Fast Paced technology company. - Associate Director Verizon Employee Review

4.0
Mar 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are great! Career development and opportunities are endless if you are willing to push yourself, continually learn and develop new skills, remain flexible and agile, and keep yourself mobile to different locations. Well compensated from a total rewards perspective. The company continues to strive to make remain the best in the industry while delivering a top notch customer experience. I admire working for a company that values quality in the product & services it provides and demands quality in the employees who support their customers.

Cons

Work life balance can be challenging. To meet the demands of the industry and remain a leader in the industry, the demands on your time increase year over year. It can be challenging to really have time off, even when scheduled once you have moved into leadership. The use and encouragement of telecommuting and using our own resources is limited to non-existent. With the commitment and availability expectation of leadership, utilization and encouragement of more flex time options and telecommuting options would be great. The expectation is really that you remain available and connected at all times.

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5.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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