Not worth the stress - Anonymous employee Catalyst360° Employee Review

1.0
7 June 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They paid for me to get my license. People are nice there.

Cons

Let's see where do I start. They make you think it is a wonderful place to work. They talk about how great they are and how you can climb the ladder, etc. etc. It is not a great place to work. If you like high stress, long hours and tiptoeing around this job is for you. They are constantly changing the rules, so much so the supervisors can't keep up with it. They like to say their is no sales when you start, yet they tell you later you have to sell AARP memberships and renewals and if you don't keep quota they let you go. They chain you to a desk for long hours while you get to listen to people yell at you for United Health Cares screw ups. You are constantly monitored as you talk. They call it quality, but they pick apart your conversation and if you have done anything wrong they ding you for it. It is nearly impossible to make 100% on your quality calls. They have mandatory overtime during open enrollment and voluntary the rest of the time. They change your schedule daily, so you have to keep a close eye on it and if you don't do things exactly like they want they will call you the night before or the day that you are to come in and fire you. This job nearly made me quit the insurance business. The stress is overwhelming and by the time they are done nitpicking you; your moral is in the toilet along with your self esteem. Not even management is safe from being demoted in this place. I was never so happy to get out of the complaint dept and break my tether to my desk. I am now an independent agent and I have never been happier. I wouldn't even recommend this job to my worst enemy.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
26 Sept 2014
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Pros

Only good reason to work here is that they start out with an hourly wage a little higher than most companies and they have decent health insurance

Cons

very inflexible. I got written up for leaving during a snowstorm to pick up my baby from daycare when they were closing the daycare because I didn't have time in my bank. If they could chain you to your desk, they would. Have seen many people very, very ill working in the office because they were afraid of getting written up if they left, myself included. Most of management stands around talking to each other all day while they continue to micro manage the workers and question every time you put a customer on hold or take a bathroom break. A ridiculous place to work, most of the employees there are on anxiety medication. They told me to go on FMLA for my migraines and anxiety then fired me as soon as I forgot to to get once absence approved through FMLA. Horrible place to work. They also knowingly sold confusing plans to senior citizens and advised us to not answer certain questions about those plans unless we were asked an exact question. They eventually had to take those plans off the market which hurt a lot of peoples paychecks as well. They also told me I would make more money going into sales instead of customer service when I was already making 500.00 per month in bonuses. I did it and the Sales incentive you get was never even close to what I was making then they wouldn't let me go back to service. Liars. if AARP knew how they really treated their employees, they would pull the plug.

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