AT&T Employee Reviews for Account Executive

"Overall a great company to work for."

"I love the company but the opportunities are limited. I am looking for a company that I will make a good living and have an opportunity to advance in my career. I am very motivated and competitive and excel wherever I choose to go. I work very hard to be the best and to complete the assigned tasks to get the job done."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"I appreciated the autonomy for individual decisions and the collaboration of peers and managers when requested."

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

"This is a very good company and I highly recommend it to others."

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

"The industry is steadily declining. As such, most sales are negative compared to previous years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to improve the value proposition and apply global resorces to end-user marketing."

"I love my products, but the unionized environment is perplexing to deal with."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"It was a great learning experience."

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

"Display a hunter mentality. Be vigilant and assertive and you will get the job."

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

"Because of unionized structure, management is disconnected from employees. The chances of growth are next to nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what you're doing, but communicate more with your employees."

"By working with AT&T, I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge about several industries."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"I enjoyed working with so many marketing plans, watching them take effect and watching businesses grow!"

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

"Be on time, do your homework! Understand advertising, understand how advertising affects a marketing plan. Understand what a marketing plan is!"

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

"The company moved to another city, and at that time, I couldn't move with it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep supporting that sales staff! Awesome work! I miss you all!"

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."

"Great experience, great income and good potential for growth."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"AT&T was nice, professional environment. I was able to grow my career skills and was not limited to my position, but was rather encouraged to grow and succeed."

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

"Be honest. AT&T checks everything that is submitted, so trying to exaggerate or falsify any information will backfire."

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

"Sometimes it was a little difficult to get some staff members to step out of their comfort zones and do something that had not been done before."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Encourage creativity and open thinking when it comes to any position."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"I liked working for a company with a good reputation."

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

"Show the company what you would do differently from other employees."

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

"I feel communication could be improved on all levels."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to suggestions from all employees and be more visible."