Don't work here - Anonymous employee Happen Bank Employee Review

1.0
26 June 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

free snacks, barista, happy hour

Cons

There are many things wrong with this company, but I will only address the department that I have first hand experience in. Reading the previous glowing reviews, I was also fooled into thinking that this is an amazing place to work. Don't believe the recruiters that Member Support is their picking pool for the rest of the company - moving out of this department is very difficult now. They will hire someone with no experience for the position you want before they think twice about promoting you. I know that LC used to be great (thats where all the 5 start reviews came from), but that was before all the changes and the IPO. It is now just a machine and you're nothing but a number. Any 5 start reviews you're seeing now are from employees that were hired right out of College - so this is their first "real" job making more than minimum wage. They don't realize that this is NOT how a work environment should be. Member Support is nothing but a call center, where you're chained to your desk all day taking call after call after call after call. 100+ calls a day is not uncommon and you only get 15 seconds between calls to wrap up - if you don't do it in enough time and go into extended wrap - that will count against your schedule adherence score - which is only 1 of the metrics they police you on. Basically going to the bathroom during a non scheduled break will also hurt your score. All your calls are recorded and you're QA'd weekly during the week, everything is very scripted and fake - you're basically expected to be a robot. They even watch your chats - say 1 wrong thing over chat to another coworker and you will be canned for it. Your schedule? -Subject to change, you'll either get a 6-3 shift or a 8-5. You're going to get the Saturday schedule when you start out and if you want to take the day off? Gooood luck, not going to happen - you have to find someone to switch with you - can't take Saturdays off unless its requested months in advance. Schedules change every 3 months - so making plans ahead of time is really difficult Your cell phone? Might as well leave it at home - you're not allowed to have it even OUT during your shift, you can only use it during your 2 10 min breaks and lunch and not anywhere near your desk. I've never felt so terrible about a workplace before - lots of people in Ops are unhappy and they don't care - you're easily replaced by the next graduating class.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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