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Updated May 19, 2013
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55% Approve of the CEO

Verizon President & CEO Lowell McAdam

Lowell McAdam

(327 ratings)

48% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Current Employee – been working at Verizon

Prosgreat people, great benefits, decent pay

Consproducts WAY overpriced - customers dissatisfied in our market

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Plano, TX

Current Employee – been working at Verizon part-time for less than a year

Proscommissions pays well, great benefits, uncapped earning potential

Consupper management is too numbers driven.

Advice to Senior Managementtake better care of employees, cutting sales revenue while CEO of company makes $23,000,000

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Verizon full-time for more than 7 years

ProsGreat training, Good people, Work from home.

ConsSome times very slow to make change

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Alpharetta, GA

Current Employee – been working at Verizon full-time for more than 8 years

ProsVerizon Wireless has great benefits, yearly bonuses and raises.

ConsHas become more difficult to move up in the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Former Employee – worked at Verizon full-time for more than 7 years

ProsGood pay and office location.

ConsWork was sometimes not interesting.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Ashburn, VA

Current Employee – been working at Verizon full-time for more than 10 years

ProsNot much that can be said on the pro side

ConsBackstabbing leadership; living incarnation of corporate Hunger Games- you only succeed by making others fail. Self aggrandizing statements about it being the best place to work are blatant lies. Never ending layoffs, penny pinching budget restrictions despite record making profits. Culture of it never being enough despite non stop work.

Advice to Senior ManagementJust stop being 2 faced and state you are out to make as much as possible regardless of the toll on your employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Tampa, FL

Current Employee – been working at Verizon full-time for more than a year

ProsA huge company with opportunities nationwide and overseas. They have fantastic benefits and employee perks. In sales you have an opportunity to make money and be on the cutting edge of technology. Union protection.

ConsManagement is not always the best.You can move up but in some cases it will take time. Some long time employees do not want to give up their position. This company is about the bottom line and its shareholders. Sometimes giving unrealistic quotas to meet. Too much like big brother.

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep track of your employees and see where they are good at. Give them opportunities to shine elsewhere if that is where their talent is. Give employees a chance to move around and network and build business outside of work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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New York, NY

Former Employee – worked at Verizon full-time for more than 8 years

ProsGreat salary and benefits, thanks to the hard efforts put forth by the Communications Workers of America

ConsUpper management wants to destroy the union, lowering wages to comparable levels of those on the other side of the Verizon house---Verizon Wireless, which is non-union.

Advice to Senior ManagementCollective Bargaining enhances quality of life. Treat your employees with dignity and respect and they will produce for you.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Verizon full-time

ProsPrior job with company was fantastic, they had amazing managment who truly cared about your work, current postion not so much.

ConsLong hours, no individuality, micromanaged

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Dallas, TX

Current Employee – been working at Verizon full-time for more than 7 years

Proswe appreciate the healthcare as since prices go up and you get older, there are varrying degrees of need.

ConsThere are many levels of management and its a communications company and they communicate, so if you can read between the lines, then this will be meaningful to anyone who is monitored.

Advice to Senior ManagementThere are many levels of management and its a communications company and they communicate, so if you can read between the lines, then this will be meaningful to anyone who is monitored.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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