What is like working for AT&t?,- Lack of communication at all levels, Having nearly all your input discounted because it's not how things are done there... Then sitting in on meetings where your supervisor regurgitates almost verbatim the input you gave just days ago, This was the most toxic work experience I've ever had... and I used to work for the federal government. Let that sink in for a minute.
-Do a better job of screening LDP intern projects. There were very few interns who had appropriately challenging projects, most were either ridiculously boring or hopelessly impossible.
-Ensure the right manager is appointed over interns. There was at least one who cared more about using her intern as a scapegoat/punching bag than teaching him anything useful about the company, one of the managers Had not ideas what a pivot table was.. WOW!!!
Our compensation package is non-competitive. Increase base salary offers by at least $15K. You can keep kidding yourselves by claiming your non-monetary perks make up for low salary but the fact remains that you're enticing mostly those that are risk/change averse and are looking for a "safe" place to do only enough not to get fired. This obviously presents a systemic problem given the transitionary phase your company is in.
There's an obvious bottleneck at each management level and you're loosing top talent to competition. Again, those that stay were either lucky enough to have an advocate who promoted them directly, or they are risk/change averse, last but not least, AT&T's excessive outsourcing practices, root cause of low employee morale