Ever watch a train wreck in slow motion? - Principal Engineer Verizon Employee Review

1.0
Mar 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Huge company. Good benefits. If you want to hunker down in a massive company, and get by on a half-hearted effort, you can do it here. Lots of corporate robots just hunkered down counting the days to retirement. If you are into that kind of thing, this place is great.

Cons

Leadership has never been a strong point at Verizon. The latest leadership shakeup just made things a whole lot worse. Especially on the Wireline (Telco & Business) side. Its a disaster. The top leaders are absolutely empty suits who are getting nothing done. The whole company is literally grinding to a standstill while they fail to communicate anything about direction or vision. The latest acquisition? We all read about it in the news. Great employees are tired of it and leaving. The robots who like hiding in the cubes are the ones who are staying.

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Cons

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4.0
Jan 26, 2015
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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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