If a Google engineer walks into Verizon and purchases a phone, he received one with stock Android installed? How in the world does Verizon keep track of all the

If a Google engineer walks into Verizon and purchases a phone, he received one with stock Android installed? How in the world does Verizon keep track of all the Google employees? Do the sketchy early-20 yr old managers with their cracker jack "Small Business" certifications perform the downgrade? I don't know how this would scale very well. Impressive Verizon!