Great Idea, Bad Practices - Store Manager Verizon Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits. Low health care premiums.

Cons

Zero Leadership from Senior Management. Each Region seemed disconnected from the Corporate Mission. Each region created their own set of operating standards and never stayed consistent with the company message. After the Alltel merger, I believed in the company credo until I noticed their CREDO never left the paper it was printed on. Most stores ran like a high school without adult supervision. Retail employees were more concerned with playing with each other than serving the customers. It was accepted to make customers wait for hours and without apology treat them as if the rep was doing them a favor. SAD.

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Cons

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4.0
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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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