CyraCom reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(935 total reviews)

Jeremy Woan

41% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

CyraCom has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 935 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CyraCom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

935 reviews
2.0
Mar 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You are pretty much left on your own

Cons

So many things can be said.... So little time and space.... It is a drudgery; reduced to the machine- answering calls non stop it they keep coming; most clients don't even bother to thank you at the end of the session, just hang up, LEEP most of the time not put together, hard of hearing, not well-rounded, unfamiliar even with most basic concepts- you need to repeat the same things over and over. Basically you are frustrated most of the time with the poor quality of connection and /or clients/ LEEP not bothering to speak directly to speaker/receiver. A lot of clients are limited English proficiency and nasty customer service rep who are passive -aggressive or openly aggressive. And for all of it, and so much more, you get about minimum wage, the highest deductible insurance plan, that is practically useless, micromanaged environment where they try to control your every movement: can't hang bags on the chair, can't take shoes off, can't keep any paper on the desk, even if leaving for a moment. You are reduced to a machine, it's not even an exaggeration. And it's a dead end job for sure. The list goes on and on...... Turnover is super high; people stay there only until they find something better or are in transition.

2.0
Nov 10, 2018

Spanish Interpreter

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Oportunity to make a lot of money by working overtime (at risk of burning out) 2. Weekends and nights are slow-paced. 3. Get to meet some good coworkers with whom to commiserate and eat luch. 4. Opportunities to trade your shifts with other people. 5. Free coffee for all employees.

Cons

1. Morning shifts are the busiest: higher call volume for Spanish interpreters. Back-to-back, nonstop. 2. High deductible insurance. 3. "Supervisors"(some) gossip about interpreters. 4. If you left the company on bad terms or they didn't like you, forget about being rehired (they keep your file and can tell you've worked for them before and if you were punctual, etc.) 5. High turnover rate. They are ALWAYS hiring people. Even those with no experience. 6. Management and HR socially conservative.

1.0
Apr 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free coffee, cake, location, fellow interpreters. The only people I would recommend to apply here are people who want to get into the interpretation field but have no prior experience. That is it.

Cons

Almost everything. The company DOES NOT care about you. I cannot stress that enough. You are treated as a robot and are expected to know everything. You do not get enough training about anything, especially financial calls, yet they nitpick every little detail of every call. The only reason I would recommend anyone to work there is if they studied interpretation studies in college like me and they need some practice and experience in the field. That is it. But for any regular person who happens to be bilingual, this job's expectations are ridiculous. Your lunches are not paid for, your breaks are extremely limited and especially your bathroom breaks. They give you a maximum of 2 hours per month as "personal time" that add up extremely quickly (even if you know you didn't use all of it, supervisors will argue otherwise) and that is the only time given to you for bathroom breaks. If you go over 1 minute, they give you a corrective. And that is the reason they dismissed me from work. It was not attendance, quality of work, etc. No, it was because I'm human and needed to attend to ppersoanl care. Also, half the people above you know nothing about interpretation. They hire anyone as supervisor as long as you're a friend. They want you to interpret word for word when that is the contrary of what interpreters should do.

Viewing 13 - 15 of 935 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,109 CyraCom reviews submitted anonymously by CyraCom employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if CyraCom is right for you.