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Great Learning Opportunity, Low Pay

QA PM
Current Employee
Has worked at Verizon for less than 1 year
January 29, 2010
Colorado Springs, Colorado
4.0
RecommendsNo CEO Opinion
Pros

I needed to gain the technical side of project management and took a position as Quality Assurance End-to-End Test PM. I have learned more about the technical than I knew existed. Great teams and very good processes for adequate requirements testing. Streamlined and automated communication processes keep Verizon paperwork light compared to IBM.

Cons

Contractors are restricted by the 4160 rule, meaning you can only work your contract for a maximum of approximately 2 years, then you are let go.

Pay is very, very low comparatively, and I would not have taken the job if I had not needed to fill out my business-heavy resume with technical expertise. No contract to hire.

Advice to Management

Stop the 4160 rule, relax contract-to-hire regulations, and pay your contractors what they are worth.

Provide more WFH opportunities. Happy employees mean productive employees.

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