T-Mobile reviews

The culture overall was abysmal. The particular org I worked under was attempting to build a tech product without any knowledge of how to properly build one. Even worse, management and executive leadership was not receptive to any sort of change in their behavior or expectations. From the get-go, the management made the decision to outsource a lot of their business needs to companies outside of the US. I personally have no qualms with hiring a third party to complete certain projects, but this org had developed a co-dependent relationship with an outsourcing company, which made any movement away from them impossible. This created poor quality work from a company that knew they had leverage. The lack of understanding of technical needs, especially within the front end development realm, was exacerbating. The leadership constantly barraged the development team with abusive undertones and basically told everyone how bad they were doing on a weekly basis. Requirements were constantly changing and contractors who were brought on to help the project were being taken advantage of daily. In addition, product/project managers had to give daily updates at 8am and 4pm everyday, including the weekend, to an executive team that felt that micromanaging would improve the pace of the project. It did not. The project I worked on had been in development for 2+ years already. In all fairness, there were managers that were brought on to help mitigate the delays. However, there were very poor hiring choices. The dev manager I worked for initially, was a complete narcissist who would offset any work he was responsible for on to his dev team. He would constantly pay lip service to inclusion and diversity, while alienating his most talented engineers of color because of petty disillusion and jealousy. He left the company after 8 months with multiple HR complaints. He was essentially paid to job search the last 2 months of his time in the org. The sheer disorganization and abusive culture made me leave a talented team of engineers. The leadership has squandered an opportunity that any other tech company in Seattle would kill for.

Ask for more money. The salaries you see here are lower than what people are actually paid. Some of the reviews are fake, too. This company is not a tech company and they do not favor people with technical skills. You will be underpaid and your only opportunity to make more money will be to leave to another company, which sucks, because this is a pretty fun place to work if you find the right fit. Promotions are difficult to come by and promotion salaries are not negotiable. You will be underpaid if you move up at this company. It's extremely difficult to get a raise no matter how good you are. There are no "spot bonuses" paid to employees. That is an HR scam to get you in the door, just like some of these Glassdoor reviews! Training is difficult to come by. The budget is abysmal, something like $300 per employee per year. You can't even attend a day conference for that price. The tuition reimbursement is impossible to use if you are not pursuing a degree directly related to your job function. No certificate programs are reimbursed, either. T-Mobile is actively and knowingly violating net neutrality laws. Google Braxton Carter's comments on net neutrality. He's the CFO. T-Mobile's latest rate plan is not good for consumers. It's really disappointing given all of the amazing things we have accomplished under Legere's leadership.