Pros
The few upsides to working there include: they have an official telecommuting policy, the company seems relatively secure, the employee rate plan for cell service is cheap (for now), and outsiders instantly recognize the name.
Cons
Red tape, bureacracy, and more red tape... what else would you expect from a 300,000-person telecom giant that's a century old? Being that large and not having finished integrating the legacy organizations of SBC, BellSouth, and Cingular, the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. The company is full of lifers--people who are there just to retire or get a severance package. They've cut costs to the point of hurting morale, as in no free coffee, no plates or utensils in the kitchens, less A/C in the summer, and less heating in the winter.
