Employee discount on family plan, not primary account holder

[Dest]

I just joined a company that has an employee discount program with Verizon. I am on a Family Plan (not the new share everything) with my siblings/parents and am not a primary account administrator or whatever it's called. Can I still use the employee discount?

[SuzyQ]

The account would need to be in your name to take advantage of the discount.  Only one discount can be applied to an account.

[Dest]

If I was added as an account administrator would that work?

[rcschnoor]

No. The account has to be in your name. Additionally, if your parents are getting a discount thru their employer, you wouldn't be eligible since the account is already getting a discount.

[Dest]

They're not getting a discount.

[rcschnoor]

You would still have to become the account "owner" to be eligible for a discount thru your employer. If you are not currently the account owner, this would require you to go to a Verizon store and sign a contract/AOL (Assumption of Liability) agreeing to become the responsible party for ALL lines on the account. As a result, if anyone on the account decided to stop paying, YOU would be the responsible party for any payments that needed to be made.

Edit: furthermore, your credit report would need to be run and if it is not up to the standards Verizon requires for their accounts, you may have to put down a security deposit on each of the lines.

[Dest]

Sounds like it'll just be easier to split myself off then.

[SuzyQ]

Yes, splitting off to your own plan, and using your employee discount is an option.  You would do an Assumption of Liability and keep your same number...

[Dest]

Thanks for the help everyone. Am I correct in assuming that I can keep my unlimited data through the split?

[SuzyQ]

Dest wrote:

Thanks for the help everyone. Am I correct in assuming that I can keep my unlimited data through the split?

Mmmmmm, that could be an issue.  When you do an AOL, you need to choose a plan, and the unlimited is no longer a choice, so my gut says no, you would not be able to keep unlimited.