Company details

New York, NY

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Transportation & Infrastructure

WEBSITE

https://www.verizon.com/

About the company

Verizon is a telecommunications and technology company serving consumers, businesses, and government customers. Verizon sells wireless services, devices, and connected experiences at national scale, alongside broadband offerings including 5G fixed wireless access and Fios in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Verizon also runs a large enterprise business that sells network, security, and digital transformation solutions to organisations. The company operates nationally in the United States with additional international presence.

Locations and presence

Verizon has major corporate hubs including Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Irving, Texas, and New York City, alongside a nationwide footprint of offices, network facilities, and retail locations. Verizon uses a hybrid setup for many corporate roles, and some postings specify a minimum of three days per week in the office (with work location and office days set by the manager).

Palpable Score

74.5

/ 100

Verizon gives early-career candidates multiple ways in, including paid internships, co-ops, leadership development rotations, and a year-long paid apprenticeship with published conversion outcomes. Hiring steps are signposted through Verizon’s “How we hire” materials, but public interview feedback suggests timelines and assessments can vary a lot by team. Pay transparency is better than most peers for internships, while broader early-career stability is harder to judge amid recent large-scale restructuring.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.8

/ 20

The company runs a structured Campus pathway that includes 10-week internships (early June to mid-August) and co-ops that can last up to six months, with campus recruiting explicitly called out in the student FAQs.

Verizon offers leadership development rotational routes such as the Verizon Leadership Development Program, described as an immersive program with customised rotations across different areas plus networking and senior-leader exposure.

The company provides an additional entry route through the Thrive Apprenticeship, a 12-month paid program combining on-the-job work and classroom instruction with a stated path to regular full-time roles.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.2

/ 20

The company publishes a clear “How we hire” flow that sets expectations for a candidate dashboard, possible assessments, interview formats (phone, video, in-person), and a recruiter-led offer and pre-employment checklist.

Verizon’s student internship information explains what happens after applying, including recruiter follow-up for next steps and interview scheduling, plus the ability to apply to more than one role.

The company has mixed transparency once candidates enter team-specific processes, with public internship interview reports frequently mentioning online assessments and multiple rounds, and a wide spread in reported time-to-hire.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

16.5

/ 20

The company’s campus internships include structured development and community elements in some roles, such as a named intern cohort experience and an “Intern Marquee” event focused on professional development, networking, and executive speakers.

Verizon positions the Verizon Leadership Development Program as a learning-heavy pathway, including rotations, networking activities, meaningful projects, and presentations to senior leadership.

The company’s public human-capital reporting describes extensive on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and career development support, reinforced by the Thrive Apprenticeship model that combines classroom instruction with work-based learning.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company publishes specific internship pay and benefits in at least some campus postings, such as a $27.00/hour base rate and eligibility for a 401(k) match for a named Summer 2026 internship.

Verizon’s early-career leadership development postings published on external job boards include annual compensation ranges for some locations, but pay ranges are not consistently easy to find across every campus role without opening individual requisitions.

The company’s recent restructuring includes large job cuts, which adds uncertainty around near-term stability even though Verizon also paired the announcement with a reskilling and career transition fund.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company publishes a concrete conversion outcome for one early-career pipeline, stating the Thrive Apprenticeship converted 40 of 54 apprentices into full-time roles across its early cohorts.

Verizon links early-career programs to longer-term progression through structured rotations like VLDP, including a stated history of more than 300 participants over the past decade and program features designed around senior exposure and internal networks.

The company has limited public reporting on retention rates, promotion timelines, or program completion outcomes across internships and rotational tracks, and recent company-wide layoffs make longer-horizon outcomes harder to read from public signals alone.

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