BellSouth has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 105 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The BellSouth employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).
Great benefits, congenial atmosphere, interesting issues to work on. Benefits are amazing, and you can retire in your early 50s quite nicely if you make a career there. If you get high enough, you can have a great work-life balance, and they encourage civic involvement on company time.
Cons
Advancement is more a matter of having an easygoing personality and avoiding conflict as it iis based on capability. If you point out problems and try to tackle them, you will be seen as a troublemaker. It's good for someone who doesn't want to put too much of themselves into their work.
The compensation, benefits, work environment, and the ability to work in any depatment in the organization at any location globally. They will train you to do any jobs in the company. The current CEO started as a technician in the field and worked his way up to CEO.
Cons
There is no flexibility in scheduling. Bellsouth/Att does not care about you going to school, family, or immediate health. They want you to be at work everyday, with 12 hours of overtime weekly, and work 6 days a week if they can convience you to do so. No matter how valuable you really are, they will fire you or downsize a complete department without hesitation.
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According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BellSouth employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BellSouth. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.
78% of BellSouth employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated BellSouth 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
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