Job Title: Project Manager
Location: San Ramon, CA
Submitted on: 02-Feb-05
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Working at SBC is like working at a huge conglomerate that is too big to
know you are there, and about as uncaring toward the individual as you
could possibly get. The "Bell System" had a long and proud history of
being and treating people like a family. SBC has buried that legacy
about as deep as you possibly can. The corporation only cares about
profit now, not people, and will swallow you up with projects and
expectations until you finally just walk away. For all the billions
that it takes in, you would think that at least one of the consultants
hired to help guide the company could think of more humane ways
of "attiting" people out of the business. Every 4th quarter now,
employees go into "death march" mode waiting to see how many pick slips
will be handed out for the holiday season. We are divided into four
regions (the regions of the four companies from the previous mergers:
West/old Pacific Bell region, Southwest/ old Southwestern Bell region,
Midwest/ old Ameritech region, and East/old SNET region), and still
maintain four seperate cultures while taking direction from San
Antonio. Anything bad that happens gets blamed on the leaders in San
Antonio. If you want a career opportunity now, you must go through San
Antonio. If there is any communication forthcoming, it has to be
approved from San Antonio. Most employees find out more about SBC from
the local and national newspapers and magazines than they do from our
own company. It is still a place that hires from diverse groups, it is
still a place that has executives of every race and both genders, but
the heart and spirit have left the building and were replaced by sheer
corporate greed. It really is sad that we are no longer a big corporate
family, especially since our next merger (with AT&T) has already been
tauted as "the child buys the parent" and spun with a big ol' corporate
smiley face to employees and investors alike.
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