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Working at Verizon is kind of like purgatory

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Verizon for less than 1 year
June 17, 2008
Orangeburg, New York
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

They have good benefits. It's a big company, and as such, you get to work with expensive systems that you might not elsewhere. It's financially stable; generally speaking, people keep their phones and internet connections even in bad financial times. They have good educational benefits, especially; they will pay for eight thousand dollars of classes a year. They also have advanced degree programs taught on location after work.

Cons

The environment is drab; don't work here if you like sunlight.

The work isn't very fulfilling.

The whole culture is intensely and lamely corporate.

It's not cutting edge.

Salaries aren't great compared to similar companies.

The annual raises are small, and it's not easy to get a raise for any other reason.

The food is bad, like prison food.

Advice to Management

When you pay to educate an employee and thus increase their value, raise their salary appropriately.

Make more effort to make our jobs more interesting. Give us reasons to care.

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