Verizon reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(35,689 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 35,689 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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1.0
Oct 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you have to pay rent and eat, you will like having a paycheck. Gym is nice, cafeteria is nice.

Cons

GETTO! unless you enjoy being around the Mexican mafia, intimated at every glare, high pressured sales down your throat week 1 on the phones, then this is not the place for you. I had to go to a supervisors desk and ask her to please turn the hard core rap music as a customer complained. They will tell you that you get time off that you accrue.. Goodluck taking it. You also are told you get bereavement. Caution! You will not only need a copy of a death certificate, a coroner's report, also a third party verification by phone as well as searchable by internet, so unless you know everything down to the deceased social security number, you will be terminated for this under "false information" I am still in contact with the person this happened to. Also, when you sign up for the employee phone program, you will NEVER get to call in to the employee customer service, so if you need tech support or hello with plan or bill..too bad! You will be micromanaged to the point you start to feel like a science experiment and literally having anxiety when arriving at work, on more than one occasion, I literally cried in the parking lot before going in. This is by far the worst employer and job I've ever had. You will get the old sing and dance from every employee and manager that they introduce in interviews and training (hand picked of course) saying they live their job, would never leave.. Yada yada yada... It's BS at its finest. Beware! If you are starving, then hey this job well feed you until you get fired for not meeting your sales. If you have any other option, I mean ANY (taco bell, McDonald's, etc.) Take it! I promise you your dodging a bullet!

3.0
Jul 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay, excellent benefits. Work from home.

Cons

Cutbacks cutbacks cutbacks. Clear all IT development is going to India. India techs are awful and make job unenjoyable. Hours are horrible now due to having to coordinate with team in India. Impossible work loads. Constant layoffs. Just laid off 40% of IT. Even laid off India team members. Despite constantly saying otherwise, the red tape is getting thicker by the day. This isn't wireless and they bleed money. 100% focus on dividends over people.

4.0
Jul 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The variety of departments allows employees to sample many positions. The training opportunities are plentiful. The culture allows for people to make mistakes, and recover from them so that careers can be salvaged. Compensation is good for people who are average or above average in intelligence. They are supportive of a diverse work force, work at home (to a point), and flexible work hours (to a point).

Cons

Having experienced many departments, I can attest to the following: Long Term planning jobs are safe, but dead end jobs; Marketing jobs are high reward with access to greater opportunities, and more probability of layoffs. IT is a sweat shop, and most employees burn out. In Finance you work hard, putting in long hours, but the work can be interesting. However, Finance is detached from the operations of the business, and the employees there are usually snowed by the people running the business. The Company is still undergoing a change from the joining of the Wireline and Wireless organizations. Since Wireless is now responsible for approximately 80% of the revenues, the former Wireless employees feel entitled, and superior to the Wireline employees. Working in the Landline side of the business is thankless. Finally, if you are in the top ten percentile of performers, you have to compete for very few spots, and if you are not rewarded within a reasonable period of time, you should go elsewhere. This is why Verizon is a great place to START a career.

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