Vodafone Reviews

Pros

- Employee friendly policies.
- Right balance between personal and professional life.
- Work hard, right reward.
- Ability to interact with various people across the globe and interact with them and understand their cultures.

Cons

- Since it is a multi-cultural environment, matching the wavelength of all the people in the project will be a tough work initially.
- There are chances of re-inventing the wheel due to the number of people in the company

Advice to Senior Management

Once in a year, the management can provide Vodafone freebies like a mug, Cap, Bag or even a fridge magnet to all the employees as a thank you for all the hard work we put in during the year. Ideal time would be around Christmas.

Pros

Large customer base makes for interesting challenges in delivering services

Cons

Separation of duties doctrine makes for responsibilities to fragment accross two or more teams in most cases, severely impacting ability to drive change without upper management support.

Advice to Senior Management

support your teams in driving change, embrace change as a constant factor, stop playing political games with other managers, sit down with your front line people and listen carefully to what they need.

Pros

This is an international workplace with opportunities to grow as a corporate employee. Some parts are growing faster than other and have more potential than others.

Cons

Not moving as fast as it could. Modern offices but getting quite cramped. Company politics is common as with any corporate of this size.

Advice to Senior Management

The corporate strategy is not always clear and well communicated. This could be better implemented across the company and markets.

Pros

Market leader with a strong strategy for growth, focus on employees and corporate social responsibility, support for work-life balance and flexible working, and generous remuneration / benefits policy.

Cons

Despite efforts not to be, Vodafone suffers from issues of organisational silos and is also very hierarchical, both of which often slos down its ability to execute. Also, although it's relatively easy to move around the business at the same seniority level, it's extremely difficult to get a promotion (complex and lengthy process).

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on consistent world-class execution, speed and quality

Pros

It has been the market leader in EU with over 300 M users and very prospective in the foreseeable future

Cons

It is a large corporation and works like a precise machine. Which is steady while not responsive and take immediate actions

Advice to Senior Management

The organization should be flat and the responsibility are well defined so that it can act more quick and responsive

Pros

great working environment with development opportunities

Cons

salaries should better reflect the reality of Romania

Advice to Senior Management

salaries should better reflect the reality of Romania

Pros

There is diversity within Vodafone and there is the chance to get to laterally connect with many different departments and countries.

Cons

There are problems with being heard or respected at Vodafone. There are clicks in upper management like old boys club. It can be frustrating.

Advice to Senior Management

Change the portals for communication. It's widely accepted to not say anything for fear of repercussion or backlash.

Pros

Salary and bonus and the amount of vacation time

Cons

Lack of advancement and no appreciation from management for long hours worked.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to look at current employees when job opportunities are available.

Pros

great culture,opportunities, diversity, learning all the way, space for self development and a respectful multinational company, commitment towards community.

Cons

sometimes promotion criteria is not clear, package isn't in the top tier compared to other competitors in the telecom market.

Pros

good salary and good working environment

Cons

lots of work and no visibility to upper management

Advice to Senior Management

maintain work life balance