Constant Contact reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(745 total reviews)
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Frank Vella

57% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Constant Contact has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 745 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Constant Contact employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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745 reviews
1.0
Jan 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Within the support division, you take calls from business owners that are as a whole quite friendly. Inbound calls are generally easy and contention free.

Cons

Endurance purchased Constant Contact as a talent acquisition in 2016, took all of the great management that built it into a successful company, and has been draining every penny it can from the dying company since then. It's now ruled by the leftover incompetent middle managers and petty tyrants that weren't recommended by their peers to be hired by Endurance. Since the acquisition, the support division has been changed from a department designed to help and support the user base to a low-paid sales division. The only metric tracked is how many "Recommendations" you make, which is to say, how many times you successfully steered the conversation towards one of the many extra things Constant Contact sells and tried to convince the customer to buy something that won't help them. Customer feedback, survey scores, resolved issues, bug reporting, troubleshooting, and going above and beyond to help people is no longer expected or wanted, as those things don't make Endurance money. The only feedback you'll ever get from management is that you have to sell more, although sales aren't ever mentioned in the job opening. If you're selling on 20% of your calls, they'll raise it to 35%. If you sell your soul and reach that number, it will be raised to 50%. If you're willing and able to say and do anything to talk someone into buying things that will only hurt them, you may even have a management position in your future. A big part of Constant Contact's employment pitch is that everyone is promoted from within. That certainly seemed to be true, five years ago. Now internal promotions are used as carrots on sticks to try and get employees to sell more and make more money for the company. If you meet all of your manager's goals, you're only a perpetual six months away from promotion. They'll keep you walking after that carrot until you burn out and quit, then you'll be replaced with more cheap and willing labor. If you work for Constant Contact, there's only disappointment in the future, save yourself the pain and look for real employers that will treat you well. If you're considering working for Constant Contact, make the best decision of your life and go work anywhere else.

3.0
May 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

For individual contributors in Product Delivery, Constant Contact is still a good place to work. Technology used is up to date, challenging projects, lots of opportunity to learn new things, good working environment, and great people to work with. Software development process and quality of software produced is very good, so you can learn the "right way" to do things. Great work/life balance, flexible vacation and work schedules. Good mix of experienced and new engineers, with a fresh crop of college hires (and interns) arriving every summer to keep things lively.

Cons

Since Constant Contact was acquired by Endurance International Group, things have been slowly going down-hill. Most of senior management (and middle management) have jumped ship. Benefits aren't quite as good as they were before. No RSUs or options unless you're at the Director level or above, no ESPP for anyone. Layoffs have begun again, and they are not being communicated at all. Managers are being overloaded with 20+ direct reports. One of the most disturbing trends is that more emphasis is now put on making money rather than helping small businesses and non-profits be successful. I know we're running a business to make money, but we used to make money by making our customers happy.

1.0
Jun 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People were great. Lots of trust and collaboration in the past. Benefits are perks are great for 2016.....not expecting much for 2017. Career opportunities are there - because everyone keeps leaving.

Cons

Since it has been bought by Endurance it has gone downhill. Yep, there are still those who say "World Domination, Everything is Wonderful", but really, all that's left is the C team. The execs are gone (unless they can't because they can't as they are handcuffed by their agreements), most of the leadership is gone or leaving and so we're stuck until we can find another job.....couldn't be more true in HR....just awful, untrustworthy people left.

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