2012 Employer Profile
No.
6
Verizon Wireless
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/index.html
Why you want to work there
Top 10 ranking: No. 4 for training
This telecommunications company in Basking Ridge, N.J., invests in its employees, offering them online training, instructor-led courses and $8,000 a year in tuition assistance. All of that training pays off with successful tech projects, such as last year's launch of a new sales portal that was capable of handling exponential increases in usage as Verizon introduced three wildly popular Apple devices (the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2) in one calendar year.
- Rank by company size:
- Large, No. 3
Employee Statistics
Total U.S.-based employees: 83,096
Total U.S.-based IT employees: 3,458
IT employee turnover in 2011: 7%
IT promotions in 2011: 8%
Training
Training days offered per IT employee in 2011: 12
Training budget per IT employee in 2011: $647
Women in IT
Total percentage of women within IT: 30%
Percentage of IT managers who are women: 29%
Percentage of IT staffers (non-managers) who are women: 30%
Minorities in IT
Total percentage of minorities within IT: 39%
Percentage of IT managers who are minorities: 31%
Percentage of IT staffers (non-managers) who are minorities: 41%