Great benefits, bad leadership - Lead Project Specialist Verizon Employee Review

3.0
24 Mar 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- Benefits: vacation, 401k, medical, dental, life, and more - Good compensation - Always had great supervisors/managers/directors

Cons

- VP level and up are elitists and do bad things for business such as: * try to drive land line sales, rather than TV/internet, in direct opposition to customer wants * hold quarterly layoffs, leaving employees in a constant state of panic/fear * focused on Northeast territories/policies/culture/practices even though other regions are more profitable * move headquarters from NYC to middle of nowhere, expensive, and cold New Jersey town

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
26 Jan 2015
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Pros

Compensation is competitive but you will work very hard for it. Culture is excellent and exhibited and practiced from the top down. Benefits are excellent and cost reasonable. 401k match and profit sharing. Lots of training and professional development opportunities. Can advance if you're willing to relocate.

Cons

Company is trying to transform into what it wants to be beyond a wireless carrier (cloud?, security?, telematics?, wholesaler?, etc) and is struggling with a vision, resources, and org structure to make it a reality. Several re-organizations over last few years so job security has frequently been a question. Often delayed response to competitors caused by management's concern that acting would result in not meeting Wall Street expectations. Not the "happiest" place to work because no result is ever good enough and successes aren't celebrated because the focus is always on the next weekly/monthly/quarterly goal.

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