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> Most Verizon employees are probably paid closer to min wage. You have a misconception here. The average Verizon wireline employee is making more than $70,000
by function_seven 11y ago
> Most Verizon employees are probably paid closer to min wage.
You have a misconception here. The average Verizon wireline employee is making more than $70,000 a year. Not minimum wage or even close.
- kspaans 11y agoWhat about the median wage of Verizon employees?
- whatok 11y agoIf you combine wireline and wireless you would get the same skewed statistic as combining Apple Store and corporate employees.
- spacecowboy_lon 11y agoYou need to split it between the blue collar side ie Line men and the M&P (managerial and professional) grades.
- function_seven 11y agoI misused "average" above. The average is probably north of $100,000. Median is up there as well. These are well-paying jobs.
- rayiner 11y agohttp://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/verizon-proposes-three-year-agreement-38000-union-workers/2015-06-23 http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/verizon-proposes-three-ye... > Verizon said that the average annual salary and benefit package for an associate in their Eastern region is $130,000. In the New York City/Long Island region, Verizon technicians currently have an average total wage-and-benefit package worth in over $160,000 a year. > Verizon said that the cost of medical coverage for an East employee and one or more family members currently averages nearly $20,000 a year. In one of the company's East plans, the annual cost for this coverage is over $23,000 a year. The company said these costs are higher than the national average for family healthcare coverage of about $16,800. These are well-paying union jobs. The problem is not the union, or Verizon itself. The problem is the constant Wall Street pressure on companies whose workers are unionized and enjoy good pay and benefits. From the perspective of investors, having a division that returns under a billion dollars in net income annually on tens of billions of dollars of invested capital is a huge drag on the whole company.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoThen they should think about going private.
- ryao 11y agoI never would have expected Verizon to pay technicians that well. That level of compensation on Long Island is roughly 3 times the median for the region.
- LargeCompanies 11y agoIn 2006 I made $28 an hour working as a Verizon business customer service rep. Prior to that I worked at Comcasst doing the same thing for about $20 an hour($12 hourly rate plus commission) after being there for four years. Overall both jobs bored me to tears and prompted me to learn how to code. Now happily a coder for a living.
- LargeCompanies 11y agoIn 2006 I made $28 an hour working as a Verizon business customer service rep. Prior to that I worked at Comcasst doing the same thing for about $20 an hour($12 hourly rate plus commission) after being there for four years. Overall both jobs bored me to tears and prompted me to learn how to code. Now happily a coder for a living.