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2.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(3 total reviews)
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Mike Lawrie

59% approve of CEO

100% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 3, 2014

Good experience

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Pros

Get the opportunity to learn new applications and to work in IT

Cons

Training is not so good. I ended up supporting seven different companies and I only got good training for two of those company.

2.0
Jul 11, 2013

Mediocrity attacks excellence

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Pros

Tuition reimbursement Basic exposure to technologies like Active Directory, Exchange, VPN, etc It's exceedingly easy work if you put forth just a little effort

Cons

The DTC in Coppell is a joke. If you are an IT person, this is not the place to be, maybe spend a year if you're getting your feet wet, but leave as soon as you can. It started off different but gradually became a soul-sucking call center over the years. You are not paid to think or fix things, just reset passwords and cut tickets. I have personally heard operations managers and team leads say they could get monkeys to do the job their team does, make racist comments, ask employees why they don't like them out in the open, and openly fool around with subordinates. People get promoted because they kiss up and schmooze. People get hired with no skills whatsoever because they go to church with the team lead. Meanwhile the brightest techs get picked on because the incompetent managers in charge are afraid of the smart people around them so they look for reasons to bully them and keep them down. Every career move in that center that is not a team lead or manager is a lateral move. They will tell workers sometimes there are no raises this year, but their friends on the team get raises. Then they splurge on a customer service week in October and act like it's all good again. If you want to be told you are not good enough to do a job that is beneath you by people who are in positions they are completely unsuited for - this is where to be. If you appreciate the value of hard work, learning, career advancement, and mutual respect - stay away.

2.0
Oct 18, 2011

Just a paycheck

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Pros

They can pay you. I do enjoy fixing peoples problems and we had tools to do so. They did allow me to use my sick time and vacation when I needed it. I did receive some praise from the projects I developed from immediate management until they were replaced when new management came in (see below)

Cons

Senior Management does not listen to reason. Had ideas for several projects and way to improve efficiency that were flatly rejected or not encouraged. Very little in the way of raises. Bottom line over customer service and employee sanity. The one factor in all of this is the company I worked for was bought out by CSC when I got hired. We were treated like a red headed step child and when they did finally decide to be involved in our lives they tried to fit us into their mold which did not work. I dont know how the CEO Mike Laphen is even involved with us since we probably dont even show up on his radar. Corporation is too big and has lost its soul. The tools they gave us to use were antiquated and broken half the time. We did not have enough people to cover the work they gave us. Were encouraged to do more with less.

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