Help-less Desk - Anonymous employee Connetic Employee Review

1.0
28 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

30 days vacation, work from home.

Cons

Helpless help desk refers to being completely on your own, as with a typical MSP they cater to multiple clients and while some may know them better then others tons of items are undocumented and those who know the information are not forthcoming to help as they're busy with "more important" things and to "work it out". They also utilize one of the worst practices in IT, they rely on the amount of closed and resolved tickets to determine your worth, usefulness, how much work you do, and whether or not they keep you employed or need to go through "retraining". Because of this practice you're judged on closed tickets against individuals who have been there for 3-6 years and who know most of the clients in and out and can therefor close more tickets then a new employee who is still getting up to speed, but this isn't seen by management; instead management compares you against all the other individuals no matter how long you've been with them and if your closed count isn't up to par you should expect a nasty email or phone call. As an employee you shouldn't expect to get a raise or promotion unless you're family or share a last name with a current individual who is employeed there. They also says "family comes first", but that just means there family; they get the promotions and raises as well as all the time off they need while the lower totem employees get stiffed with the ability to take off time when they need it if it doesn't line up with what management wants. You should also expect to make the least amount of money you've ever made, but be required to do a lot of work, change your schedule, travel on your own dime (but be reimbursed once a month, as you're paid monthly), and expected to be able to change your schedule at a moments notice if someone is out or on vacation.

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5.0
31 Jul 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Connetic has a great culture wherein people are treated well, community is formed and efforts are made to keep a 100% remote work force interacting and engaged. In person meet-ups are a regular occurrence, company sponsored 'family-style' meals are monthly and it was honestly the most endearing group of people I've had the pleasure to work with and for, for the last ten years. Some more tangible plusses include extensive benefits for the employee are covered 100% and PTO, at the time of this writing, was about four weeks per year. Training is available to those who want it and use it and, as of this writing, there's no on-call rotation.

Cons

Connetic is a small company and has a different business model which sometimes means monetary compensation isn't at the top of the range. Also, small companies can have limited upward mobility. Openings have to be available and there can be a lot of people ready to assume that role so it's not always easy to meet "career mile markers" at some pre-determined point.

5.0
6 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Work from home = no commute, lunch with family if they are home, everyone gets a window office. - Freedom to use your initiative during your workday. - Ability to speak to management about your concerns and have them heard and even acted upon provides a sense of ownership in the company.

Cons

- Coordination between and inside teams needs to be improved but did improve during my nearly 5 years at the company. - Service Delivery definition could be improved so techs and engineers know what the baseline service is we are delivering rather than leaving it to individual discretion. - Internal training does not exist, so as a compliment to the freedom to be able to use your initiative means you really need to use your initiative, or you will stagnate. Which really is true anywhere. Even if a company provides extensive training, they can't force you to learn.

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