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Updated Nov 23, 2023

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Found 871 of over 1K reviews
3.8
76% Recommend to a Friend
American Tower President and CEO Tom Barlett
93% Approve of CEO

Found 711 of over 1K reviews

3.8
76%
Recommend to a Friend
93%
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American Tower President and CEO Tom Barlett
Tom Barlett
156 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Good benefits on earlier years(in 93 reviews)
  • "Great people to work with and awesome managers!(in 62 reviews)
  • "Work Life balance is good and slogging is rare phenomenon.(in 33 reviews)
  • "# Culture is good, mostly senior professionals so the amount of learning is tremendous(in 20 reviews)
  • "Flexible hours and ok perks(in 11 reviews)
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    1. 5.0
      Aug 6, 2023
      IT Management
      Former Employee, more than 8 years
      Marlborough, MA
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Driven goal oriented company with a fast paced environment with many opportunities for growth

      Cons

      Global footprint requires many long nights and weekends

      1. 4.0
        Nov 23, 2023
        Senior Accountant
        Former Employee, more than 3 years
        Atlanta, GA
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        The people truly make the job. My team was full of intelligent, hard working, fun people who I became close friends with. Benefits were good. Generous bonus. Good insurance. Lots of other small benefits here and there, such as health and wellness reimbursement, backup childcare subsidy, etc. 3 weeks PTO plus 2 floating holidays 3 months paid maternity leave, paternity leave is offered as well. The job itself is logical, and once you get your feet planted you feel yourself growing.

        Cons

        Mandatory office attendance on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Not a lot of opportunities to get to the next level. In the 3 years I was there, I saw 1 person be promoted from senior to manager. There are several seniors who are ready or almost ready for the leap, but not a need for more managers. So it’s kind of halting our career progression. Further, without a promotion, the annual salary increase is not matching the market rate for new hires. This causes turnover, which makes the job harder for those who stay. The generous bonus does offset this some, but I gained no buying power with my annual increases (and honestly lost some since inflation is so high)

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        1. 1.0
          Nov 19, 2023
          A&E Designer
          Former Employee, more than 1 year
          Cary, NC
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          Good benefits and hybrid work

          Cons

          Ridiculous production goals that are especially impossible to hit when work is slow. Site design work (updating site sketches) has replaced customer drawings, and they hardly count anything toward goals, yet this is the tedious/time filling work that is being handed out (because managers can't provide any real work) with the idea that "you must hit goal or else!" Threatened to not provide me with my severance! Backstabbing employees. I had a good midyear review, then company buys a brand new office while laying off many employees including me.

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          1. 4.0
            Nov 7, 2023
            Paralegal
            Former Employee
            Woburn, MA
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            People, benefits, culture, leadership, management

            Cons

            Base pay, high turnover, frequent organizational changes

            1. 4.0
              Nov 2, 2023
              Staff Accountant
              Current Employee, more than 1 year
              Woburn, MA
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              Very flexible work time and peers are easygoing

              Cons

              Communication and management structures, trainings

              1. 4.0
                Aug 17, 2023
                Anonymous Employee
                Current Employee, more than 3 years
                Woburn, MA
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                Experience depends largely on your team and management but the Corporate Development team is amazingly supportive, smart, and so hard working. It’s great to be surrounded by intelligent, professional, and knowledgeable colleagues. They certainly make you ‘play up’

                Cons

                1) We need more women and Spanish speaking employees. 2) Salaries could use a bump to keep up with inflation. That would be nice. Everything is so expensive, let’s keep up. 3) Promote the people who do the heavy lifting and use folks to their best potential. I see a lot of underutilization of talent.

                1. 4.0
                  Oct 27, 2023
                  Account/Project Manager
                  Former Employee
                  Woburn, ND
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  Benefits were good if elected

                  Cons

                  There were no cons great place

                  1. 4.0
                    Oct 13, 2023
                    Anonymous Employee
                    Current Employee, more than 5 years
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    Stable, good line of business, good benefits, solid corporate environment.

                    Cons

                    American Tower struggles with planning and to fill open roles with quality candidates.

                    1. 4.0
                      Oct 13, 2023
                      Account/Project Manager
                      Former Employee, more than 3 years
                      Woburn, MA
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      Benefits, work/ life balance, It was a pretty good place to work overall.

                      Cons

                      There was some cliquish behavior.

                      1. 4.0
                        Oct 13, 2023
                        Financial Reporting Manager
                        Current Employee
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Solid business model and leadership.

                        Cons

                        Not innovative regarding technology within the org.

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                      American Tower has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,026 reviews left anonymously by employees. 76% of employees would recommend working at American Tower to a friend and 73% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -5% over the last 12 months.

                      According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, American Tower employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at American Tower. This rating has decreased by -4% over the last 12 months.

                      76% of American Tower employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated American Tower 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

                      According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at American Tower to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, work life balance, management.

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