Vodafone reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(16,788 total reviews)
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Margherita della Valle

78% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Vodafone has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 16,788 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vodafone employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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3.0
Nov 14, 2018

Mid management just paint over the cracks

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Employee benefits such as pension, time off and share plans.

Cons

Pay is below market rates for those who want to progress internally, often being offered a minimal increase whilst external applicants for the same role will be paid market rates. Doesn't promote loyalty. Leadership talk about digital first and automation on monthly listen live broadcasts yet all funding for automation projects is always pulled resulting in less staff and poorly implemented automation. Agile Product backlogs are product graveyards... IT architects don't seem to have any clue how the business works nor is their a cohesive strategy on automation, leaving it to individual business units to come up with ideas but then have to battle with IT to get anything approved. Often being told it's not part of the strategy but aren't forthcoming when asked what the strategy is. I think there's far too much ego, politics and covering ones behind rather than delivering anything, I mean look at the $$ blackhole that is Vector if you can get through the circled wagons. Not enough owning up to mistakes and being accountable. Doing the right thing is supposed to be a value but apart from those on the coal face I don't see it being done elsewhere, car park should be full of Del boy styled BMW and Audis.

1.0
Dec 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No Pros anymore - Absolute horrific place to work. Unless you are in the club, then obviously its amazing. Cant even say the pay anymore since all sales bonuses cut for Managers

Cons

It is the most political environment I have ever known. It is a playground where bullying is tolerated and if you raise it, you are told to ‘put up and shut up’ East Division is rife with favouritism and people get given promotions based on how much you are liked and not based on your experience. Promised development in the way of assessments for 2 years and nothing has materialised. Probably because I am not in the club ... If you are thinking of joining Vodafone then don’t! For your own sanity and Mental Health. Unless you like being bullied, told to shut up and slated publicly.

1.0
Oct 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Facilities are very good: office is nice, convenient location, working from home is made easy

Cons

A disaster, no common sense and no culture that drives the company further. All managers think about how to save their positions, be more powerful (even if not more useful or productive) and not be blamed about the constant problems that come up, i.e. always making sure there is someone else to blame. Oh and meet the objectives, at any cost: even the company's interests' cost. Ambitious and proactive employees are seen as a threat and therefore put in a corner. There is no team spirit whatsoever with the exception of some small peer collaboration that is often overwhelmed by managers. Everyone seems to be looking for a new job and I believe that the main reason why the majority hasn't left yet is that Vodafone pays well enough, so other companies have a hard time matching salaries. HR is a ghost: all HR related issues are to be resolved with your Line Manager, who normally is the cause of those problems - so very helpful!! the only HR contact employees have is an HR call centre. Awful. My first week impression of Vodafone was confirmed everyday I stayed there: there is a Huge pink elephant in the room and nobody wants to talk about it! Definitely the worst company I've ever worked for in my life.

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