Better as GTE - Anonymous employee Verizon Employee Review

3.0
Oct 15, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I worked with some great people with lots of talent. If you are located in the corporate headquarters and certain targeted areas work life can be great...

Cons

Two sides of the company, wireless and wireline are played against each other as if they were each others competition. Director level mgnt puts their whims and wishes in front of day to day operations. Micro-managing is rampant, nobody seems to trust anyone downstream from their position. The bean counter has everyone by the groin and likes to squeeze! If you are not in a corp hub you are expendable, everything is for sale if the price is right...

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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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