Too much stick together by the old middle management (VP and Director) that hampers progress - Director, Engineering T-Mobile Employee Review

1.0
13 Apr 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, except job is easy because they don't let you do anything. In T-mobile, if you are a new comer then be expect to give no responsibility for awhile because you are invariably taking over someone else's responsibility before and they are not willing to let it go. This makes work easy becasue you're not asigned of anything in consequence anyhow. There are rampant jealousy around from the management team that has been there for 5+ years as these crowd are the least capable crowd but held the most management/athourity power in the company. Make every new comers life easy as there is plenty to do but no one is let you doing it, so just relex and lay back.

Cons

Everything, they have great executive team but the VPs and Diredtors whom has been around for 5+ years are old school. These folks refuse to change, can not innovate and are so insucured they often use new hires as their blame rod. See above, the downside ofcourse, is theese crowd invariably blame all the failure on you and since you're new, they'll just have to get rid of you on the blaming game. That's why it seems like they are always hiring, they just need to hire the next fall guy in their linne up so failure can be blamed on the next new hire.

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Cons

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5.0
22 Mar 2016
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Pros

Training and "green days" to work on training courses online, team activities for teambuilding, excellent benefits including up to a 10% yearly bonus (merit-based), tuition reimbursement, extra insurance options besides health insurance (pet insurance, free life insurance up to 1.5x yearly salary), stock purchase options and yearly stock award to each employee. One of my favorite benefits is job swaps - so long as your manager clears it, you can swap jobs with an employee from another related department for up to a couple months to gain insight and experience into what the other department does from day to day. I left my last company as it had become a bad environment, and after joining with T-Mobile I realized it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. There are very few days where I wake up not wanting to go to work, and I learn something new every day. When I come across a process I'm not familiar with, my teammates are more than happy to provide on-the-spot training, or schedule a time that works for both of us to do so. Above all, the managers set you up to succeed rather than to fail - they want you to do well, and do everything in their power to make sure you have the tools to do well.

Cons

There's some of the same political bs that any company has, but my team has two excellent managers that make work enjoyable. There are a couple personality issues within the team, as happens with any job, but overall everyone gets along. As far as training goes, there wasn't a whole ton initially (though I believe it's more due to the nature of the job - it's impossible to condense everything into a couple week training course).

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T-Mobile Response
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Thanks so much for taking the time to write this -- we love hearing how much you love coming to work! Your words were spot on when you said your team wants you to "do well". That's exactly what we want for all of our team members! The nature of our business is constantly changing and we know how important it is to provide good benefits and equip you with the training and development you need to be successful. We're glad you're taking full advantage of all of it. As we continue to grow and evolve, so will our training and tools. If you ever feel like you're not getting enough of what you need, though, talk it over with your manager and they'll help you get back on track. Thanks again for your feedback and your dedication to T-Mobile. -- T-Mobile Careers Team
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