Consumer Cellular reviews

3.5

67% would recommend to a friend

(809 total reviews)

Ed Evans

69% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Consumer Cellular has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 809 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Consumer Cellular employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.5 stars).

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809 reviews
4.0
Sep 9, 2021

Awesome Place to Work!

Recommend
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Pros

A lot of positive changes have been implemented here since the Company transferred ownership in October 2020. The inflexible attendance policy was replaced with something more pragmatic and flexible. The sometimes draconian CPH were made advisory instead of mandatory, which allows agents to grow into their position at their own pace. As a TSS, new management has consistently increased my access to tools that will help me do my job without having to rely on othersl. The supervisors here are awesome!

Cons

When I first started here, everybody was afraid of the old attendance policy and the Company lost a lot of employees as a result. That has since changed. There is not a lot of sick time available, and I was disappointed that the Company had no paid sick leave for Covid. :-(

2.0
Sep 9, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I enjoyed the environment during training, and the ethics of the company.

Cons

Yikes, where do I start. The work-life balance is basically non-existent. The policies are highly outdated. The training for specific promotions, such as senior CAA was horrible. They would put you in the grandpad queue even though you had a total of 1 hour in training on it over the course of a week. The turnover rate was so horrible, and there was constantly new supervisors and people being shifted around. New representatives would cold transfer calls all the time with no notes or explanation, so obviously something isn’t going well in the training department. The customers themselves were decently pleasant, until you have an escalated caller and the supervisors and TSS are no help at all. And please don’t get me started with the wait time for the help queue, AND we’re expected to check in every 2 minutes? Do you understand how awkward that is? Most of the time the customer just says I’ll still be waiting here you don’t need to check in constantly and they get irritated. TSS never want to take over calls. The supervisors either micromanage the heck out of you or pay you no attention at all. The pay was mediocre, even though plenty of other jobs are paying more for the same job description. The “pay raises” with promotions are hilarious. You’re gonna give me a .25 cent raise to go from CAA3 to a senior? Even though as a senior you do pretty much everything a TSS AND grandpad does. Oh the the working from home thing is awesome until you have a 30 second audio delay with an 85 year old lady with a hearing aid. Super fun times.

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Consumer Cellular Response
4y
Thank you for letting us know about this. Your feedback helps us do better. I would like to let you know that we have fixed our policies and offering more bonuses.
1.0
Sep 6, 2021

N/A

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Pros

Just starting with consumer cellular

Cons

Have no comments about them

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Consumer Cellular Response
4y
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us.
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