Working at Sprint in Reston, VA: 65 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Reston, VA Area

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"Mutual respect, flexibility, and appreciation to my expertise."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open to work on both technologies iDEN, and CDMA to be more valuable to the company."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"Nothing."

"Overall, I was satisfied working as a contractor with Sprint Nextel."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"Contractors and full time employees are valued. Training and exposure."

"Nextel is now Sprint and has probably changed a lot since I worked here."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"The job duties were very well defined. We had great benefits and a great stock purchase program. Great training program, and they'd pay for continuing education."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be extremely professional, wear a suit. Make sure you know exactly what you're applying for and match your skills to exactly what you are asking. Again, jobs are very defined."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"No flexibility - come in at 8:00 AM, leave at 5:00 PM."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"Nice environment, famous organization and there was good benefit."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Try to get understanding as much as how they work."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"I still like it but my project ended."

"Great co-workers but a little stressful."

"Sprint is good place to work if you just had enough to learn new things."

"Good place to work, casual environment."

"A continual revolving door of employees."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"Hire contracts for six months and then hire another set six months later so as not to hire employees and pay benefits."

"Awesome."

"Worked previously at this company."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"People and opportunity lo learn new technologies."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"Unstable industry and there were major layoffs every year or every half year."

"Don't do it."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"Nothing, I didn't fit in."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"The cliquishness, the uniformity of ages."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at hiring more experienced people, not just the cheapest."

"Pressure cooker waiting for the next layoff."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"Friends."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"Pressure of waiting for the next layoff and who it will be. Can't believe they manage by layoffs instead of getting rid of the dead wood through performance evaluations."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop the lay offs and begin managing. Do weekly evaluations of employees, at least a note once a week on the good or bad the employee had done that week."

"This position was an entry level position which gave you enough information to become upwardly mobile within the organization; however, in the process of a re-organization, the center closed and it was not the type of position which was hard to replace; therefore, I opted not to move."

"Not favorable."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"Flexibility."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"No career advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ugh, which one."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"A lot of career opportunities."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"Too large."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more cost effective."