Great pay and benefits weighted by poor management. - Fiber Customer Support Analyst Verizon Employee Review

2.0
24 Jul 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay for the work in this position is incredible and there is plenty of opportunity for overtime - you can make close to 90k/year working more than 8 hours of overtime every week. Cushy office/call center job with amazing benefits, tuition reimbursement, and plenty of opportunities to work on projects that give you time away from answering calls. Unionized.

Cons

National claims to focus on customers, but really only emphasizes the needs for reps to meet arbitrary stats (call handle time, ratio of cases needing a field technician to be dispatched vs. not, etc.) No one takes blame or action for things that the company or company systems mess up. Unionized. Hope you don't have or develop a medical condition before you've worked at Verizon for a year, because Verizon will not hesitate to harass or intimidate you by way of supervisor meetings, suspensions, etc. Scheduling organization does not know how to make schedules, often baits workers into working undesired shifts by making or implying things that are untrue (triple-time pay, not having to work weekends if you volunteer for so many weekends [[very untrue]]) with little or no repercussions to the scheduling organization. Forced overtime severely tips work/life balance.

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5.0
27 May 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
26 Jan 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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