overworked and stressed out - Operations Manager Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Jun 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

provided a decent income, and had some quality peers and techs with whom i worked.

Cons

work week averaged 60 hours to over one hundred when "on call". all were threatened to be fired monthly on average. goals were designed to be unachievable. if anyone made them, they were changed or abandoned. management by intimidation does not and has not ever worked, yet it still persists from the top down. if upper management wants to cut costs, they reduce management and budgeting at the local level to ensure thier goals are met. trend to eliminate any "elder" managers over 45 with or without cause.

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Cons

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4.0
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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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