Good paying but high-pressure sales, out of touch senior mgmt - Customer Loyalty Specialist AT&T Employee Review

1.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay, no experience or schooling required. Monthly bonus. EXTENSIVE discounts with a huge amount of companies not associated with telecommunications. Work in air conditioned environment with literal guaranteed raises every 6 months.

Cons

You ABSOLUTELY earn every penny thanks to a high-pressure SALES (yes in the RETENTION dept) environment where you are expected to be an automaton that makes no mistakes. WORST Tech dept in corporate America means you constantly have to deal with workarounds for issues they can't fix that will be a thorn in your side the whole time you work there, frequently causing you to lose the few sales opportunities you get. Constant emails from CEO stating how profitable the company is, yet more is taken away from the people who actually earn that money, including shrinking bonus checks. Highly luck-based sales opportunity as some employees get a large amount of sales calls from the actual sales queue while others get literally none. Speculative observation-I was told that during my hiring class people with certain immutable characteristics were paid higher than those with the less-desirable immutable characteristics, which I unfortunately can't corroborate due to no other employees being left from when I was hired. Some managers are good, but most are corporate yes-men that are beat down by upper management, whom are sadly completely out of touch with the reality of working for their own Corporation. Loyalty is the most highly scrutinized dept in all of AT&T, yet we are CONSTANTLY fixing the unethical actions of store, door-2-door, in home, and other phone sales depts with little to no solutions provided to us, all the while senior management KNOWS this is happening and does NOTHING to stop it, they just hide behind the AT&T Code Of Business Conduct promise, but silently allow sales managers to train their employees to rip off our customers, you would tremble at how frequently I see the elderly and infirm so deeply ripped off and taken advantage of by "the nicest salesperson they ever met".

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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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