Alright job to make money for a while, but not a career - Subject Matter Expert Sutherland Employee Review

3.0
Feb 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the pros of this company were the people I worked with. Made some great friends working there. The paycheck was also good. Guaranteed 40 hours a week with available overtime and commissions Ability to move up if you are interested in staying with the company and you care about your job. Within 10 months I was promoted from a rep on the phones to a Subject matter expert and I would provide support to other reps and managers.

Cons

Some of my co workers acted like children. Chairs and computers were often thrown, fights broke out in the hallway and things were stolen from other peoples desks. The building I worked in was very dingy. It seemed like an old Walmart that was converted into several large rooms and divided into cubicles. The maintenance staff never did much cleaning. The desks were dirty and broken, the trash was always overflowing and the bathrooms and lunchroom were not in the best condition. Instead the janitor would try to sell pirated DVDs and Video games instead of doing his job. More recently the roof caved in this winter and injured a few older ladies that were just simply sitting at their desk doing their job. The building is not very roller friendly either. A co-worker of mine would have trouble getting in and around the building and the security staff did not help him. Some of the management would act like your friend then the next day turn around and hand you a box to put all your stuff in and walk you out the door. The place was like a revolving door. Every day new people would be hired to replace people who just got fired. There would be new rules created often as well. One day its correct then overnight there will be a brand new procedure to follow and the old way is 100 percent wrong now.

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Cons

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