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    American Tower Reviews

    Updated October 29, 2018
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    American Tower Chairman, President, and CEO Jim Taiclet Jr.
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    Pros

    • "Employee friendly company and provides good work life balance" (in 27 reviews)

    • "Very good benefits plan including options not often covered by employers" (in 28 reviews)

    Cons

    • "no work life balance and no recognition of working overtime or on public holidays" (in 14 reviews)

    • "Upper management had priority for the projects which gave them revenue" (in 17 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Great Place To Work"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Woburn, MA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Woburn, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Tower full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Amazing company with extremely bright & driven people who enjoy collaborating with each other to ensure all are successful.

      Cons

      I do not have any negative feedback

      Advice to Management

      n/a

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Great place to work!"

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      Current Employee - Director
      Current Employee - Director
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Tower full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      American Tower is a great company to work for. I have never worked at a place where you can trust leadership to do the right thing all of the time, this is the case at ATC. I also believe that American Tower takes care of its people and puts people first in all decisions. The culture is really a positive solution based culture. If you have a positive attitude and a solution based mindset you will do well at ATC.

      Cons

      ATC is a little bit old school in some of its policies around flex schedules and working from home. Its benefits are very strong though and half day summer Fridays were introduced over the last few summers which is a great start.

      Advice to Management

      Consider how to introduce more flexibility for those who need and are interested but otherwise keep doing what you are doing!

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    3. "Lease administration Analyst"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Tower full-time

      Pros

      Great benefits, ESPP, opportunity for advancement, opportunity to travel

      Cons

      Overworked, disorganized, mid management has no clue what they are doing

    4. "Good 9-5"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Tower full-time

      Pros

      The hours were reasonable, workload manageable.

      Cons

      A lot of "managers". Have to play the game to get ahead there.

      Advice to Management

      Flexibility in telecommuting would be nice. Enough of the boys club mentality.

    5. "Decent company, unclear expectations and limited training"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at American Tower full-time

      Pros

      . People are nice
      . Company is expanding
      . Flexible work/life balance
      . Interesting industry

      Cons

      . High turnover
      . Unclear instructions
      . Cliquey environment
      . Understaffed and overworked

      Advice to Management

      Focus on retaining talent for the long term.

    6. "Senior Project Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Austin, TX
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Austin, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at American Tower full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      great family oriented company to work for

      Cons

      I do not have any cons

    7. "Mature Company with Growth Flexibility"

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      Current Employee - Business Analyst
      Current Employee - Business Analyst
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Tower full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Fantastic mentor-ship and growth with a truly bright future. Employees are kept in the loop of innovations and given assignments based upon competencies rather than titles. Some employees have even designed new roles for themselves with the business based on expertise that did not exist prior. Because of this, individuals are not all forced to become managers to move upwards, thus there are true specialists in every domain. This means employees can make their passion their life's work and creates a better experience across many groups.

      The company is mature enough to have good standardization's and practices, as well as well defined teams, but still allows for growth based upon competency. The only caveat is the growth may be slower than other industries or a start-up, mainly because the retention levels are so high.

      Cons

      Teams have flexibility to work from home which can be both a pro and a con. It can delay some projects due to scheduling difficulty since it is hard to get any group all together in one room at one time.

      Advice to Management

      Upper Management is all spectacular. You will learn more from them than from any course or online resource. The clearly elaborate their vision for the company to employees and shareholders

    8. "Aggressive management"

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      Current Employee - Project Manager in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Project Manager in Boston, MA
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Tower full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Growing company with decent benefits

      Cons

      Almost impossible to get promoted as people stay working there forever. The only way to get promoted is if someone retires.

    9. "Good Company with Great Growth Potential"

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      Current Employee - Paralegal in Woburn, MA
      Current Employee - Paralegal in Woburn, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Tower full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Laid back environment, friendly staff, and a work setting that puts emphasis on properly training their employees to reach their fullest potential

      Cons

      none that I can currently think of.

    10. "Great Place To Work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at American Tower full-time

      Pros

      They Really take care of their employees.

      Cons

      I don't have any complaints.... best job I've ever had

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