High Pay, No Life - Retail Store Manager Verizon Employee Review

3.0
Apr 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Pay and Benefits, great employee discounts and monthly cell phone discount, new store design coming that really sets them apart from competition

Cons

No work/life balance, company claims to win all these rewards but in retail you will work the retail hours. Compensation structure keeps changing and you often have a flavor of the week sales mentality. If the whole store doesn't work as 1 unit then you will be frustrated and feel alone. Career advancement is very slow, don't believe what they tell you in interview, could be 3 years or more before you get first promotion. Promotions are not always based on numbers more often politics and who is the most liked by the DM.

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Pros

Highly collaborative environment, opportunity to do impactful work.

Cons

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4.0
Jan 26, 2015
Recommend
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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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