Pros
- Pay was pretty good. For what I did, and the qualifications that I had at the time, it was certainly a good parachute job after the military. - Good Benefits - Executive leadership engages often - First level management engagement was pretty great, and the company seems to have a good screening process for the best people in that position
Cons
- In the business unit I was apart of, advancement is almost impossible. I worked in the same position for almost 9 years, with only 2 people the entire time receiving any kind of career advancement. - Overpromise, under deliver. There is always new buzz about potential positions that never come to fruition, and when the ones that actually do come in, the positions are never advertised. - Excessive training requirements that have nothing to do with what it is or what you do. Despite never having a sales position, had to take sales training every year. - For a small amount of time (a year), a requirement was to engage on social media for executive leaders of my business unit. - Process for moving jobs is completely opaque. You have to reach out to recruiters for answers and hiring managers do not bother to respond to questions. A statistic that was passed on to me for one of our hiring managers was that some 90% of people that apply for positions are never contacted and almost ever job posted is an internal business unit hire unless it is a AT&T store hired position
