1.) Management is terrible. I see Managers not acting as leaders but directing their reports to take on tasks without understanding the full scope of what they are asking. These managers do not take into account the current situation and just make knee-jerk reactions for how it should be going forward. These managers do not gather feedback and charge ahead and it’s mainly to make themselves look good to who they report to, typically it’s for an SVP. Keep this in mind. You are a pawn in their game to make themselves look good. Your manager does not care about you. The majority of managers at AT&T are not leaders, they do not support the people they work for and the main reason why this company is failing, losing great talent and will continue to fail unless this c-appy management module can be turned around.
2.) The employee survey is coming up. Start calling out specifics. The results are gathered by a third party and you should know that the company only knows that you have taken the survey, they will not know what you’ve said in your survey. You don’t like your SVP’s decision to severely cut costs at the expense of the product’s performance and quality, which will impact customers? SAY THIS IN THE SURVEY AND NAME NAMES. Stop being generic in the survey, it will not come back to you. You want to make a change? The employee survey will help. The more people start calling out specific BS decisions and horrible ideas, the more this is going to get noticed and eventually something’s gotta give.
3.) When all else fails, leave. If you can’t make a change or if you find that it’s not worth it, get out now. I get it, you may be waiting for that package, but is your overall happiness worth it?