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Customer support - good job, has issues - Support Compeat Employee Review

3.0
Jul 20, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Speaking solely from a CS standpoint. Mostly relaxed environment. Extremely collaborative. Open workspace. Most of the people are nice to work with. Almost everyone is friendly. If you're into dogs, they exist. Insurance is good. Employer HSA contribution are nice. Standing desks, unless you're taller than 6'2". Referral bonus is legit. Lots of OT opportunities. Lots of in house opportunities for advancement. Team leads are great. Especially the ones in support. In both offices. Always work to be done. Super diverse team.

Cons

Pay is not commensurate with the workload and stress level. Training is mostly nonexistent. Learn on the fly or die trying. Staffing could be much better. As the work load has surpassed projections, there has not been an effort to increase staff in support. Support seems to get the oldest, most beat up equipment. Old, sad, wired headsets while the majority of the office is rocking new wireless Corsair headsets. Old laptops and monitors. There's a guy in support with a laptop that's so broken the battery has swollen so much it no longer did level and has broken the case. The senior tech support guy had a laptop that doesn't charge. If he uses battery power, he's got about 60 minutes. Standing desks are only am asset if they can be used. Seems like we hire a specific type of restaurant person. Culturally diverse office, but we mostly hire FOH people. Management has a type. Culture pales in comparison to local homegrown businesses.

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Compeat Response
6y
Thanks for the candid feedback. We hear you. I will be working with the Customer Support Directors and team managers to understand point by point and seek to understand your feedback on the FOH vs other skills. As you said, we've got a diverse team and we want to allow all skills to shine and add value. And we're addressing our competitive pay questions as well. Again, thanks...and let me know if you see improvements.

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5.0
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Pros

Compeat is a great place to work. Great work culture and leadership.

Cons

Nothing that I can think of at the moment.

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Compeat Response
4y
Thank you! Culture is important to us and we're so glad you're experience has been positive.
2.0
Jun 12, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Day to day isn’t too “corporate”. Most coworkers on the floor are friendly and knowledgeable.

Cons

Leadership who were active in the trenches have jumped ship. Replaced by a rainbow of C-Level flavors and overstretched “product leads” who fiddle endlessly with roadmaps and ticket assignments. Execs pop down to Earth (via video) now and then for some “so proud” shtick, but fail to demonstrate basic engagement with problems in development. Releases and simple fixes alike pushed back for months; hundreds of man hours put into unreleased and unnecessary products; basic lack of quality filtering in management hires; etc., etc. “Merged” with Ctuit offices but keep no plan for communicating between them, much less adopting what worked in them. Deliverables managed by Ctuit in a few hours across two timezones take a week or longer between Houston and Austin. Totally different standards of "complete" and "customer ready". New third-party communication tools bought on every quarter with pretty swim lanes hailed as the solution to all problems, meanwhile no one enforces plain adherence to abiding by set deadlines. Ctuit’s relaxed comradery all the way up the chain replaced by sycophantic “haters gonna hate, we love our dogs and coffee!!!!!!” type culture while cliques, gossip, and disgruntled staff bubble under the surface; and HR voices concern about Glassdoor a month before a slew of mysterious 5 star reviews appear.

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Compeat Response
7y
It's always tough getting feedback from a former employee who didn't feel positive about their experience with us. What we can confirm for certain is that we definitely don't make anyone post reviews. It's up to our employees and we simply ask all to speak openly and honestly. The team continues to strive for creating an environment where everyone feels they can innovate, speak up and be their best....veteran talent and new hires alike. Wishing you well and thanks for the feedback.
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