Since John Stankey implemented the RTO mandate, the culture has become incredibly rigid, moving at burnout speed. There's a lot to appreciate at AT&T, but it's hard to reconcile with the new corporate culture and the openly hostile culture toward employees. For anyone who has been with AT&T for more than 10 years, we all remember how much of an employee-centric culture it once was, and to see how that has changed is disheartening. P.S. If you want to know a little more about John Stankey, look up the Business Insider article where he divulges the horrible results of the 2024 employee survey and how he then doubles down on his "I don't care what my employees say" attitude.
Your experience as an employee will vary depending on your management chain. The organization/management chain I came from was incredible until it wasn't. AT&T brought in new leadership, many of whom had poor track records, including big, but failed Wall Street banks and investment firms, and they openly told teams they didn't add value to the organization and that we could be replaced by new hires in India. With that said, others I worked with regularly in my organization, but who had a different VP tower, would say how much they loved their management and how supportive it was.
The current trend in the Chief Security Organization is a move to Charlotte, NC; otherwise, you may be replaced by someone in India.
If you do get hired and are lucky to have a supportive leadership structure, I think you will be happy. AT&T has great benefits, tuition reimbursement, and tons of free ways to learn new things-LinkedIn Learning and many others, including AT&T's proprietary learning applications. Tuition reimbursement is very real, from undergraduate to postgraduate degrees (Ph. D.S are a little tricky, but I imagine that's true at any company).
