Cox Communications reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(4,275 total reviews)
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74% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Cox Communications has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,275 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cox Communications employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Jan 8, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The money and the benefits. The field operations team and managers were great. Oh, and the customers. I really enjoyed working with the customers. The building is nice, too bad the Director of Facilities was let go for complaining about the way employees were treated. He did a really nice job.

Cons

Senior Management was cruel, sophmoric, and cliquey. Employees are kept out of the loop, which is probably a good thing, since the Senior Team and many Directors were a group who seemed more interested in getting rid of employees then in creating good service for the customer and great products. Anyone who does not agree with top management or the Operating Vice President, was let go, no matter how small the issue or how valuable of an employee you were. As the top guy once famously said at a leadership meeting, "You have to drink the Kool Aid to be successful here." You are reading this correctly, a reference was made between the Jonestown Massacre and Cox Communications, Arizona. Very apt, all things considered. I personally know about 20 managers who were terminated for little or no reason. Better drink the kool aid.....

3.0
Jan 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The commission structure was good.

Cons

Not a lot of opportunities for salary advancement. Too many mid-level management people just doing the bare minimum. Unethical management from the top down. Business decisions are often based on who the decision maker is in bed with. Mediocrity is rewarded and promoted. "Cox Values" and other catch phrases are used by all levels of management but their actions rarely conform to the "values" they spew. Not a results oriented company, ridiculous procedures are more important than results. Two good examples are their IT and Travel departments. Employees are viewed as a necessary yet expendable nuisance. Ineffective HR department that allows nepotism and other unethical practices to continue such as not respecting any type of employee confidentiality.

5.0
Jan 3, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cox offers the ability to participate in financial, marketing, and technical aspects of the business regardless of your current position. Feedback is appreciated, although not always followed. 90% of my co-workers care about the job they perform and quality of their work, which I attribute to the culture fostered by management. Bi-annually the company conducts an employee opinion survey to understand where time, money, and efforts should be applied to improvement HR, company focus, management, and products.

Cons

Cox operates it's services in silos. There is very little interaction between the main product lines such as voice, video, data, and wireless. Opportunities for full interaction between the groups should be fostered and in some cases required by management to reduce product time to market, provide a consistent company service package, and maximize investment.

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