Working at AT&T in Redmond, WA: 35 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Redmond, WA Area

"Very heavily oriented towards process. Very little individual autonomy."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"Excellent training opportunities. Good compensation. Good time management. Few emergencies requiring overtime or weekend work."

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

"AT&T is a very heavily engineering-oriented company. An emphasis is put on people with strong technical skills. Potential applicants must be calm, patient, and willing to be dependent on long chains of people to accomplish simple tasks. Type A personalities desiring quick turnaround or results will be very frustrated."

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

"Too little autonomy. Poor support from upper management. Large number of stakeholders on projects with poor division of responsibilities and ownership."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None really. Management has a clear focus of what their goals are."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"There were friendly and motivational people around me to guide me and get the project done. Management always gave me enough time to complete tasks or projects, and they never rushed me."

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

"Know about EMC products and CISCO gear before joining this company."

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

"None. This company is a great place to work!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None at this moment. The management will give you enough time to complete a task or project. Never rush you."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"Learning new technology and using my experience, I enjoyed the networking with other employees."

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

"I suggest that the applicant for a job with this company be ready to answer technical qestions on LTE technology."

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

"I liked it, there were no issues at this job and I would welcome working at this company again."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions, I believe I was not employed to make suggestions, management was very professional."

"The culture at AT&T is one that is very Risk Averse and Cost Conscious."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"It's easy, if somewhat slow or mundane work. Not innovative as advertised."

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

"It is a safe job with good benefits. If you like who you work with then you'll be ok."

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

"The dispersing of decision making and leadership prevents true decisiveness."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing to suggest, I think AT&T is working as designed."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"The culture at AT&T is great. My boss is the best boss I have every worked for."

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

"This company is very data intensive. For my current position I would suggest knowing SQL and teradata."

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

"No growth opportunity in Redmond. No training available at AT&T."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest increase training, better benefits and growth opportunities"

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"I like my work, I like to discover new features in technical/database fields."

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

"As I work as a contractor I don't know exactly my future possibilities and perspectives."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management is on a very high level. I can add nothing."

"AT&T is a great place to work."

"AT&T - an adequate place to work."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"Flexible - results oriented."

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

"Still Ma Bell mentality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Lose the Ma Bell mentality. Innovate and lead, rather than follow Verizon."

"Business sales leaders locked in the Ma Bell mentality."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"Technology, lots of good junior and mid-career people. Not perfect, but more diverse than any job I've seen in the United States."

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

"The wireless side succeeds or the wired side fails, but which side is the basis for their decisions on business management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Shoot about 2/3 of the former wireline management team and bury them in a very deep hole."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"I liked the technical aspect of the job."

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

"They fired me without cause. Very poor management, and HR does not respond."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get new ones."

"No complaint except for the weather in Seattle, it always rains and cloudy. :("

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

"Health benefit."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Good job! Keep it up!"