Retail sales - the good and the bad - Retail Sales Consultant Verizon Employee Review

3.0
Jul 13, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is very decent if you can handle the stress. Sometimes when there is downtime you get to just hang out and play games on the tablet computers and jam out to music. How much you like your job depends greatly on who you have as managers. I've had the most relaxed, fun managers who make coming to work fun or at least not too bad, and I've had the most uptight, strict managers who can make you dread coming into work each day.

Cons

Stressful work environment - too many things to offer each customer. Managers sometimes want you to repeatedly badger a customer to purchase something that they have already clearly indicated they are not interested in - it gets uncomfortable sometimes. Also retail hours are never good. Morning meetings are held weekly and are always pretty pointless.

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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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