Great pay and benefits but poor training and management - Customer Service Representative T-Mobile Employee Review

3.0
7 Feb 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The pay was better than most companies in the area. The insurance was good as well. Management did the best they could to make the environment as fun as they could to work in. Whenever a customer told a supervisor something good about you, they always shouted it out for everyone to hear. They often had dinners, picnics, and other events to break up the monotony of the day.

Cons

I worked in the call center and it is extremely stressful. Not only did you have to deal with rude customers but the company had expectations that were impossible for nearly anybody to reach. You might take upwards of 300-400 calls in a week and they only scored you on 2 of them and those always seem to be the ones you didnt do your best on. Even if all of the others were good, it didnt matter! When I scored bad on my last 2 calls, I was not even given the opportunity to see what went wrong. Even though our call volume was low, I was still not given a chance to get off the phones to be coached on my mistakes nor was I able to listen to the calls. I was making the effort to correct my error but they did not meet me halfway. In fact, they acted as if they didnt care. Also, when you needed help on a call, support was often scarce as the coaches, management, and senior reps were always pulled away to meetings or they were just standing around talking. Either way, they were often nonexistent. You had to watch how long you kept customers on hold and you were expected to take calls even if your systems did not come up due to problems with their system! They monitored everything you did and it seemed as if they wanted to blame all of the problems the company had on the employees. When they lost the JD Powers award, everything they did was about getting it back even if their expectations were unreasonable!

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
22 Mar 2016
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Pros

Training and "green days" to work on training courses online, team activities for teambuilding, excellent benefits including up to a 10% yearly bonus (merit-based), tuition reimbursement, extra insurance options besides health insurance (pet insurance, free life insurance up to 1.5x yearly salary), stock purchase options and yearly stock award to each employee. One of my favorite benefits is job swaps - so long as your manager clears it, you can swap jobs with an employee from another related department for up to a couple months to gain insight and experience into what the other department does from day to day. I left my last company as it had become a bad environment, and after joining with T-Mobile I realized it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. There are very few days where I wake up not wanting to go to work, and I learn something new every day. When I come across a process I'm not familiar with, my teammates are more than happy to provide on-the-spot training, or schedule a time that works for both of us to do so. Above all, the managers set you up to succeed rather than to fail - they want you to do well, and do everything in their power to make sure you have the tools to do well.

Cons

There's some of the same political bs that any company has, but my team has two excellent managers that make work enjoyable. There are a couple personality issues within the team, as happens with any job, but overall everyone gets along. As far as training goes, there wasn't a whole ton initially (though I believe it's more due to the nature of the job - it's impossible to condense everything into a couple week training course).

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Thanks so much for taking the time to write this -- we love hearing how much you love coming to work! Your words were spot on when you said your team wants you to "do well". That's exactly what we want for all of our team members! The nature of our business is constantly changing and we know how important it is to provide good benefits and equip you with the training and development you need to be successful. We're glad you're taking full advantage of all of it. As we continue to grow and evolve, so will our training and tools. If you ever feel like you're not getting enough of what you need, though, talk it over with your manager and they'll help you get back on track. Thanks again for your feedback and your dedication to T-Mobile. -- T-Mobile Careers Team
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