Cricket Wireless Reviews

First, to clarify something, AT&T's purchase of Cricket wasn't a merger, it was a purchase. A merger implies that you're meshing two companies, whereas the Aio leadership failed to retain more than 10% of the original Cricket workforce, largely due to a few factors: relocation from San Diego or Denver (main offices) to Atlanta was always going to be a tough sell, but most of the employees who were even offered positions - which weren't many - were offered lower-paying positions, or a title demotion. Those aren't exactly appealing compromises. Further, at the management level (let's say Analyst to Director), there was a general sense that the original Cricket workforce wasn't valued, wasn't wanted, and wasn't welcome in the new team. Fair enough, but Cricket had a very experienced workforce of telecom veterans, and the Aio team really could've used that experience, as seen in their poor results almost from the word go. The new Cricket leadership team and company strategy seem very, very incomplete, and the new company is honestly the most disjointed, disorganized organization I've ever worked with. Very poor quality and frequency of communication, strange personality cult worship of upper management, poor technology decisions and project management, and a lack of accountability for virtually everyone, at every level. I guess the bright side to this, is that, for the few of us remaining until our time is out, we're largely free to work on other opportunities, since the Atlanta teams don't seem to want any of the old Cricket workforce involved in their new projects going forward. Fair enough, I guess; they bought us, they certainly can run the company in the direction they see fit, even if that direction is straight into the ground.

Toxic employees and leadership not to mention unethical self serving HR teams will spread like cancer across the company and create your own personal nightmare. The environment is one of the worst I've ever worked in. I had an amazing first year and a half with great bosses and supportive teams that I still keep in touch with today. The believed in rewarding hard work and results, and made it seem like a dream job. Then, across the next few years as they started getting promoted and left to other companies, it was filled with toxic leadership. True colors of several old employees came out as well. Those who launched the market including HR teams and senior sales managers became so unethical, stole company time, and rewarded bad behavior. From inappropriate employee relationships to substance abuse problems, most of senior leadership and HR was involved in it and would punish you for reporting it. HR turned their cheek and let them get away with the most unethical behavior because the bosses said so or worse, they're cowards and lack the ethical responsibility to do the right thing. Even worse, when employees wouldn't' perform and do their job, HR wouldn't let you write them up because they had dirt on them. Instead, I had to work 80hr weeks to get things done when others didn't perform and got penalized further if I reported it or suggested improvements and ways to help our teams. If you're someone who values hard work and common sense, the team in Houston is definitely something to stay away from for your own sake. With the AT&T acquisition, they got rid of some of this toxicity so take it as a suggestion and ask a lot of questions about company culture to ensure you're going to work in a positive environment and be happy in your career. You will spend 8 hrs a day minimum with these people. Make sure it's going to be worth it.