Women's Job Satisfaction (5=very satisfied)
Customer Service Supervisor
Customer Service
January 1970
Ensure that you are mentally healthy and strong enough to constantly be coached to certain behaviors and be willing and able to handle a constant high stress environment. Make sure you have a healthy outlet for your stress.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$25k-$50k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5Once you're promoted to supervisor or higher, your options for flexibility are a bit more limited as well as the fact that you're normally "coached" or given a speech about your need to be at work all the time to set an example for front line employees. So even if you're granted flexibility for a situation, it's still looked at negatively which is another source of stress
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Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
6 paid / unpaid
You are given 6-8 weeks paid maternity leave in addition to another 8 weeks of paid "parental leave" which used to be referred to as baby bonding time. This is definitely one of the best benefits of the job.
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
I'm unable to select only one thing that would make me stay. They need to improve compensation for management, improve work-life balance, and reduce the amount of stress supervisors endure due to unrealistic expectations they're held to.
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Recommend to Women?
Maybe. It would depend on what type of job the woman is looking for and how much stress she would be willing to endure from her employment.
Marketing
January 1970
Like most large enterprises your experience here will vary based on the group you work with.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
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Recent Bonus
$10k-$20k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
2 paid / unpaid
After I had maternity leave it was increased from 2 week and to 8 weeks
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Customer Service Advocate
Customer Service
January 1970
Verizon is a great place to work. There are some places they could improve, especially for women with children who have special needs. They are really trying to get women into more leadership positions.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$25k-$50k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5This employer offers lots of pto, and flex time to adjust schedules as needed. Flex is only available once per week, and only 3 weeks of any given month. They are unwilling to adjust schedules for recurring Dr. Appts.
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Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve work-life balance and policies (e.g. flex-time, limit face time)
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
January 1970
Keep your boundaries about what hours you will work. If you want get ahead schmooze a lot and speak up at meetings.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
No
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5Able to work from home when needed. Hours are crazy. 12 hour days are the norm. Depending on job your day may start at 5AM and go until 7
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Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve work-life balance and policies (e.g. flex-time, limit face time)
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Recommend to Women?
No
January 1970
It is hard to network and move up in the company. Most times you are offered lateral positions.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
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Recent Bonus
$10k-$20k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Promotion
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
January 1970
This company is trying to be more female friendly, but it has not extended to the field sales offices entirely. (I cannot speak to the culture at HQ) Getting more women into their B2B sales teams is a challenge that they have not appropriately addressed. Also, the sales offices can be ripe with male chauvinism and little progress has been made to change that. While steps are being made through their women's ERGs, it remains a very male driven environment. If you are able to establish a good brand with leadership, then you will succeed and get promoted. If you do not fit into their narrow definition of a successful woman, then you will struggle to get promotions. Progress is being made but it sometimes falls short and hits the wrong tone. As a result, the culture remains an old-school and male dominated environment.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
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Recent Bonus
$20k-$50k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Hiring
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5If you are liked then you have a bit more flexibility. I've also seen single mothers discriminated against by male managers as the male managers have support systems and don't understand when the single mother is the only person who can go pick up her sick kid/ drop the kid off at school.
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Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve my compensation
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Recommend to Women?
Maybe. If you fit into upper management's perception of who a woman in business should be (conservative dress, can hang with the boys, don't cause too much of a stir when sexist things are said) then you are able to fight to get promoted. If you do not, it will be a struggle. If you are in sales, then your quality of life/ family-friendly environment depends entirely upon the sales leader in your office - culture differs office by office for sales. I cannot speak to the culture at the HQ.
Business Account Manager
Sales
January 1970
As with any company, there are pros and cons to working at this one. They offer a diverse portfolio of products and services, so you will always feel like you are learning as new technology emerges. Depending on the Manager, you may be able to negotiate a flexible schedule. Based on my observations, few women are hired into the business sales department and even less are promoted into leadership roles throughout the organization.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
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Recent Bonus
$20k-$50k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Promotion, Hiring
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
No
Sales Representative
Customer Service
January 1970
They are more flexible for the schedules of lower performers. I was always called in on off days so that they could meet sales quotas, especially when they were training someone new. Management only gets paid if the stores are selling.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Promotion, Hiring, Evaluation and Reviews
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
My 6 week mark would have landed on a Monday but they wanted me to hit quota so they could get paid and so they had me start the Friday prior.
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Allow for pumping/breastfeeding breaks, which is likely not to happen because even for lunch breaks we didn’t get to take them but they had to be “documented.”
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Recommend to Women?
Maybe. Women that do not plan to have a family. Also, someone that do don’t expect to move up as fast as a man.
Managing Partner
Sales
January 1970
This was an amazing place to build my career, develop a tough skin, receive best-in-class training, and have top notch benefits. I was challenged every day here and learned more than I could have thought possible. The medical benefits were unbelievable, along with 401k match at 6%, and so many policies to support changes in your life like FMLA, disability, parental leave, etc. As a perk you also got the latest and greatest technology often. The mantra is, "Our best was good for today, tomorrow we will do better" and every day you are challenged to do more, achieve more, outperform your best. But from a job standpoint, in sales and sales leadership, it was an old, Caucasian boys club. I had to fight 3x as hard to receive the same promotion as a less qualified man who was often "one of the boys" of the hiring manager. I didn't give up, and eventually got promoted as a young woman in leadership and continued to fight my way up the ladder. It came with a barrage of harassment and innuendos about how I got there - from both men and women, people trying to intimidate me out of positions, while I was getting paid less and having to be twice as good as my male counterparts to receive the respect I had earned. Diversity was not important, and often I was the only female sales professional on my team or female leader in my management group, and also one of the only people under 30 or even under 40. The culture was like a locker room at times with the way women were discussed in the office and the chest thumping macho attitude. I often stood up against the chauvinistic culture, so people stopped saying inappropriate things if I was in earshot, but would continue conversations without me. Some women didn't have the courage to speak up, and they allowed it to happen around them and suffer in silence. During my time here, I became incredibly tough, resilient, and still produced top numbers all along the way and won awards. I personally survived and thrived and now feel like I can do anything professionally I put my mind to because nothing will be as difficult as the environment I came from. However, I watched so many talented women fail and suffer here, and become discouraged and give up. For that reason, it takes a very tough type of women to make it at Verizon, and if you are up for the challenge, that's great, and if you can make it there, you can honestly make it anywhere. But there are a lot of companies out there that will make your employee experience in sales or as a high level leader positive, supportive and inclusive, rather than grueling, attacking and disheartening.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
>$150k
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Recent Bonus
>$100k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
No
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Hiring
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5Best roles for flexibility are remote sales positions, especially at high levels, in which you can work from home or on the road. Everything else is very militant - it is often said by managers, "If you are not at your desk, you are not working." You are expected to report to an office for most job functions every day, and it is frowned upon to come in late, leave early, work flexible hours, or take a longer than expected lunch break. That is a pretty archaic thinking for a company that sells technology and the idea that the modern worker is mobile and they should use Verizon's products to be that.
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Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
No
Account Manager
Sales
January 1970
Dont be affriad to share your prespective with leaders across your channel.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5The flexibility depended on the leader you reported to.
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Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
14 paid / unpaid
The company offered parental leave of 2 weeks which can be taken within a year of your childs birth.
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Not much; it's a great place to work
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
