Decent pay but terrible company culture and diversity issues - Distinguished Engineer Verizon Employee Review

1.0
Apr 2, 2026
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Pros

- Decent pay - Focus on AI

Cons

- worst company culture of any of the 5+ Fortune 500 companies I have worked with - heavy focus on Verizon India over Verizon US. Creates much dysfunction because the business is based in the US - heavy contractor based workforce (roughly 50%) - Diversity is very poor. US workforce especially in technology sector (IT) is nearly 90% Indian descent. These are not normal demographics for this field and are by design. I tried to hire other people and could not because candidates given to me were all pre-screened.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jan 26, 2015
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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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