Lost what used to set them apart - Anonymous employee Beyond, Inc. Employee Review

3.0
14 July 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing people to work with, for the most part. I met some of my best friends here. CEO does try to consider the best interests for his employees, even if it is misinterpreted. Decent benefits. Family mentality (in the beginning).

Cons

Family mentality was lost somewhere down the line. Employees (especially CS) became just a number. From my perspective, there was a very poor work/life balance ratio. CS employees are expected to work mandatory OT at a moments notice, sometimes 10-15 hours per week. And good luck trying to even use your earned PTO. Perks/events that used to keep CS agent morale somewhat level slowly dwindled down. For a lot of people, it went from "I love my job" to "Eh. Its just another call center." Their "open door" policy to complaints is absolute BS. Yeah, you can voice a complaint, but don't expect anything to happen or change. At one point, I remember being told CS was warned to NOT voice any concerns- upper management was too busy to hear it. However, I did hear the person responsible for that "rule" was fired after I left, so it may be better. More cliquey than High School. If you didn't fit in with the right group, you were overlooked. Plain and simple. Pay wasn't that great or "competitive." I got an entry level CS job after I left making only 75 cents lower than my PROMOTED position at Overstock.

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Beyond, Inc. Response
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As I wrote above to another person in Customer Care: I apologize for what sounds like a slipshod experience. A new VP of Customer Care has been selected. If you have not heard yet, you will Monday. I think you are going to be quite happy with the choice. There will be nothing slipshod.

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