Verizon Reviews in Boston, MA Area

Pros

Salary and work life balance

Cons

Layoffs and RIFs were continuous

Advice to Senior Management

Review the staff and let go of staff not qualified and hire qualified, educated employees

Pros

Very nice people to work with. Smart, team-player, helpful coworkers. Remote work options and good use of technology. Great team work and envirinment.

Cons

Mostly contract employees, no chance of getting hired permanently. Cheap company, always trying to reduce cost by reducing employees and giving the work to ones that stays. Most positions are now offshore.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire locally and permanently. Turn around is high due to layoffs and contractors, not enough stability to start and finish projects which is hurtful to the company.

Pros

The pay and benefits package are amazing, locations are convenient, and also some really great people to work with-once you find them.

Cons

upper management/executives are typical corporate buffoons, there was less and less training-very necessary training- for new systems, and the union is definitely a double-edged sword. My coworkers generally were miserable and just getting through the day.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to all your offices and your employees; never mind the budget-Verizon can well afford training for its staff. And be honest with your employees; treat them like valued members instead of serfs at the mercy of feudal lords

Pros

work life balance, internal oppurtunities, career, job satisfaction, bang for the buck, great benifits, competative salary, good bonus, diverse work force

Cons

internal politics, corporate restructuring, outsourced work, red tape, old school management, lack of communication, cutting benifits year over year, lack of motivation

Pros

Could start at lower level programmer and work way up to lead or manager over time
Tremendous benefits, 401K matching, great medical and dental coverage (85% paid by company)
Industry standard paid time off

Cons

New employees starting with much less benefits package (post 2004)
Freeze of pension program as of 2006 (not for upper managers)
Employees in production support and other IT roles work many hours over 40 per week
No developing from within or career path help from management

Advice to Senior Management

Treat employees as valuable assets
Bring back more work life balance
Treat all lines of business as important (wireless, wireline)
Make VZ a company that great talent will be attracted to

Pros

Always up to date on compliance issues and quick to train employees

Cons

Not able to work anywhere in US - Just the coastal areas

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more skilled labor in the US

Pros

The money and benefits. The people doing the work are great and personable. Couldn't ask for better co-workers but the management are yes men to a fault.

Cons

You cannot wake up in the morning with peace of mind and heart knowing you will have a good day at work. The management immediately over you are terrible egocentrics who desire power, control and recognition as superiors. Terrible hatred toward the worker and secretly against one another.

Advice to Senior Management

Realize that it is the insane requirements of the pace of business that make it difficult for the job to be done quickly, safely and correctly and not the incompetence of the worker. Lay off the people and let them do their job correctly and in the long run everyone is happier... even the customer. Remember them? PS If you are reading this, your wired home telephones will be going away and there will be only wireless cell phone with even fewer people to speak with when you have a problem BUT more phone trees!!

Pros

Good pay and benefits, good direct management

Cons

Company seems to be slowly going out of business as the transition to Wireless services grows - hard to see a long future on wireline side of business.
The impact is to longer term employees who mourn the changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Pent up demand to retire - a good incentive will clear out many who are close, and allow Vz to realize lower fixed costs.

Pros

Good pay and decent benefits

Cons

ineffective executive level managers, talk the talk but can't walk the walk.
No upward mobility at all
Poor management / union relations

Advice to Senior Management

Close it down or convert it to an outsourced facility whereby your productivity will sky rocket. Loose the ineffective onsite management that constantly chases their tails and has no answers.

Pros

Good Work life balance
Good pay and benefits
Reasonable job security

Cons

Very difficult to climb ladder. Based on who you know and how you joined the company.
A much older workforce typically.
Not very innovative

Advice to Senior Management

Create environment for employees to excel. Better performance expectations.