T-Mobile: A company that encourages employees to be their ‘authentic selves’
T-Mobile US, Inc. is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that offers reliable connectivity for all. The company’s presence in the Tampa area includes the T-Mobile Customer Contact Center.
Antionette Johnson, director of customer care at T-Mobile, explains what makes T-Mobile stand out as an employer.
Why is your organization a great place to work?
At T-Mobile, we strive to create a more unique and inclusive company than the day before. Our company culture focuses on strengthening connections, inspiring innovation, developing talent at all levels, and providing an environment where employees can always be their whole selves. Our employees impact our customers’ lives and their communities. We offer the chance to innovate through our Un-carrier spirit, unique culture, our benefits that our employees love, plus we’re a company that does the right thing and values growth.
What types of job opportunities are currently available?
Career growth at T-Mobile is more like a jungle gym than a corporate ladder. We have a variety of job opportunities for people who want to innovate and deliver the best customer experience in the industry. Roles: Business Sales, Corporate Real Estate, Customer Care, Engineering, Finance, HR, Internships, Legal, Marketing, Operations, Product Development, Retail & Field Sales, Technology and more. Our corporate headquarters are in Bellevue, Washington, and Overland Park, Kansas. Jobs are available throughout the United States, including small towns and rural areas.
What are you looking for in job candidates? Are there particular skills or backgrounds that you especially are seeking right now?
At the Un-carrier, we’re always looking for collaborative big thinkers who want to make a difference for customers and grow in their careers. But first and foremost, we want prospective talent to be themselves. We encourage our employees to bring their authentic selves to work every day as we know that positively impacts our company culture and inspires diverse thinking and innovation. Across the company we have many teams that require a variety of skill sets. On our careers website, job seekers can find more tailored information based on their skill set and teams they are interested in joining. Everyone can also join the T-Mobile Talent Community to receive email or text messages about opportunities, events and more.
How would you describe the workplace culture at your organization?
We take pride in creating an environment where people are free to be themselves. As we always say, #BeYou! We embrace our differences and believe we are stronger when we bring our unique experiences and perspectives together. We encourage innovation and constant development. Whether it’s taking advantage of our phenomenal education benefits or stretching themselves through internships, special projects, and leadership development programs – there are opportunities for employees at every level, from frontline individual contributors to executives. We also empower our employees to pursue their passions and serve as champions in the communities where they live and work. Not only do our employees volunteer their time, but T-Mobile matches employee donations to the causes that mean the most to them. We also take extra steps to recognize and celebrate our employees’ hard work whether it’s through our PEAK employee recognition awards or through our Appreciate Zone app. In addition, to better connect our diverse employee base, we offer six employee resource groups at T-Mobile, creating a safe space for dialogue, providing resources to members and serving as a consultant to the enterprise on diversity, equity and inclusion topics. We’ve found that over 40% of our employees are members of our ERGS.
What are the prospects for long-term advancement?
Our goal is to help our employees grow throughout their career. We encourage our employees and managers to connect and discuss where their career path may take them and explore the many opportunities we have available across the company. We have employees who’ve worked here for 20-plus years, and we have generations of families who work here, too. We offer learning programs, opportunities to stretch on special projects across the organization, mentorship programs, clear career pathing and more.
Are there benefits or amenities that you'd particularly like to highlight?
We offer a full array of benefits which includes benefits such as our child care subsidy program which helps assume some of the burden of cost of child care for our employees. Another great benefit and resource we provide our employees is offering college grants to a number of accredited universities that cover 100% of tuition cost and other tuition reimbursement opportunities. Our college grants help our employees not only grow their skills through development but provide a means of accomplishing career aspirations that promote personal and financial growth. As we understand that we are living through some tough times, we recently created what we call the Tampa Parent Forum. This parent forum provides a place for parents to gain allies, share parenting ideas/practices, gain knowledge, learn about company offered resources and other local resources that may help in different situations.
Why is this region an excellent area for your business?
Tampa is the perfect place in the Sun Belt region for our T-Mobile Customer Contact Center as the city is home to a growing tech industry and continues to be a hub for innovation. And, because the market is also a great place to live, play and work it attracts a very diverse pool of talent and provides an abundance of opportunities for our employees.