This is where careers go to die. - Engineer, Systems Reliability T-Mobile Employee Review

2.0
18 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The best reason to work at T-Mobile is if you need a job to get you by while you are looking for a better one. Everything about T-Mobile is pretty average, really. The pay is not terrible, but it's not great. The benefits are decent. They will talk about “growth” opportunities, but that is more of something that you will have to do on your own, and is not really supported by the company. I don't think they are worse than average, but they talk a bigger game than they deliver.

Cons

T-Mobile is a big company that is still dealing with the effects of merging Sprint. This has created a lot of issues. Both legacy T-Mobile and legacy Sprint employees feel like the “other side” has too much influence. In addition, legacy Sprint employees tended to be paid on the low end, because of the financial difficulties Sprint experienced during the final years of its existence. T-Mobile has not attempted to equalize the pay structure in the newly-merged company, and it it is clear that they have no intention of doing so. I believe the T-Mobile executive management saw the merger as an opportunity to acquire Sprint spectrum, Sprint customers, and a certain number of cheaper Sprint employees. I believe it is their plan the use the legacy Sprint employees as leverage against the higher paid T-Mobile employees. Some of the higher paid employees will find themselves “redundant“ in the next couple of years. Of course, they are not advertising this. On the contrary, they are proclaiming a desire to hire more people. While there is some truth to the idea that they, like most companies, are always seeking fresh talent, the truth is that a shake up is coming. There's quite a bit more that needs to be done to fully merge T-Mobile and Sprint.

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Cons

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Pros

Training and "green days" to work on training courses online, team activities for teambuilding, excellent benefits including up to a 10% yearly bonus (merit-based), tuition reimbursement, extra insurance options besides health insurance (pet insurance, free life insurance up to 1.5x yearly salary), stock purchase options and yearly stock award to each employee. One of my favorite benefits is job swaps - so long as your manager clears it, you can swap jobs with an employee from another related department for up to a couple months to gain insight and experience into what the other department does from day to day. I left my last company as it had become a bad environment, and after joining with T-Mobile I realized it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. There are very few days where I wake up not wanting to go to work, and I learn something new every day. When I come across a process I'm not familiar with, my teammates are more than happy to provide on-the-spot training, or schedule a time that works for both of us to do so. Above all, the managers set you up to succeed rather than to fail - they want you to do well, and do everything in their power to make sure you have the tools to do well.

Cons

There's some of the same political bs that any company has, but my team has two excellent managers that make work enjoyable. There are a couple personality issues within the team, as happens with any job, but overall everyone gets along. As far as training goes, there wasn't a whole ton initially (though I believe it's more due to the nature of the job - it's impossible to condense everything into a couple week training course).

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Thanks so much for taking the time to write this -- we love hearing how much you love coming to work! Your words were spot on when you said your team wants you to "do well". That's exactly what we want for all of our team members! The nature of our business is constantly changing and we know how important it is to provide good benefits and equip you with the training and development you need to be successful. We're glad you're taking full advantage of all of it. As we continue to grow and evolve, so will our training and tools. If you ever feel like you're not getting enough of what you need, though, talk it over with your manager and they'll help you get back on track. Thanks again for your feedback and your dedication to T-Mobile. -- T-Mobile Careers Team
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