Xotic PC puts much more emphasis on the number of replies you send out (via email, chat and phone) than they do the quality of said responses, to the point that people who spam out single-sentence responses to customer inquiries (or close tickets without sending a response at all) are praised more than those that take time to craft detailed responses. Upper management (the owner) also micromanage to a very uncomfortable degree while also putting minimal effort into the business and focusing more on new companies he founded (there were at least 2 he founded in the two years I was there). There is also no set system for raises or anything like that, you need to ask if you want a raise, which frequently results in a no. The owner and management don't act like they have your best interests in mind, because they don't - profit is their number one priority, at the expense of both customers and employees. An average customer service position, but not one where you should expect any opportunities for advancement or real support when needed. They had some shady and unsavory business practices that would result in (often understandably) upset or angry customers, and the customer advocate team would have to enforce those policies even though they just made customers more upset (frequently when they already were angry). Policies and rules were changed frequently without notice and would often be applied to customers who had placed orders before the policy change. Staffing levels varied depending on the time of year, so not very good job security. The four day work week had customer service employees take one day off a week so that they had a skeleton crew working Friday from home, which resulted in more frequent calls, work in general, and an overall worse experience for customers. We were not allowed to tell customers about the four day work week after it was implemented and were expected to tell customers and that their order/RMA was being worked on even though the builders and RMA manager were not working, as the office was closed on Fridays. They frequently said they had items in stock on their site that they did not, and customer advocates would need to lie to customers even if we knew it wasn't in stock. If customers wanted to know if something was in stock and we weren't sure, it was often hard to get a straight answer and nearly impossible to get accurate lead times. They had unrealistic order completion timelines that were frequently missed. Preorder lead times were unrealistically short and frequently changed. Very stressful job overall..