I’ve worked for TWC, Comcast, Sprint, T-Mobile and now AT they’re filled with petty, shortsighted yes-men and women that do more in-fighting and posturing than the rest of the company combined. They’re toxic to the core and are harming the organization. They make terrible business decisions that are only bested by the even more terrible hiring decisions they make whenever headcount is made available to them. To an extent, there are problems at level 2 but they don’t have enough power to create real and lasting damage like the people with budgets and strategic oversight. Sure, they can chase good employees away, just not at the scale of level 3 and 4.
The good news is that, at least at a corporate level, things seem to be changing. The bad news is that it will be 3-5 years before the trash is removed. And who knows how much damage will be done by then. My guess is “substantial.”
Leaving T-Mobile for AT&T got me significantly more pay at a director level, but my peers, and the AVPs I report to, are truly terrifying because they’re dumb AND mean, and they have zero business acumen.
The company made a very smart move by walling off the WarnerMedia organization, because if those creative types got a taste of what Mobility and Entertainment was cooking, they’d be out of the door as soon as humanly possible.