Bizzare, very very bizzare. - Retail Sales Consultant Verizon Employee Review

1.0
Jun 27, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice place to learn about all the cool smartphone tricks and games. Goof off and play Angry Birds or whatever when not helping customers.

Cons

Everyone seemed to hate most the customers. The "My phone just broke into a million pieces and it's your fault or "Why can't I get a new phone for free if I dropped this one in my coffee!!? or you messed up my bill" -type people ate up a ton of the salespeople's time. Can't tell you how many times someone in sales would ask me what a customer that just walked in wanted and if it wasn't a new phone they'd sneak back to the back or tell me to call one of the rookies up. Store Mngt is made up of a bunch of first timers who were good at making sales and have little clue how to drive sales or run the store -so they babysit and tell customers off that salespeople can't.

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Cons

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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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