There was a time when having this company on your resume carried weight, but now it feels like the opposite. Am I overreacting?
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Depends on you.
On it's own it's just another place you worked.
If you can sell it, it matters.
There was a time when having this company on your resume carried weight
Not a time after any of us were born.
Not sure it ever was a good look. Everyone worked here forever so if you were looking for a job, it meant you were likely fired.
NOPE, absolutely not.
Not if you’ve been here over four years.
no it is how you kept your skills up and showed how you knew those skills.
I did that on my own and decided att didn't deserve my skills and when I applied for jobs I got the three offers on the first three jobs I applied for.
the vps and above at att are delusional and running the company into the ground and are liars.
“ I opted to spin my 32 years as adaptability to change…“
Literally makes no sense but glad it worked out for you.
AT&T is mid
Very valuable. I opted to spin my 32 years as adaptability to change. The ensuing conversations led to my initial hiring and subsequent progression with my new employer. AT&T leadership brings truth to the adage, Poor People Have Poor Ways. Good leaders encourage and empower employees to be successful.
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I'm actually embarrassed to admit the company that I am employed by.
No it’s actually a negative
It’s just a line on a resume.
Pretty much this. Nobody outside the company cares about what you're doing here.
AT&T is an average tech company in the eyes of most.
There was a time when having your mom go with you to the interview was a positive. Is it still a positive now?
The answer is yes, the rest of the world doesn't hold AT&T in as much disdain as its own employees thank God. So yes use it on your resume be honest about it it's still a multi-billion dollar corporation that other corporations choose to do business with on a daily basis.
The people on this board are not the right people to ask although I feel that your question was disingenuous at best
“ They say they’ve heard rumors and wondered if they were exaggerated because they could not imagine a company being able to get away with what they were hearing.”
I spoke with the head of HR for another large fortune 50 company, told her about the things going on here. She shook her head and said they are breaking the FLSA laws and she’s surprised lawsuits aren’t flying everywhere. Even said we should file a class action.
It’s just a line on a resume.
Don’t listen to the extremists on either side.
You need to have a network in place to get an interview and land a job. Many people here don’t seem to understand that.
This is how I landed a job prior to leaving AT&T. Sadly, leaving with no severance but the job offer was well worth leaving the money on the table. It is a remote job with some travel and a better culture (at least for now, I still remember being proud that I worked for AT&T)
Only if the job you are applying for is to buff the Stink's head. If so, I hope you can stand the smell of the POS.
Absolutely it is positive!
It definitely is not at the leadership levels as T has been horrible investment for most of the last 20 years, but leadership seems to be coming from within.
It’s just a line on a resume.
Don’t listen to the extremists on either side.
You need to have a network in place to get an interview and land a job. Many people here don’t seem to understand that.
It’s become the new scarlet letter “A”.
Everyone knows that our union workers, like government workers, start late (when they do go to work), quit early and take long breaks while being unaccountable and non-producers with entitlement attitudes and victim views to justify their laziness, non-motivation and untrainable pathetic existence.
You are not overreacting. Having AT&T as a work reference on your resume is not an asset. AT&T has and has had way too many employees that are not productive and add nothing to the bottom line. I don't see that you have any choice, you must include T on your resume or risk employment gaps. Good luck, you will soon find the labor market is not good right now.
In my experience it’s neither an asset or hinderance. Other companies appear to be clueless that T is in shambles and crumbling at its very foundation. Word is getting out about employee treatment though. They say they’ve heard rumors and wondered if they were exaggerated because they could not imagine a company being able to get away with what they were hearing.
Yes. I was hired as a Walmart greeter.