Would give 0 stars if possible - Technical Support Representative ecobee Employee Review

1.0
Apr 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Free junkfood - company meetings with more free (junk) food -Salary is decent (45,000 for call center agent, not bad) -if you are good at buttering up management, them you have great future

Cons

A schedule has no work life balance, you work until midnight sometimes and then if there are still calls then they pressure to you stay and make more calls to customer meaning you stay until 1 am against your will. When going home to Scarborough means no train!! Not safe. You also work holidays, includes Christmas day too! Management had a meeting telling everyone to not call in sick, saying that other best workers only used 2 sick days in 5 years... And that we should also not call in sick like them. 3 week vacation sounds like a lot but you end up using all your vacation trying to get weekends off. Weekends are like precious gold at this company.. nobody gets weekends. Management doesnt consider anyone's personal circumstances, forces workers to quit instead of giving them paid time off. During the interview process management said that they would allow us flexibility and freedom. In reality they deny all requests for time off, unless you are their teachers pet. During christmas they hire a bunch of co-ops make everything harder for full timers because custoemrs call in second time and they are angry because co-op worker is useless. Also during interview boasted about amazing company culture when in reality it is toxic environment. You cannot voice your opinion to management unless you opinin is "yes sir, great idea sir". Customer support office is treated like 2nd class. Cool events in ohter office they show in company emails but they are not here at the other office. Micromanaged. You need to ask permission to use a washroom. You can't use your cellphone at work even for a minute. They do not give you the tools to do your job. Documents and information are everywhere, you never know what the next step is during a call, or how to do somehting, there are emails scattered everywhere that you're supposed to have read, not proper knowledge base/SOPs. So very good at micromanage because they are not good with real management. Some 4 star and 5 star review may be written by management. Please do not apply to this company. They are hiring not because growth but because turnover.

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ecobee Response
8y
Thanks for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that your experience at ecobee hasn’t been what you expected. Work-life balance is important to us at ecobee, and our scheduling provides two consecutive off days every week. As we know, things can get very busy and we are as flexible as possible in allowing extended vacation breaks. We aim to ensure our teammates have all the tools they need to do their job the best they can and our shared resources and SOPs are being improved everyday. We are always happy to listen and implement feedback as our goal is to always improve. We are a growing team and scaling the Support Department to ensure we continue to provide great customer experiences. We are currently promoting enthusiastic, positive, high performing people within the department and continue to look for great people to join our highly regarded Customer Service team.

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Co-headquartered in Toronto and Leeds - very cosmopolitan with a high emphasis on DEI.

Cons

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Hello, thank you for providing this feedback. We are so glad you liked the Toronto HQ & Leeds HQ (we agree, they're pretty great!) and felt the emphasis we put on DEI (this really matters to us). We appreciate your feedback regarding resource management and it is something we will think about going forward. Thanks again for your review and helping to make ecobee great!
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Pros

ecobee is a great place to work because of the fantastic culture that exists here. Thanks to transparency from our CEO down, there are multiple teams helping support me in my role and hit my goals. Because there are so many intelligent, driven and willing people, we are able to work together to exceed goals and focus on what is important to our shared success. Many suggestions and support can be given because of it is known by everyone what you are working on and striving for. It also allows for frank conversations about what we can't work on because it would create misalignment with our goals. I am excited to be a part of a company that is constantly innovating, helping the planet, and looking to win in the market. Great time to be an ecopeep!

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ecobee Response
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to post your feedback, it is great to hear that you are enjoying your time at ecobee! Our team is dedicated to continually improving and creating a great place to work for all of our employees, so we thank you for your feedback that will allow us to continue to do that.
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