Good Pay & Benefits, Very Poor Management - Systems Engineer Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Jun 16, 2011
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Pros

Good pay and benefits. They try to give you raises even in a tough economy. You write your own reviews which is a good chance to remind yourself of all that you have done over the past year.

Cons

The management is totally disconnected from what is really going on. They do not listen to suggestions from SME's. Projects work in a vacuum, never asking for input from users so the result is not what is really needed. I think HR is actually a software package. Also, the programs used for projects, etc. are constantly changing. As soon as you get used to one, they change it and thne there is a long learning curve which wastes time and money.

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Pros

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Cons

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