Pros
I work in ATO (AT&T Technology Operations) under Technology Development. Our organization really cares about growing its employees skills. For example, as a way to transform employee's skills, they offer Udacity's nanodegrees, Masters of Data Science from Notre Dame, and a Masters of Computer Science from Georgia Tech all for free. Aside from that, our company also reimburses employees up to a certain amount if we want to get a graduate degree such as an MBA. John Donovan is doing an incredible job leading our workforce's skills transformation and making sure we can thrive in this hyper-competitive environment. AT&T values and invests in its employees for the long term. AT&T also hosts great conferences like the Employee Resource Conference each year. It's through conferences like that where all of us regardless of level or experience can learn from our company's smartest minds and hearts. We're better together. That's why even though I'm a Computer Science major from a Top 10 Computer Science program in the nation, a software engineer at AT&T, and a female minority, I choose to work at AT&T, and I foresee myself staying here as long as what I value continues - the growth opportunities, the great people, the company values.
Cons
People assume if I work for AT&T, I sell phones. We do a lot more than cellphones (Connectivity in cars, DirecTV, B2B, B2C, ERGs).
