work with at [Your Current Employer]?
Less than 30% answered YES
Would you hire anyone you've worked with in the past, but not presently, at [Your Current Employer]?
Less than 55% answered YES
Would you hire someone from AT&T?
Company has lost its way....they act like the Govt unfortunately.....and just like the Govt a lot of poor performers never lose their jobs...Randall, Stankey, Chow, etc....Think about it...you lose billions on many failed acquisitions, and you still have your job!!!???? making millions...Where else is this allowed or tolerated....disgraceful...
Company went woke just like the Govt ....and is suffering the consequences. They lost focus on their employees, customers and shareholders....
NO WAY ! ALL LAZY !
My initial thought was YES before reading some of these comments. Never considered someone might need deprogramming before they could be a valued asset at a different company. Hiring is always a venture in risk.
Not a simple question to answer. Verizon and T-Mobile have proven themselves to be superior to AT&T, and AT&T is happy to be in third place. That complacency is concerning. I am assuming my future success is riding on my hiring selections. Obviously I want to hire the best of the best. I don't think I would be overly eager to hire potential employees from a company where their best of the best are defined by participation awards and "good enough" efforts. Excellence in outcome requires excellence in leadership and employees alike. There would be but a slim chance of hiring someone from AT&T.
"It began with the soft sell on Inclusiveness"
There may be some truth in this. The company lost its way, but I can't remember exactly when I first noticed. It was around the time we realized Uverse was taking a downturn.
So taking the lead to support Inclusiveness, and some catchy commercials and kids TV sitcoms are now efforts by the deep state trying to change society? To what end? Did your tin foil hat provide any evidence to support this fantastic theory?
"and we began seeing those children-know-better-than-their-parents commercials around that same timefame."
It was not just the commercials. Look at all the popular kids shows from the 90s and earl 2000s. The parents and adults are typically portrayed as id--ts. Contrast that with the shows from 1950s-70s.
"It began with the soft sell on Inclusiveness"
and we began seeing those children-know-better-than-their-parents commercials around that same timefame.
Those survey results are probably accurate. The quality of the US workforce has eroded over the past 15 years. It began with the soft sell on Inclusiveness. It didn't make much sense to me at the time, but I really didn't make much of it. I was a sheeple when it evolved to full blown correct-think DEI programs. That less than 55% would want to hire anyone from their current work environment should probably be expected rather than a surprise.
My concern would be ingrained negative behaviors learned at AT&T. Definitely some good people here, but more shady players than not. I think the latter would too easily poison a new start up. I would prefer to start with a fresh crew.
When I left T in 2021, I started a company. My company has grown since and I have 30 employees.
The first thing I do when reviewing candidates it look for the pronouns.
We will never hire anyone who puts pronouns on LinkedIn or resumes. We know those people are focused on the wrong things and those things equal nothing but trouble in the workplace.
DEI applicants will.never get a job with my company. Only talented thinkers get rewarded.
My 2 cents and it's worked out well so far.
Depends. I interview the person and learn a lot from the questions I ask.
I don't judge on the past or skin color. To work for my company you must have talent and earn the job on merit.
I wouldn't even hire myself.
I read the comment about demographics, and 26K is certainly a decent sample size. The question asked by the OP aside, a significant number of people appear to be of the opinion their employers did not put together a strong workforce. We are products of our environments. It would be interesting to see how they would respond to the same questions in 2-3 years from now.
Surveys that ask broad questions with narrow answers don't have much survey reliability. Because the real answer is not a yes or no; it's a maybe, some of them, not that one, etc. But when given only yes or no as an answer, or without qualifiers, more people will answer the way the surveyor has designed them to answer. Just like using 'always' and 'never' in a survey or test--it demands a certain answer.
Kind of meaninless without the survey pool demographics. You really think doctors, lawyers, and other high earning professionals participated on a large scale? You've got to consider that a fair number of the respondents may have been in the service industry--so retail, restaurants, etc. which aren't exactly known for their great work ethic.
Most people think they work with incompetent coworkers. And a lot of people think that the people who left may have left bc they weren't great at what they did. Doesn't really mean much, IMO.
I would 100% hire one of my old colleagues. There were some rockstars that went above and beyond what was needed. Everyone is different, it depends on each person. Now if you asked me would I rehire a former manager, I would give the same answer. Some of my former managers were up front and honest. and others lived on a throne of lies and treated you like cattle. YMMV
Yes, there are about 3-4 out of 12 that I’d hire. 5 if I include myself
I would consider hiring only 1 person from my present team. From previous teams combined, maybe 12-15 if they still have the same work ethic they had demonstrated at that time.
I would not hire a lazy person and you know who they are. that makes the rest of the team pick up their slack.
Depends on the person.
Even T doesn’t want its current employees.