Bad corporate culture and horrible morale problems. - Network Engineer Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Aug 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. Decent salary. Great people.

Cons

Non stop staff reductions have created extremely low morale. Everyone knows they happen each quarter and production comes to a halt prior to and immediately afterward. Verizon loves remote management which does not work. How can you effectively manage people when travel cuts do not allow you to visit them more than once every few years! Constant reorganizations waste of money and shows how truly lost management is. Management focused on empire building. Conference call culture is a large waste of time because everyone is multi tasking. Two hour conference calls with about 15 minutes of true work! It's a truly big company that moves at the pace of a snail in a business that moves much more quickly. No room for advancement. No guidance from management. Huge brain drain due to staff reductions of entire departments that support products. Wireless is king at Verizon and all others are expendable and the blink of an eye.

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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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