Verizon Communications Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"I've worked for Verizon for 7 years now, and it is a good place to gain user experience expertise on products, web applications and mobile and desktop apps."

"I worked there for about 12 yrs and I really enjoyed working there."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I like being in the field and having the freedom of going to lunch when I am hungry."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would tell someone to be prepared to stay at the job you get forever."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I do not like digging. I want to use my brain."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would listen to the needs of the employees. I would make it easier for a person to move from one department to the next."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"The people I work with are talented and concerned about providing good service to the consumer."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stay away!!! Look elsewhere."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I have seen Verizon grow and develop over the last 35 years. It has grown from a company targeting consumer needs and providing a necessary service, to a company today concerned only about their bottom line."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management does not respond with an open mind to suggestions from employees. (They have their own agenda and ideas.) Today managers have little to no working experience in the telecommunications business, but these are the people making decisions for our companys future."

"Not a good place to work."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I like the benefits."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I dislike the work culture."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit."

"Verizon is only interested in the bottom line."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"Verizon upper management stopped caring about the well-being of its employees years ago. They riffed all their long-term employees in favor of lower-paying employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Well, we had a CIO who let it be known his motto was Burn em and Turn em. Burn your employees out and then turn them around with newer employees."

"You can make it big at Verizon, depending how far you want to stick your head up management butt."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"Nothing. I worked there for 14 years. When it was GTE, it was better - not much - but better. The management - middle & top - are not smart people. Really. And I'm being generous. They promote sales people only - or fire them within a year. So sales was always a pressure keg. They would lie, cheat, and steal to make a sales deal. It was a girlfriend network. The manager let her girlfriends run wild. I quit. She was finally demoted, but she knew she could not stay at Verizon. Her decisions as general manager hurt all but her friends. After the demotion, she was promptly fired, along with my previous manager."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't do it!!"

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"Sales and sales management lie, lie, lie, lie."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I haven't been there for seven years now. It was the best move I ever made. As a graphic designer and web designer, I found when I was freelancing that Verizon was a crummy place to work. With a few exceptions, every company was a better place to be. I would NEVER refer a friend - maybe an enemy!"

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I like the great learning curve. The salary is good."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Take the job to earn some money. Do not make it a career at Verizon. It will never happen, because they lay off and do not care about the employees."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I dislike the poor leadership. They have programs to cover themselves in a court, but do not use them. The benefits package was drastically reduced, while senior management did not lose anything."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start listening to your employees."

"Verizon is not a great employer on the personal side."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I like that the company paid medical, dental and college tuition."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Unless you really need the job, don't."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"You are part of the machine."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, as they have proven to not be open to changes that have the potential to negatively impact the bottom line."

"Can you treat me right yet"

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"They do have good benefits."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"They teach you like you belong in the toilet."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat everyone like equals and not slaves and you will see the productivity go up."