Verizon - A Strong but Shrinking Employer in the Telecommunication Business
Pros
Good pay levels; good benefits; strong competitive company that will be around for a while; decent people to work with every day; decent work facilities;
Cons
Little or no opportunity for advancement, if you are a white middle-aged male; headquarters has been moved to New Jersey, an extremely expensive place to live unless you want to commute 90-120 minutes per day - if you won't go to New Jersey it's just a matter of time before you'll become a RIF (reduction in force); employee benefits are being reduced and eliminated, one by one; there is no remuneration for outstanding performance or accomplishments; the company employs inane budgeting strategies that encourage dishonesty and make it difficult to implement new ideas that would be clearly beneficial to the company; outsourcing, as a cost saving strategy, is being heavily implemented, thus placing many jobs and even entire functions at risk.
