Excellent work-life balance for highly motivated people - Principal RF Engineer Verizon Employee Review

5.0
Jan 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent work-life balance for the engineering field High expectations with lots of support Good benefits package Good paid vacation package 2 months paid parental leave, including for adoption Highly motivated coworkers Lots of autonomy for problem solving Naturally gender and ethnically diverse work force Excellent career advancement attitudes from leadership Good training and educational opportunities Hybrid work for most positions Annual pay raises for most positions, based on reasonable performance metrics.

Cons

Pay is worse than at competitors No student loan payoff benefits In-house software tools make engineering tasks more difficult Very few paid holidays Very little paid sick leave Increasing use of contract work rather than in-house positions

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

Highly collaborative environment, opportunity to do impactful work.

Cons

Unless you're a permanent employee, you're likely to get laid off for more economical reasons.

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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