Experiences at Alcatel-Lucent

working for Alcatel 6-year

I worked in 3 different teams - my path crossed at various times with all 3 during my 23 years. There was no best team.

A coworker at a job I was working at told me about AT&T and that they were hiring and that I should go there.

If you don't know how to do it- ask for help.

You could laugh at something someone said or did. People were not afraid to say I'm sorry for causing extra work.

1. The People
2. You were busy
3. You learned something new every day.

The toughest problem mostly was language I dealt with the international world. Though they spoke the English language some things they did not understand. Patience and understanding meant alot. Some things took longer for them to understand.

The challenging part was the coordinating the receipt of all the necessary documents to meet the terms and conditions of the letter of credit to submit to the bank for payment.

I was the point of contact for the International Letters of Credit /Billing (invoice generating) organization. Starting out we had 27 people in New Jersey after we merged/bought by a French company I became the sole person handling the financial part in New Jersey..lt was decided that the billing and the international letters of credit did not generate enough business to warrant having an office in New Jersey....

There is no secret. If your willing to work hard, not just putting your time in, you can get hired.