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Pay is fair, paid time off is fair, bonuses are excellent. Supervisor's are promoted within which might be why there is a lack of integrity and if you have a complaint about one it goes ignored or the company backs up their supervisors at whatever cost. Their 'culture' is diverse but I will describe it as a ghetto atmosphere. Water cooler talk is mostly co-workers that are full of stories about their spouses and/or children in and out of jail. The biggest frustration I found was the abuse of Short Term Disability and complaints to management goes ignored.
The worst company to work for.Meeting for employee more impotent than
customers. the store managers are biggest liars,acting like kids.They can change schedule at any time,so you can't make a plan,a lot of times.One of location I worked for,most sales reps cool guys,but not professionals.
Making jokes about each other on the the floor in front of the customers.And involving them.One of the managers jump on your sale,without asking him for help.I made a mistake and three weeks after that one of managers from outside came in,and said, that they have to terminate me.I broke" rule of conduct"But making fun about my age that is OKAY?????????To many non sense meetings of the floor and conference calls.I wasted one year working at this company.And also sales rep on the
floor have to make a lot call to small businesses,and sales have to waste
a lot of time on non sales transactions.
My salary went down the hill because of commission.Vacation and days of OK!!!.except bonuses.
Although the company has great pay and benefits, it's not worth high stress, unbalanced lifestyle and heavy demands. Late? Fired. Sick? Show up anyway and don't even think of using your sick leave or you will be fired. You had better be there rain, sleet, snow or sunshine and your only time off? Scheduled leave. You are a number and can be replaced. If you want to be treated with dignity and respect? You don't want to work here. I had high hopes when I started, but they were deflated quickly. Quitting was the best decision I made.
Dress is casual, diversity is prevalent, and you work 9-10 hours per day. I would describe the culture as corporate and professional. Limited opportunities for promotion.
Starting salary is in the 50s. Bonus is around 11-13% You will receive a yearly raise around 1-2%. There are no stock options. You start off with 2 weeks of vacation and then 3 weeks of vacation after 5 years.
At Verizon, most decisions are made at executive level which can be frustrating. Anything below executive, you are just following and implementing orders/directives and not doing any sort of real business work. There seems to be many individuals with business degrees but not many with real business talent. Verizon does have decent pay and the benefits are great. Verizon is definitely a 9-5 kind of company. You don’t have to work very hard. The key to making at Verizon is look really busy, do some work and then go home.
