Hanging on in a shrinking western world - Senior Software Engineer Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Aug 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job flexibility - that's it

Cons

Anonymous cog in the big corporate machine, perpetually being downsized and nickel and dimed on pay while exec award themselves big raises. Squeezed out by offshoring for same reason - if you ain't Indian and prepared to work for peanuts then you're not going anywhere. Where the hell do they think the next generation of senior technical direction is going to come from ?

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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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