There is a mass exodus of new and tenured employees at T-Mobile right now. Most are quitting with nothing lined up because it is THAT bad. This is all stemming from the following mix:
- Extreme burnout and overwork
- Since Legere left there is no brand. Sievert does nothing except push all employees to return to office.
- HR does nothing when you come to them with concerns. In fact any reporting that is done you will be retaliated against.
- Employee churn causing more workload placed on others with no right-sizing of roles/duties following departures. Employees must find a way to do it all, then they burn out more and leave. It's an endless cycle at this point. Entire departments of people have churned due to this type of cycle.
- Leadership forcing employees back into the office even though COVID is still surging and we have proven that we can work together remotely for nearly 2 years with great success.
- Lack of leadership. Not only lack of leadership in relation to COVID (other companies have all postponed return to work), but also with respect to how employees are treated and decisions are made.
- Lack of advancement opportunities. Only those in the inner circle get promoted. There is also a lack of growth programs. Sure, they advertise a ton of these but you also must be hand selected or in the inner circle to get those
- Frequent re-orgs that just create more chaos. Work is impossible to get done because there is always fighting about who owns what due to the continuous re-orgs.
- Leaders who are indecisive, rude, avoid addressing employee concerns, and will put down others to make them look better. Being yelled at/belittled is not uncommon.
- Cheap magenta swag sent/given out as a "reward" or "incentive" for doing good.
