Culture clash in San Jose - Senior Software Engineer Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Jan 27, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is reasonably competitive, you get to work with some really sharp people in the Scala community. Low standards for performance make work-life balance easy, if skating along with your head down is your thing.

Cons

Laughably abysmal project velocity, internal politics, and a series of top down re-organizations have resulted in a protracted land grab. Management on the east coast just doesn't understand bay area hiring and employment culture. God help you if you need something from a Verizon team that's not also in San Jose. Your day-to-day experience will be highly dependent on team, some seem terrible, some seem average.

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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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