Management lacking, zero respect for employees. - Level I Help Desk ABS Associates Employee Review

1.0
27 June 2016
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Pros

Working from home is probably the only positive about this job.

Cons

When I was hired I was told there would be 10 weeks of training. 1week for each client I would be taking calls for. You're lucky to get maybe an hour of "training" for each client. After that you're told to read the documentation which is lacking in information, and you get thrown to the wolves. This is a disservice to both the employee and the client. Management are not managers. They're techs who were promoted to lead teams of people. They have no management skills whatsoever. Meeting their SLA's is more important than meeting the needs of their employees. You're lucky if you get a break because "all they're required to give you is one 20 minute lunch". They're being generous by giving 30 minutes. No kidding - this was all in an email from "management". If you do get a break you better be back in less than 6 minutes. With the amount of stress these people are under, a 15 minute breather - which is standard for every other company I have worked for - would be welcomed. Don't expect praise for a job well done. They'll only talk to you about your calls when it's to scold you for something. The constant loss of employees brings on lots of requests for OT. You're expected to take it or you're highly frowned upon. All you are to them is a robot there to field calls. They could care less about you as a person. Meet your numbers or else. That's hard to do when you're fielding calls from 13 different clients and their expectations are unreasonable.

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5.0
22 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The people, Hands Down! I have never worked somewhere in which I felt so welcomed from day 1, even from the interview I knew that the people were pretty great. I worked there only a short time, but I still keep in touch with my new "friends". The work was exactly as expected. I was in a help desk role, the training was good, given the volume of calls and the amount of people working, it was a bit of a struggle to get trained, but they have a great system in place if you get stuck to have someone help you through. I definitely feel like I left there a little bit smarter then when I walked in the door. Management had no issues giving me time off when I needed it in the first week of working there. My manager was pretty stellar, I would bake him cookies if he ate them.

Cons

Could use a more dedicated training person. Quality Control was a little insane but mellowed out over time.

1.0
4 July 2024
Recommend
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Pros

if possible I would select 0 stars

Cons

the only care was headcount, filling up a seat with a warm body so they can bill the customer

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