Horrible company! - Anonymous employee AT&T Employee Review

1.0
13 June 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free Internet room where we could all work on our resumes for monster.com

Cons

PAR! Okay, I know this was 2005 BUT I would imagine a lot of the same top mgmnt in Atlanta are still in charge, but I was in the call center..and I knew something was wrong when AWS analog phones would get worse reception, forcing people to upgrade and pay $18.00 to do so! THEN.. here comes PAR.. this very unrealistic measurement of call times, "short" calls, same customers calling back within a 24 or 48 hour period..and Quality Assurance. I knew reps who held on to there jobs by meeting 2 ..messing up the other 2. There were reps hanging up on customers hoping to lower there call time hoping to keep their jobs. ..so what if they were caught! They might get fired anyway. ...and I saw the facility get more empty and empty until Fall of 2005 when I was let go for call times. I nearly lost my apt, and my stress level shot up. I see Ralph De La Vega is now the CEO... he was, I think a Cingular VP at the time. I pray that these top managers in Atlanta suffer hellish consequences for unfair termination they put me and other good reps though. The company I work for presently, and the one I was at before I went to what was then AWS, as well as AWS before the merger, find that I meet the call times intheir call centers. Trust me, I'm not some bitter jerk,, I am totally right about this. Once again, top tier in Atlanta or whoever approved PAR or recommended, I pray that you are in pain, and get exactly what you deserve. Disgusting! Absolutely disgusting!”

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The work and life balance. The hours are long and tiring to the point were when you get home all you want to do is sleep and on your days off as well. Customers you have to deal with and the ability for a sales rep to control the interaction . That is one of the biggest complaint I have about the company. A lot of times customers come into the store hot and as sales reps we don't have the discretion or ability to waive ridiculous fees or fix issues. Everything seems like it has to be refereed to customer care which makes for a bad customer experience in store.

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AT&T Response
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We pride ourselves on providing world class pay, benefits, training, and growth opportunities. Thank you for acknowledging one of the things we do well. But more importantly, thank you for your overall feedback and what we can improve upon. We look to develop and empower our employees and make every experience, whether internal or external, seamless. We will ensure your feedback is heard. Thanks again.
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