I've worked at Williams Telecommunications, WorldCom and Sprint and they are much different environments. WorldCom's whole culture is merger, merger, merger. The first merger was LDDS and Williams Telecom and that is when the WorldCom name came about. Actually, even before that, I believe, LDDS was formed from mergers of RBOCs and such. After LDDS and WilTel merged, then came the MFS and WorldCom merger then came the MCI and WorldCom merger.
I was even at Sprint when WorldCom and Sprint where talking merger. At the time, I was not a proponent of the merger and was joking to people that I was being stalked by an entire company.;-)
My experience at Williams Telecom and Sprint were was a great experiences, but I can't say the same for my experience at WorldCom.
** Everyone I came in contact with in WorldCom was very much in CYOA (cover your own...) mode and running scared. **
That can sometimes be a good thing, but I don't believe it was in this case. Of course, since I haven't worked extensively in every part of WorldCom (nor could anyone) and it has been a few years, I can't guarantee you that your experiece will be the same.
** I'm sure there are some vary good parts of WorldCom, but I wasn't in them. **
Good luck! I think you will need it to get into a good area!
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I've worked at Williams Telecommunications, WorldCom and Sprint and they are much different environments. WorldCom's whole culture is merger, merger, merger. The first merger was LDDS and Williams Telecom and that is when the WorldCom name came about. Actually, even before that, I believe, LDDS was formed from mergers of RBOCs and such. After LDDS and WilTel merged, then came the MFS and WorldCom merger then came the MCI and WorldCom merger. I was even at Sprint when WorldCom and Sprint where talking merger. At the time, I was not a proponent of the merger and was joking to people that I was being stalked by an entire company. ;-)
My experience at Williams Telecom and Sprint were was a great experiences, but I can't say the same for my experience at WorldCom.
** Everyone I came in contact with in WorldCom was very much in CYOA (cover your own ...) mode and running scared. **
That can sometimes be a good thing, but I don't believe it was in this case. Of course, since I haven't worked extensively in every part of WorldCom (nor could anyone) and it has been a few years, I can't guarantee you that your experiece will be the same.
** I'm sure there are some vary good parts of WorldCom, but I wasn't in them. **
Good luck! I think you will need it to get into a good area!