A New Tide Has Rolled In!!!! - Customer Service Representative FootSmart Employee Review

5.0
24 Apr 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun work environment, Decent Salary, Drama free coworkers: I've worked in this call center for 2yrs. I've worked for other call centers as an agent previously. So I have a little experience with the culture. FOOTSMART was absolutely BANANNAS last year this time. Employees were overworked and underpaid. No one felt valued and it felt like: as long as you made it to work on time, sat in your chair all day (meaning when it was time for your lunch they would ask you to wait and take a few more calls, oh and don’t have to use the restroom; they made you call to ask management for permission to go, just to name a few)...NOW its like a totally different place. They got rid off the upper call center management and brought in a few new folks. I actually like going to work now, It's fun, we have different little contest where we can win extra cash, they bring in food every 2 weeks on the day before payday (they call it tapped out Thursdays and god knows I’m normally tapped out), management seems friendly and helpful, co workers are easy going and the overall atmosphere just feels better.

Cons

I Just hate having to call a supervisor for small things we should be able to handle ourselves.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
25 July 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, Maybe I can say its a paycheck that's all.

Cons

Since I've been working for Footsmart this has truly been an experience. It's a sweat shop. Hostile work enviroment, employees there are very unhappy you can see this on their faces. Job morale is shot management and supervisors offer no motivation, when we ask for help they hide behind the printscreeens which they don't follow up on according to the customers. The customers are very anoid and irritated with the pushy sales of the magazines and AARP. This adds to their frustration which they take out on us. We offer the promotions over and over and over again even to the same customers that have already given in. We have to pimp elderly and disabled customers on the MAGAZINE DIRECT and AARP sales. I think this is a shame and abusive. The enviroment is unhealthy. The temperature is Hot most of the times. The employees restroom has cold water to wash ours hands and the employee breakroom. Corporate side of course has hot water. The enviroment temperature is cool and comfortable. Can you say FAVORTISM!!!! We have to and I could not believe this, ask to use the restroom whenever we have to go. I remember asking for permission in elementary and middle school. We have to ask to go to break on scheduled breaks.

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