Verizon

The leadership team empathizes with employees a lot and cares for building a strong and powerful team (given that we think out of societal misconceptions of a software role and realize what management is bringing to the table).

We can grow to have a healthy mindset about work and the team, often getting inspired by the quality delivery thought process.

We get to work along with great visionary leaders with 10+ years of experience in Verizon itself. Employees stay in Verizon at least 9 years on average.

Constant work over time is required to get deliverables to meet deadlines. A scope for innovation and upskilling is visible, but difficult to put into action, as employees are usually packed with deliverables themselves (of course, not all teams have this drawback).

We have to limit ourselves to the technologies we're currently working on, and the technical growth scope is very low for roles before five years (we won't learn many core technical skills that are actually widely used in the industry).

Salaries suit any mediocre IT company; of course, the work expectation matches the salary paid. But there isn't much scope if we're looking for dream/super dream salaries and state-of-the-art work nature.

Perks on a daily basis in the office are poor:

• A cafeteria with no subsidized food and high costs for below-average tasting food items.
• Too much conservation on working spaces, like limiting office floors to half capacity on Thursday and Friday.
• No cab pick-up service and no shuttle services.
• No team outings (perhaps due to recession budget crunch).
• Not-so-helpful HR staff, etc.