better than most, could be lots better - Retail Sales Representative Verizon Employee Review

3.0
Apr 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are in the top 5% of pay for your profession. I made around $45,000-$49,000 by 2 and 1/2 years working there. Even the customer service reps made good money. average around $27,000 starting to about $47,000. Plus yearly bonuses and other incentives. Great benefits that pay 100% for in network coverage with little copay. You get 50% off monthly plan on your phones and yearly upgrades. You can us your vacation from the first day you start but then you start out at negative and all the vacation you get just replenishes that amount. Benefits also start from day 1. If you are a customer facing employee you get 1 company paid line for free but it's for business use only. Probably one of the best companies to work for when it comes to retail as far as money and benefits but I think I would've enjoyed working at T-mobile or AT&T more. I have a feeling you have less pressure and politics but I could be wrong.

Cons

The worst part about working in a Verizon Wireless location is that you have to stand for more than 8 hours a day. I have now suffered and continue to suffer what is call "Plantar Fasciaitis" or something like that. Basically my feet are killing me after standing for a few minutes now. Unless you're a busy store you don't do a whole lot of walking, but mainly standing at your terminal doing trainings and or reading emails etc. Very bad on the feet and knees. They will not allow sitting. They say you should have a consultant like attitude but yet won't give you what consultants usually have which is a desk and chairs. The other bad thing is you have to call customers to either "save" them money by SELLING them more things or just offer promotions and stuff. And we all know how much we hate telemarketers.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jan 26, 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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