Short or Long term Disability - Not Paid by MetLife - Paid by State in California - Business Account Executive Verizon Employee Review

1.0
16 Feb 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you work in Business Sales, willing to give 50+ hours a week, a male and under the age of 45 and your ok with making a little less money each year... it's a great place to work.

Cons

Short Term Disability - in California while on disability you are required to file a disability claim with the State and the State will pay you disability benefits. MetLife is Disability Insurance for Verizon employees but they will not pay your disability benefits EVER. Your social security retirement fund is robbed of disability benefits intended for retirement while MetLife Insurance & Verizon save billions of dollars. Your income is reduced on disability - your performance rating decreases because you are not performing while out on disability so you don't get a raise - your STI payout is destroyed - just when you recover and ready to return to work - Verizon HR writes you up .for excessive absence because of time off for disability (in this case knee surgery) and poor performance as unable to perform while out on disability... then your "separated from employment" for excessive absence and lack of performance after 14 years with the company and a spotless attendance and performance history including numerous awards for top performer. Need no help understanding this method of madness from a greedy monster who cares about nothing but PROFIT. Certainly no memory of the major accounts still on service because of an employee's hard work and dedication. Verizon is not a fair player, they don't care.

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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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