Great company, if you don't mind being a "number." - Account Executive Verizon Employee Review

3.0
15 Feb 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A company that I could stand behind & I believed in the services (still do) it had to offer to the consumer. Great benefits, lots of training, salary was average but equitable to others in the area.

Cons

Company loses sight of its "Integrity" credo, when it comes down to crunch time. In the business channel, they understand the medium to long process of the sales cycle to sm/med/large businesses, but I think their goals are becoming unrealistic in a market that is approaching saturation. Sell everything to everyone, even if they don't need it because YOU need those numbers in your module & we need the revenue...hardly "consultative" selling. There's no real vacation with the business sales position; no quota relief, capped commissions (ie. the opposite of "incentive"), not really being able/allowed to step out of the loop & recharge one's batteries. Granted, wireless is a 24/7/365 operation, but give the employees a real chance to come back refreshed instead of stressed. For the length of my career, I worked my tail off (long hours, sometimes weekends & holidays & vacations)...and I was successful at my job, but the cost was in not feeling like I had much of a life during that time. Yes, the time & effort that I spent was my choice, but it was frustrating to see other folks work half as hard, not do a good job, do only what they had to do and not take care of the customer, but still get rewarded purely based on numbers (ok, that's what sales is about...numbers, but I go back to "integrity."). The bean counters have too much say in how salespeople should be compensated, particularly when they've likely never sold a thing in their lives.

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5.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The sheer volume of data, infrastructure, and budget allows you to build and run initiatives that you simply cannot replicate at smaller companies. While being here, we have had to solve complex, high-impact problems with strong results, the resources are absolutely here. The frontline teams and mid-level leaders (at least mine) are deeply knowledgeable technical experts who genuinely care about protecting and enabling the business. Leading people of this caliber makes cascading a vision highly rewarding, as the execution capability is top-tier. We are always striving to make the company better without compromising integrity.

Cons

Moving large initiatives or projects through a matrixed organization like Verizon requires an exhausting amount of red tape - no matter how much they want to claim otherwise. Decisions that should take days can take weeks or months due to the endless layers of alignment and stakeholder sign-offs required. This is further complicated as the company undergoes regular structural shifts, reorgs, and "strategy pivots". As a leader, a significant portion of your energy will be spent managing team fatigue and keeping folks steady through constant organizational "evolutions."

4.0
26 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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