Worst Morale in any Company I've ever worked for - Sales Verizon Employee Review

1.0
Apr 6, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Lots of Customers - Onsite fitness center (for a fee) - Great people / coworkers

Cons

- This is not a sales driven company in any way, shape, or form. - No sales support whatsoever - 99% of accountability and administrative work falls to the sales rep - Commissions policies are horrible (quotas change with no notice when you are successful, and the company has changed the policy so they can charge back past sales by raising quotas). I was over 100% of quota last year and ended the year owing the company $5000. Finance changes the commissions policies/rules after sales have been completed in an effort to reduce commissions costs. At best, they are very unethical. - Morale is the worst I've ever encountered at a company. Even WorldCom had better morale. - Senior management is oblivious to the amount of administrative work placed on sales reps. There is no time to sell because of all the administriva. - Sales Reps have to track and fight for every penny of commission. The company regularly decides to not pay owed commissions for numerous reasons, and whenever an obvious mistake is made finance is famous for saying "there's nothing we can do, it is what it is". - Layoffs happen on almost a weekly basis. There is no job security. - The process for ordering and implementing new service for customers are awful. It can take two weeks just to order a router or a circuit. Management tells sales reps not to get involved in implementation or process issues, but no one else has any accountability since they don't face the customer. Plus, all of the support areas have been laid off to the bone. - It is truly a sweat shop environment; everyone is overworked and no one enjoys their job. It's truly a miserable working experience. - The overall staff is so thin that employees are encouraged to log on at home and basically work 24 hours a day. - This is the cheapest company ever. They removed all coffee and water machines from the building, so if you want water you better bring your own or pay $4.00 for a cup of coffee from the cafeteria. - Our partners such as Cisco, Juniper, etc. view Verizon Sales Reps and Sales Managers as people to be pitied (i.e. they feel sorry for us because of our working environment).

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5.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The sheer volume of data, infrastructure, and budget allows you to build and run initiatives that you simply cannot replicate at smaller companies. While being here, we have had to solve complex, high-impact problems with strong results, the resources are absolutely here. The frontline teams and mid-level leaders (at least mine) are deeply knowledgeable technical experts who genuinely care about protecting and enabling the business. Leading people of this caliber makes cascading a vision highly rewarding, as the execution capability is top-tier. We are always striving to make the company better without compromising integrity.

Cons

Moving large initiatives or projects through a matrixed organization like Verizon requires an exhausting amount of red tape - no matter how much they want to claim otherwise. Decisions that should take days can take weeks or months due to the endless layers of alignment and stakeholder sign-offs required. This is further complicated as the company undergoes regular structural shifts, reorgs, and "strategy pivots". As a leader, a significant portion of your energy will be spent managing team fatigue and keeping folks steady through constant organizational "evolutions."

4.0
Jan 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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