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To me, any Telecom company is bad 🤣
You gotta read in between the lines here, dude/duddette. Though not directly obvious, my response is valid for several reasons:
1) OP’s tone when even considering a 10K jump suggests he or she may look for any related insights. And I know a thing or 2 about working with those tele company as a consultant and I did had a glance of its culture as I worked with its employees, so I say it. The culture is reflected through the people pretty well. OP can use it at his/her disposal.
2) There are lines of consulting where you are almost a part of the client (staff aug for example) that you almost know about the culture as if you’re an employee.
3) Believe it or not, a bad culture is a bad culture. A bad culture perceived by the outsiders (consultants) doesn’t always mean it’s bad for the internal employees. But a bad culture for internal employees definitely will be reflected as bad to the outsiders. Just doing the math here, there is a higher chance for internal bad culture in this case. And the several answers below confirm that.
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VZ’s culture leaves a lot to be desired.
It's changed significantly in the last two years with new leadership. Not perfect but miles different from 5 years ago
I worked for verizon many years ago in their HQ. i would generally agree with the KPMG comment above, but to add some more:
- very slow pace where everything moves at 1/10 the pace you are probably used to
- your salary and promotions will be infrequent and not very impressive unless you get to the executive level
- generally good WLB and culture, people used to WFH even before covid
- My experience, you are sort of on your own to drive progress so great for proactive personality, but not good for someone who is used to working in a firm with structured training and mentorship
Verizon has a very military style hierarchy. If that fits you then you’ll like it there.
Sounds like you should hold out for a better offer.
Allegedly the culture = old school patriarchal, not a lot of innovation & resistant to change.