Very good people in a difficult environment. - Engineer Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Sep 17, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Steady job, until the layoffs start. Very good people - all trying their very best in a difficult environment.

Cons

Little opportunity for advancement. Red tape, as you might expect from a legacy telecomm company. Innovation is strongly frowned upon. New ideas are bad ideas. Procedures for everything. Strong focus on establishing blame instead of solving problems. Very little innovation for such a high tech company. As with most other high-tech companies, they think they own you and expect 60 hours a week for 40 hours of pay.

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Cons

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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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