An ocean with the depth of a puddle - Sales Specialist Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Nov 3, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Time off is quite nice and you can take advantage of their broken system. Depending on your store management will help you out in a proper way if they are trained correctly. The core ethics of Verizon are good but most management and even senior managers do not follow that. The benefits are the only thing that's guaranteed to you and are nice.

Cons

The pay is not that competitive in 2024 for a sales position. The commission check that you receive even after hitting 120% of sales goal a month is somewhat comical in comparison to other sales jobs. Diversity is a unique topic within Verizon and it's management. Management is a current mess with so many layers of management that do close to nothing for each other. Most of the time just sitting on calls in the back not helping their floor. It is smoke and mirrors most of the time with a pinch of gaslighting. Verizon is currently unsure on what position they want to take with their business, swapping between too many metrics and not giving appropriate pay for all the "features" and "perks" they want employees to sell. In a sales starter position when you are getting hired you are told that you have opportunity to move up within Verizon and this is close to a flat out lie. I have been with Verizon for years now and have only seen a couple people get promoted into a management role. To move within Verizon laterally from sales it is very rare you can move unless you have been or are a sales manager within Verizon. Customer service over the phone is an absolute joke.

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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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