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XO Communications

Acquired by Verizon

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Day to day co-workers were great, upper management out of touch" - Anonymous employee XO Communications Employee Review

3.0
Oct 11, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people I worked with in Nashville were great. I was there for 10 years and for the most part my co-workers were like family. The best thing about that job was the people I worked directly with. Local management was good about arranging a flexible work schedule. That may have changed since I left, and then changed back after a few changes in management since then.

Cons

Most execs and upper management are out of touch with he front line workers. They often manage with fear tactics. There was always a layoff looming. I was fortunate to never get let go in any of them, but it was always in the back of my mind. Pay was mediocre for some, but if you really want to get ahead it isn't going to happen at XO unless you get lucky. Hard work plays into it as well, but moving up isn't totally dependent on doing a good job here, at least from my experience. The job itself doesn't really give you the sense that you are doing anything worthwhile in life. You are there to make a paycheck get your numbers and come back the next day to do it over again.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good work life balance and supportive

Cons

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2.0
Aug 3, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- There are always opportunities to move around within the company if your job doesn't fit with your style. - There are some really great people who work there. - Lots of little perks like random days off, being allowed to leave early before holidays, options to telecommute, fun days like free movie days.

Cons

- There is sometimes somewhat of an adversarial attitude between departments. - Some of the managers can be unnecessarily negative and can spread a tense feeling throughout the office by their mere presence. - It can be hard to concentrate in a cubicle farm. Noise from people just doing their jobs carries from across the room. - The information systems are horrible, it is like trying to get water from a stone to get usable information out of some of the systems, often dealing with millions of dollars of revenue. - Management doesn't always listen to its analysts, who often have their ear to the ground and are immersed in the information they are supposed to be making their decisions on. - Management is often quick to pass the blame on when the consequences of their decisions turn negative, or even get the expected results, but expectations have shifted. - Computers are archaic, I don't know how they expect me to be an analyst with a computer that barely works and they have supposedly been upgrading the laptops for nearly a year and I have barely seen any evidence of it.

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