Verizon reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(35,723 total reviews)
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Dan Schulman

25% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Verizon has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 35,723 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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36K reviews
4.0
Apr 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You had meaningful jobs that added value and impact. You felt like you were a key contributor. Friendly, nice, safe place to work. Flexible with work schedules and time off. Fast paced environment so always learning new things. Loved the company and the employees, great place to work. Highly recommend it and would certainly work there again.

Cons

Once you hit manager level, not a lot of growth and room for advancement. Lots and lots of meetings about meetings. Lots of emails. Lots of presentations to work on for management...sometimes several a week and hindered work actually getting done.

4.0
Apr 18, 2010

Good pay for work performed but a lot of stress

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits package and a good retirement plan, good pay for the work performed, also job has added protection from a strong union.

Cons

less vacation time in comparison, tough to get time off when needed, poor management leadership overall. Lower level managers are treated poorly and it shows in the way they treat their workforce.

3.0
Apr 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, vacation/time off, and benefits are best in class, and everyone knows the product is far superior to its competitors. It is a large company that appears to care about its reps, especially those in the call center positions.

Cons

Time off is a joke. You need to submit a time off request more than a month in advance, but they can interrupt your day off and tell you only two or three days in advance that you are required to attend a meeting on your day off or else it will count as an occurrence toward your precious 5 days (per YEAR) of sick time. Impossible to have anything else going on in your life, with the ever-changing schedule requiring you to be available at all times of day and night. Tuition reimbursement is a nice benefit in theory, but you will not be able to attend physical classes with the attendance and scheduling demands. In sales you have to maintain an unrealistic year-over-year increase in volume, (higher quota = less $$ per transaction), without taking into account economical factors such as the ONGOING RECESSION. Very micro-managed and dry atmosphere - show personality and risk losing any chance of advancement, you can even lose your job. I could continue for days...

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