Verizon reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(35,745 total reviews)
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24% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Verizon has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 35,745 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Verizon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Jun 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Verizon Wireless is a pretty well run company and the benefits are great and the pay is pretty good.

Cons

You do have paid time off, but you have to be careful with sick days. If you get sick you are still expected to work and if you take sick days you jeopardize your status. You get written up for too many sick days in a certain time frame. This can stay on your record for months, during which time you cannot advance, plus if you get sick again during that time you could get fired. Plus, since everyone is afraid of this, they go to work when they are sick, so everyone else gets sick, too! That is how I got sick so frequently. I finally quit because I was afraid that if I got sick again in the next 9 months that I was on 'probation' I would get fired. Not worth it.

1.0
Jun 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, Great Pay, Great Training, and a Great selection of mobile devices, with fantastic Coverage Area. Lots of Wonderful people to work with.

Cons

Live to work, instead of Work to Live! Verizon prides itself on being a very hard company to work for.

2.0
May 31, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is excellent, I like my co-workers, and the location is good (free parking, etc)

Cons

They will own you for the amount they pay you. They believe in forced overtime and when you don't show up for it because you are trying to have a life outside of work they use the term "unreliable." I started working nights several years ago thinking that I would eventually either get to days or take another position - all positions dried up and nobody else gets hired so I have no chance of getting off of nights. No way to live if you have a family.

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