Verizon

Easy job, good pay, good benefits.

Verizon is so big that it is easy to get lost in the shuffle, in a good way, if that is what you are looking for. There are so many people employed at this company that do practically nothing and work here for years because they know how, when, and where to show up to avoid the next layoff. Think Milton from Office Space.

Also, it doesn't hurt that VZ Wireless is basically printing money with their mobile business – it keeps a lot of other VZ properties afloat.

Reorgs nearly every 6 months.

Big company dorkiness.

Lack of strong leadership.

Very political, bureaucratic.

Very difficult to get promoted.

Very poor job of integrating the companies they acquire.

Because of company size and constant reorgs, there are lots of decisions that are made by groups that have no knowledge or concern about the impact of their decisions on your ability to drive value to the business. You can probably look back at the end of each month and figure 80 percent of the time you just spent will not be bringing any value.

Sometimes union employees get in the way.

Build stronger leaders.

Don't so transparently manage to Wall Street.

Realize that there is more to good decision-making than fancy PowerPoint decks.