A company struggling to establish a good FTE-culture, because not heard of it at all - Software Engineer T-Mobile Employee Review

2.0
11 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Decent pay - Good learning, again, it depends on the project/team you are on - Perks like phone discount for employees (now look at the cons and decide)

Cons

- Company is still in contractor mode - giving fly-by-night orders to do certain half-cooked enhancements resulting in poorly planned projects, deployments and overall code quality. - Management from top-down to development managers worry only about sprint velocity (again, contractor mode) without long-term roadmaps!! - You will be surprised to see the level of ego they have - there is absolutely no chance of having a two-way conversation. Again, an impossible environment for FTEs and only contractors from India can survive. - There is 1:1 ratio of people with NO deliverables compared to dev in each team either attending or organizing meetings. - You need to forget about work-life-balance if you are a FTE in the US. Since the contractors have offsite people, if there is a production issue there will be ongoing bridges for 4-8 hours straight and you are expected to be part of it, managers do not care you live or die. The same during weekends and holidays. (oh and did I mention the contractors will treat you like you are a North-Korean spy and hide information from you and do not respond/help)

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5.0
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Pros

Great pay if you are willing to work.

Cons

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5.0
22 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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T-Mobile Response
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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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