Working at AT&T in Overland Park, KS: 5 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Overland Park, KS Area

"I think that my current employer is a fine place to work. I am very interested in moving toward a different position selling a different product. I will be very happy if I continue to work at YP."

"I've worked for AT&T for six months now, I have found that people on the retail side are not treated as well as those on the cooperate side. I also found that the management techniques of my specific location to be unprofessional and very inefficient. However the benefits are great, but the work to life balance is negligible at best."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"Working with my external and internal customers and seeing my external customers achieve their goal with the advertising plan I laid out by using print and internet yellow pages."

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

"Achieve your benchmarks and make objectives and be prepared for marketing plan changes all the time."

What don't you like about working at AT&T?

"From the District Manager and above not having any outside sales experience and telling the sales crew how to sell this product."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wouldn't have come in and laid off half the sales force, artists, customer, credit and support clerks. I wouldn't have listened to a company that said to do that. I would have looked at my management team first."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"I liked the other account executives and our support staff and some managers."

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

"Make sure you hit your benchmarks and get your assignment done on time."

What don't you like about working at AT&T?

"Upper management not having any outside sales experience, including the vice-president. Never got our assignments when promised, no support for the internal customer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would figure out a way to keep my account executives and support staff happy, positive. I wouldn't come in and lay off at least half the people, and make sure the general manager and vice-president had plenty of outsides sales experience."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"The employees, Meeting and helping customers achieve their advertising goals with the use of print and internet media."

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

"Be prepared to work hard . Get your revenue done by the benchmarks."

What don't you like about working at AT&T?

"No support from general manager or vice president, sales managers kept looking over the shoulder waiting to get fired. Putting people in positions that shouldn't be in those positions. General manager felt threatened by me because I was chief steward, so he would try to find issues with me instead of helping myself and everybody else find a solution. Had no idea what my job entailed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If I was CEO I would have put a district manager and vice president that had outside selling experience in our office, a district manager that was not afraid to speak up when we didn't get our assignments when promised and one that supported the internal customer."