Not as good as it used to be when I first joined. - Software Engineer Verizon Employee Review

3.0
22 Aug 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Able to work from home. Flexible hours, as long as you deliver results. Good benefits, including tuition assistance.

Cons

Difficult to get promotions - favorable to people who are friends with existing leadership. Lots of reorganization, and with them, layoffs. They not always work or improve anything. Very bureaucratic - even to order some business cards is a pain, which makes you give up. Working hard doesn't seem to pay off - recognition is rare. Too focused on cost savings and less on customer or employee satisfaction. Too much focus on offshoring

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Cons

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4.0
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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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