Glotel reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)
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Michele Casey

66% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Glotel has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 119 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Glotel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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119 reviews
1.0
Aug 26, 2008

What a nightmare!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It can be a launching pad for a career. There are opportunities to get your foot in the door, especially if you're fresh out of college. It's a business casual environment.

Cons

Management fosters a very paranoid environment and micromanage their employees. Employees are often afraid of their own shadow and don't feel they can speak up on issues. There are some people who unfairly have upper management's ear, and they step all over everyone else. The environment is highly political. Be prepared to have the whole world carbon copied on each e-mail, and your words always coming back to bite you. Once you start getting into the groove of things, be prepared to work long hours and still never be able to clear your inbox.

2.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

From South FL, you work as a Contractor which allows you to be a little more free with time off if needed. Quality equipment is loaned to you to use in your job. The Corporate Support staff in Chicago was more helpful than the leadership. Project Managers were always enthusiastic about the project which helped motivate me in my work. The construction managers knew their job and often provided superb assitance when needed. The administrative support team worked together to get special projects done timely. All in all, it wasn't that bad of a job. Don't know if I would ever want to go back though.

Cons

You don't get paid for time off. That includes sick time, holidays, vacation days. Hourly employees take a hit on their paycheck whenever they take time off. Often, the hourly employee felt like a temp worker at this company. No safety net whatsoever. Benefits are the same as the ones offered to temp workers. Expensive coverage. Not worth it if your spouse has coverage you use. Single employees can take it or leave it. I took it. US upper management seemed disorganized and more concerned with flattering their client than resolving internal administrative and operations issues. US corporate leadership often made disparaging remarks to the client at project meetings, in front of his project team. Former employees who were asked to come back refused because of the leadership. Middle management had no idea how to be a management. They lacked any real communication skills. There were too many comments made about the security of my job to think that it was secure.

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