AT&T Network Operations Manager / Network Engineer reviews

As far as I can tell, it's just a little worse than the other telcom's - benefits SUCK (if you're management, the union seems to be looking out for its people); people who do their job very well end up getting stuck in it because they can't afford to move someone competent into management; "raises" come in just under the rate of inflation - no matter if you excel or not - managers try to keep compensation even across their employees; most job training consists of some web pages you click through just to get your "certification."

AT&T has poor management and entirely too many executives. Due to the emense bureaucratic structure a great deal of time is spent in justifying the job or jobs that you intend to do instead of just accomplishing them. If you are a first line manager there is a good chance that you will be given unionized labor. The problem here is the corporate culture has lead to an us vs. them thought process on both sides. This is another source of frustration. HR has been converted to a mostly computer based system and benifits are reduced yearly. Receiving a promotion is very dificult.