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      Stressful DBA job, but you learn alot - Senior Database Administrator Verizon Employee Review

      2.0
      Feb 22, 2014
      Senior database administrator
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The technology and systems are challenging. Many database database environments have RAC and Sharepoint. This is a blessing and a burden.

      Cons

      much overnight work, frequent crises, demanding work environment. Shareplex probably increases the problems and alerts by threefold. The applications I supported are very demanding and required off-hours for most of the changes, which were frequent. I'm talking about 11 PM or 2 AM start times and it often was 6-8 hours of work. They require alot of Oracle patching and 8 Enterprise releases per year for many applications and that's something that runs on weekends for about 12-18 hours. Most people have had enough after 1-2 years.

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      5.0
      Jul 19, 2026
      Solution specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Competitive pay, good work environment

      Cons

      Retail hours, weekends, and holidays

      4.0
      Jan 26, 2015
      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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