Not the same company from years ago - Anonymous employee Verizon Employee Review

3.0
20 Aug 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits for Associates (free). Many company sponsored courses and workshops for professional development. Many wonderful employees. Great pay for Associates and Management. Union workforce. Free education! Great pay for not so demanding jobs.

Cons

Management employees have taken many hits in recent years with the termination of the pension, high cost of benefits, high numbers of lay-offs, low morale, inexperienced senior executives, and the list goes on. While not as strong as it once was, the union is still the best and safest place for a prospective employee. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never gone into management.

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4.0
26 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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