Call Center Life: its not for everyone - Customer Service Representative T-Mobile Employee Review

4.0
Jun 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

AMAZING BENEFITS! Shift Re-alignments ever 6 months Work-Life Balance Incredible Phone/service plan Benefits T-Mobile Helps local communities and charities lots ammenities Best Place to Work Bonus/Merit Increase based on performance Contests for prizes to improve performance are constant. ( i've won 6 phones, 2 bluetooth headsets, 1 tv, 1 surround system, 1 digital camera, The green egg grill, Movies, movie tickets, baseball game tickets, and over $200.00 in gift cards over the last 5 years) Hard to get fired

Cons

Lots of Metrics to meet Back to Back calls 95% of the time Unrealistic Goals Micromanaging everything you say or do on a call little room to promote constant feedback and monitoring from management Policies and Procedures are ALWAYS changing sitting at a desk all day with little time to stretch Recently shut down a few call centers elliminating 3300 jobs- caused all others in same queue to work twice as hard and customers to wait twice as long. They did it for cost efficiency but look around TMOBILE do we really need redesign all of our stores? send a group of people to hawaii and puerto rico every year? There are alot of other things that could have been done before impacting the lives and familes of 3300 employees!

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Mar 22, 2016
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Pros

Training and "green days" to work on training courses online, team activities for teambuilding, excellent benefits including up to a 10% yearly bonus (merit-based), tuition reimbursement, extra insurance options besides health insurance (pet insurance, free life insurance up to 1.5x yearly salary), stock purchase options and yearly stock award to each employee. One of my favorite benefits is job swaps - so long as your manager clears it, you can swap jobs with an employee from another related department for up to a couple months to gain insight and experience into what the other department does from day to day. I left my last company as it had become a bad environment, and after joining with T-Mobile I realized it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. There are very few days where I wake up not wanting to go to work, and I learn something new every day. When I come across a process I'm not familiar with, my teammates are more than happy to provide on-the-spot training, or schedule a time that works for both of us to do so. Above all, the managers set you up to succeed rather than to fail - they want you to do well, and do everything in their power to make sure you have the tools to do well.

Cons

There's some of the same political bs that any company has, but my team has two excellent managers that make work enjoyable. There are a couple personality issues within the team, as happens with any job, but overall everyone gets along. As far as training goes, there wasn't a whole ton initially (though I believe it's more due to the nature of the job - it's impossible to condense everything into a couple week training course).

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T-Mobile Response
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Thanks so much for taking the time to write this -- we love hearing how much you love coming to work! Your words were spot on when you said your team wants you to "do well". That's exactly what we want for all of our team members! The nature of our business is constantly changing and we know how important it is to provide good benefits and equip you with the training and development you need to be successful. We're glad you're taking full advantage of all of it. As we continue to grow and evolve, so will our training and tools. If you ever feel like you're not getting enough of what you need, though, talk it over with your manager and they'll help you get back on track. Thanks again for your feedback and your dedication to T-Mobile. -- T-Mobile Careers Team
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