Telstra FAQ

Pros

- excellent work life balance - industry leading remote working options - generous pay and benefits (free phone, discount on services)

Cons

- process heavy at times, similar to many other large corporations

Pros

Nice work culture, Good Benefits, Nice package if made redundant

Cons

Job instability, possibility of being redundant due to NBNco taking Telstra's earlier responsibilities Job is safe only you work within Mobile technology space

Pros

16 weeks paid parental leave plus flexibility to use it at half pay or staggered. Additionally, superannuation contributions after the 16 weeks of paid leave is up on any periods of unpaid parental leave or parental leave at half pay up to 24 months.

Cons

For the future, maybe a higher number of weeks for parental leave.

Pros

Good pay and pension, good benefits

Cons

High working hours and pressure

Pros

Above induatry pay (but you have to negotiate for it), group life insurance, health care

Cons

Long unpaid hours (I had a non-managerial post but was told my job level is near-manager even though I do menial tasks/individual work and therefore, cannot file for overtime). I was told I cannot file for Internet Allowance during pandemic because that privilege is reserved for those with 'lower' pay. Anything my manager said about me was perceived as true by the Management Team. There was once a search for someone who left his coffee cup unwashed in the pantry, I'm a heavy coffee drinker and became a suspect, after they saw the real culprit on CCTV I did not get any apology.

Advice to Management

Focus on achieving work-related targets, not unwashed coffee cups. Everybody outside managers' circle of friends should be given a chance to prove his/her worth. Not all managers tell the truth. Start giving Christmas gifts to employees (instead of allowing managers to conduct Christmas fund drives/extracting money from all office staff to give gifts to the guards and janitors). Food disappears from the fridge all the time, ask agencies for guards and janitors to send in people who respect individual property. You may have many gay managers but that does not translate to genuine diversity because of skewed office politics