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Verizon
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- type of organization: public
- size: colossal (over 10,000 people)
- website: www.verizon.com
- development offices: unknown
Verizon is one of the largest telecommunication companies in the U.S. It provides services to its customers mainly in the wireless arena (Verizon Wireless), land line (telephone), Internet, and television (FiOS). The company's headquarters is in New York, NY, however, it runs multiple huge data centers across the country: Dallas, TX; Tampa, FL; Fort Wayne, IN, and so on.
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The good and the bad
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February 28, 2008
The Goods:
The Bads:
A good place to get experiences for new graduates
Gives good training and education benefits
Provides good health benefits
High tech
Very low pay compared to other companies of similar size in the same area
Very bad promotion system for good performers
Discourages and prevents employees from moving internally
Too structured, not much freedom in anything
Very greedy executive officers and senior managements
Constant lay offs and more...