Verizon reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(35,677 total reviews)
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Dan Schulman

24% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Verizon has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 35,677 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Verizon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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36K reviews
2.0
Nov 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good insurance. Pay was good. At. 11 years I had 200 vacation hours and 48 personal hours per year. Remote work was nice.

Cons

Everything else. Management doesn't care about what you deal with daily because they don't take calls. The CEO has no clue what he's doing. He ruined Sony Erickson, he's ruining Verizon. They let hundreds of employees go and outsourced the labor which is a bad combination with their zero lack of accountability. Customers are terrible and really no one cares if customers are abusing you. To get anyone to do anything about it, you have to endure it, say something nicely about keeping the conversation professional, enduring more, having to call another department to tell them what's happening (while the customer is getting pissed because they're on hold again), only for them to tell you to do what you've already done, so you go back to an even angrier customer, repeat what you said, get cursed out and called every name in the book, ask to put them on hold again, and talk to the department that's "helping" you deal with this customer again and hope they take over the call. There's little to no communication between departments so customers are always annoyed at having to repeat themselves. If you want to get yelled at by 50 year old children and management back the customer instead of you, knock yourself out. Be looking elsewhere while you work there too because it'll all be outsourced to overseas call centers soon because it'll save the company money.

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Verizon Response
2y
Glad that you were able to take advantage of our stellar benefits programs while you were with Verizon. We'll be sure to take your additional feedback into consideration going forward. Thanks, Verizon Careers
4.0
Jun 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This was my first company out of college and I stayed as a management employee for 11 years. I got a lot of on the job training and experience that has made me feel confident enough in my skills to take on new challenges. I really like that they promote diversity in the workplace. The benefits are great. I took advantage of all of it, and I would recommend that everyone does so. The 401k match, health benefits, tuition assistance, learning center, development and leadership workshops/opportunities are selling points. Salary is competitive, and depending on the organization you join, there are plenty of opportunities to move up. Depending on your organization's budget, you can get a hefty bonus and raise. Some positions are open to work at home and remote locations. I was recently laid off and was given a decent severance package, so if that's important to you, Verizon will take care of you in that regard.

Cons

It's just not stable. I don't know how I survived 11 years. There was always a big RIF (reduction in force, or layoff) at least once a year across all areas of the organization. I know this is just the nature of Corporate America today, so I can't pinpoint this on just Verizon. But it sucks because each business unit handles this differently. Some organizations don't allow lateral movement to other groups - so you may be stuck as a "lifer" if you don't want to grow under one group. Office politics are huge. Good ole' boy mentality and cronyism runs deep. A lot of people get paid way too much to do so little, and take advantage of it. The infrastructure and hiring process just \makes it easy for people to do so. Because of all the RIF's, I believe people only had enough motivation just to keep themselves afloat.

3.0
Sep 19, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Health care, dental, vision, all good. You do get a nice bonus. You get sick time, personal time, and vacation days. Pay is decent.

Cons

Lay offs every couple of years, never really know who will get hit. Lots of anxiety and stress. High stress job, lots of pressure to meet deadlines. Because of frequent layoffs and condensing of positions each year you seem to have more and more work with less and less people but the pay stays relatively the same. It's a high price for benefits and vacation days...

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Verizon Response
2y
We do pride ourselves on our top-notch benefits! We greatly appreciate your feedback, as we are always looking for areas to improve upon.
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