Crown Castle reviews

Company grew too much too fast in the last couple years, and has become extremely political. Much of the "Crown Family" atmosphere has disappeared. I have held the same title for 5 years with little to no opportunities for advancement, despite the fact that I am already doing the job for the role above me (which my boss regularly acknowledges, but doesn't give me the title or the pay...) Crown says you have to "drive your own development" and will dangle the carrot of another opportunity in front of you to get you to do more then yank it away and say you didn't do enough to drive your development. No such thing as a promotion, you have to apply for an opening and do a series of interviews, including a behavioral panel, which all doesn't really matter because they usually already have a favorite picked beforehand (regardless of their ability to do the job).

First 2 years was the best company that I had ever worked for. Things started to change when they got too ambitious and starting buying out several other companies in a short period of time. It wasn't a bad aspiration but doing so in such a short timeframe made them overextend themselves and made shareholders publicly question company leadership and philosophy. By my fifth year they had to cut spending by 20% while still producing and making $. So logically the cut from operations which doesn't technically make money (we just keep things running to allow money to be made). So in 2020, a week before Thanksgiving, Crown Castle laid off about 450 employees (nationwide) in one day. I'm sure that looked great for the 1st quarter of 2021 but eventually networks need maintenance & repairs. About 2 years leading up to that point the culture started to change from interdepartmental teamwork, assuming good intent and celebrating completion of common goals, to a typical scapegoating, everyman for himself culture. It's been a few years since I worked there, so things may have improved but beware.