Good Starter Job, Not a Finisher Job - Advance Product Support InMotion Hosting Employee Review

2.0
Jan 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company provides valuable skills in Linux, WordPress, DNS, and web hosting support, which can serve as a solid foundation for career growth. I had the privilege of working with some great teammates who were always willing to help, some still friends with me till this day. Moving up from entry-level to APS was a highlight of my time there. The transition to remote work during COVID-19 provided WFH, though it came at a cultural cost.

Cons

The company only offers cost-of-living raises, which are negligible. Even after years of service, pay remains stagnant. This was one of the main reasons I left when another company offered better pay and a higher position. Training materials can be incorrect or outdated. Most people quickly disregard what they learn in training and rely on peers for accurate information. Chronic understaffing leads to high turnover rates. The company often fails to replace teams, leaving remaining employees to pick up the slack. This cycle of burnout and turnover has persisted for years. Coverage is inconsistent. Breaks are frequently delayed, and workdays can range from dead periods to overwhelming back-to-back contacts. The company prefers offering gifts over meaningful pay raises. Bonuses are difficult to achieve, and it often feels like they’re intentionally out of reach. There is no leniency for external issues like power outages or internet disruptions, which count against employees and can lead to termination. The fun office culture, including free lunches, snacks, and coffee, disappeared with the shift to remote work. While remote work saves on gas, the overall morale has dropped significantly. New roles, products, and responsibilities are added without proper communication or preparation. The virtual meetings lack substance, often becoming sessions where employees vent their stress. Attempts at engagement, like game tournaments, feel lackluster (e.g., Kahoot trivia games).

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InMotion Hosting Response
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Thank you for providing your feedback. We appreciate your contributions during your time with us and are glad to hear that you found value in the skills you gained, the career opportunities, and the amazing team members that helped to make your time with us more enjoyable. In an effort to provide a broad total compensation package, our benefits include medical benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, profit sharing, time off to volunteer in your community, and a 401K savings plan with company match opportunities. We are also proud to support our Team Members by offering different opportunities such as Walk-a-Day, Career Coaching, and reimbursement for courses and certifications to help grow their skill sets. We also review position compensation bands annually and administer increases related to performance. Our team regularly reviews contact volume and looks at anticipated volume in order to create our schedules so we can continue to provide assistance to customers in a timely fashion. To manage contact volume in real time, we recently introduced new Workflow Management Specialists to our team that monitor and assign volume in order to make adjustments as contact volume changes. In addition, our Customer Success team recently expanded the growth opportunities that are available with the creation of two Expert designation roles: Customer Service Representative E and Advanced Product Support E. When it comes to taking breaks, we do have a system in place that schedules team members for breaks in a way that maintains consistent coverage for our customers. However, there are times when the team members who are supposed to be on break need more time to finish assisting the current customer they are working with, and breaks can get pushed back slightly. Department leaders partner together to be prepared for any anticipated changes in volume and prioritize communication regarding any unexpected impacts. Supervisors will also assist with contact or help route them when needed, to ensure breaks are being taken. When team members are unable to work due to certain situations out of their control, such as outages, we work with the team member to see if there is anything we can do to help fix the situation. Solutions for team members may include calling their power or internet company or working with our Internal IT team to help with troubleshooting hardware or software. We will review the situations as they come up on a case by case basis but, in most cases, this does not impact the team member’s metrics. While we are glad that we are in a position to provide the flexibility of remote work to the majority of team members, we do acknowledge that it can be challenging to maintain an effective level of engagement. We have been intentional in our efforts to use technology to help maintain a culture where we connect and collaborate as a team all while having fun with things like prize raffles and team builder activities. When changes are made within the company or to our products, department leaders partner with our Training team to develop updated materials and notify our team members. We also have numerous slack channels for immediate updates that may be relevant to a particular team. Additionally, leaders and our Training team are regularly working to add to our knowledge base and ensure courses are updated with the latest information. Your feedback has been passed along to our Leadership team so we can continue to assess how to make InMotion Hosting a great place to work. Thank you again for sharing your feedback, and please feel free to reach out to recruiters@inmotionhosting.com if you have any additional information you would like to share.

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InMotion Hosting Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We appreciate your contributions during your time with us and are glad to hear that you experienced many opportunities. We strive to provide resources and opportunities for our team members to grow their career. We assess compensation bands and bonus plans on a regular basis to make sure our compensation is reflective of individual performance and cost of living changes. We also look at external market compensation rates to assess how IMH aligns with other companies. We understand that the company’s success is due to the tremendous effort our team members put into their work daily. As a way of saying “Thank you” to our team, we have a Profit Sharing program that provides payouts twice a year based on company profits, team member performance, and length of service. We are also proud to offer a benefits package that includes medical and dental benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, profit sharing, life insurance coverage and 401(k) savings plan with company match opportunities. Some additional benefits include tuition and certification reimbursement, additional paid time off to volunteer in the community, paid parental leave, and others. Thank you again for sharing your feedback and we appreciate your years of service. Please feel free to reach out to recruiters@inmotionhosting.com if you have any additional feedback.
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