They get by because some IT employees willing to work 50+ hours per week - Systems Engineer IV Verizon Employee Review

3.0
Oct 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Job stability, Fortune 500 company, arguably number #1 in the industry, room for growth, good bonus and competitive salaries. Benefits are OK, but nothing to write home about. They're actually on par with the rest of industry benefits is you ask me

Cons

In IT they over work you, you'll have to give up your evenings during the week, and many of your weekends too. Also, many incompetent and mediocre developers (looks like they have not even written a computer program before in their lives), makes the job that much harder for the few IT developers that are actually good. If you're a good developer, don't look to advance your skills. You'll spend most of your time cleaning up the mess of other so called developers. If you're really good just go to Google or similar company, don't waste your time here

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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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