AT&T Austin Reviews

Cons

limited opportunity to telecommute, centralizing jobs in Dallas, Atlanta and LA, heavy emphasis on being willing to relocate frequently and with little notice, annual force reductions to keep shareholders and margins happy

Cons

Strict attendance policy, no room to become ill without risk of accruing points which can lead to termination, promotions are more about “who you know” and not “what you know” or based on education/outside work experience so you will see people with less education or experience get promoted over you all of the time. Change is good, but their commission structure tends to change quite often resulting in retail consultants taking home less earnings. Stores with fewer customers, tend to have reps who earn far less than busier stores on their current commission structure. Commission is also taxed at around 35%.

Cons

Everything is seniority based. Schedule is not very flexible. Attendance is on a point system.

Cons

- Very slow and corporate culture
- Onboarding process took multiple days
- Restrictive about everything that is on your computer so much so that it slows you down to get a piece of software you need installed
- Tons of bureaucracy in just about every process

Cons

Not good for career advancement, unless you're on a college plan.

Cons

-long hours
-work weekends if you are new
-micromanagement at times

Cons

You can do your job well but there are always problems out of your control that will impact your productivity negatively. They do not have their ducks in a row.

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In this office, you have two older white males running everything. There is no HR department. These guys have zero communication skills, personal grandiosity and overall bad practices when it comes to hiring and resolving issues. If there are rules that need to be followed, you will find out when you break them. No comradery, no conversation really. Uptight, quiet 1984 environment. Almost all male. In subsequent job interviews, other IT professionals commented to me on the toxic environment at AT&T Security without knowing of my experience at all. This place has a reputation. I still feel sick to my stomach remembering it.

Cons

Compensation metrics increased with technology acquisitions, such as home security and automation and change in plans. In order to meet the same commission payout, the amount of sales skyrocketed and became dependent on one another, so not hitting one of them meant a huge loss.

Cons

Culture, Upper Management, Cut-Throat environment of who you know and not what you know. It's a culture of shareholder value and employees are disposable. Hated getting up to go to work the last 10 years of my career.