Limited career paths & opportunities, below market salaries - stable company - Account Executive AT&T Employee Review

3.0
Sep 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

AT&T is a stable company with one of the world's best known "brands". Everyone knows who AT&T is. They are committed to ethical business practices which is why they avoided the problems that Worldcom/MCI had. AT&T is also genuine in their support of diversity regardless of race/religion/orientation.

Cons

Because of their size, AT&T is not at all flexible, either with their employees, their customers or their way of doing business. Even with the size of the company, there are limited career growth opportunities. Most departments are very understaffed for current work loads with plans for further cuts. Salary/compensation packages are 10%-15% below comparable positions at Verizon or Qwest. After several mergers SBC/AT&T/BellSouth/Cingular and others, there is little integration between the various companies, each retaining their own policies and proceedures, meaning that its difficult to do business as "one company". Training opportunities are limited, most are web based and are of poor quality.

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1 of the best things about AT&T is the training you receive as a New Hire. The company sends you to a designated location for a month's worth of training. They teach you the basics of sales and how to maximize your customers in-store experiences. While at training if it is necessary, they will pay to put you in a hotel, give you an American Express card for daily meals and reimburse you for any travel expenses in a very timely manor. The training you receive is top of the line. Next, lets talk pay. At&t pays their employees extremely well. With a base salary with paid overtime and full benefits and a compensation program, you won't want to leave the company just for that reason. They take care of their employees for the time you spend with them. Room for advancement. At AT&T moving up is a breeze if your motivated and a hard working individual. My current assistant store manager has only been with the company 10 months and is already looking at becoming a small business rep.

Cons

The work and life balance. The hours are long and tiring to the point were when you get home all you want to do is sleep and on your days off as well. Customers you have to deal with and the ability for a sales rep to control the interaction . That is one of the biggest complaint I have about the company. A lot of times customers come into the store hot and as sales reps we don't have the discretion or ability to waive ridiculous fees or fix issues. Everything seems like it has to be refereed to customer care which makes for a bad customer experience in store.

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AT&T Response
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We pride ourselves on providing world class pay, benefits, training, and growth opportunities. Thank you for acknowledging one of the things we do well. But more importantly, thank you for your overall feedback and what we can improve upon. We look to develop and empower our employees and make every experience, whether internal or external, seamless. We will ensure your feedback is heard. Thanks again.
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