Cox Communications reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,281 total reviews)
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74% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Cox Communications has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,281 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cox Communications employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Jan 8, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The money and the benefits. The field operations team and managers were great. Oh, and the customers. I really enjoyed working with the customers. The building is nice, too bad the Director of Facilities was let go for complaining about the way employees were treated. He did a really nice job.

Cons

Senior Management was cruel, sophmoric, and cliquey. Employees are kept out of the loop, which is probably a good thing, since the Senior Team and many Directors were a group who seemed more interested in getting rid of employees then in creating good service for the customer and great products. Anyone who does not agree with top management or the Operating Vice President, was let go, no matter how small the issue or how valuable of an employee you were. As the top guy once famously said at a leadership meeting, "You have to drink the Kool Aid to be successful here." You are reading this correctly, a reference was made between the Jonestown Massacre and Cox Communications, Arizona. Very apt, all things considered. I personally know about 20 managers who were terminated for little or no reason. Better drink the kool aid.....

1.0
Dec 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

discounted cable and internet services

Cons

Unethical management from the top down. Business decisions are often based on who the decision maker is in bed with. Mediocrity is rewarded and promoted. "Cox Values" and other catch phrases are used by all levels of management but their actions rarely conform to the "values" they spew. Not a results oriented company, ridiculous procedures are more important than results. Two good examples are their IT and Travel departments. Employees are viewed as a necessary yet expendable nuisance. Ineffective HR department that allows nepotism and other unethical practices to continue such as not respecting any type of employee confidentiality.

3.0
Sep 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The compensation and benefits were good. There are also a lot of good people that work for the company. Opportunity to travel to interesting US locations.

Cons

Management won't step up to the plate and do the right thing to fix problems in the company. They are all too worried about protecting their bonuses and their turf to stir things up enough to make things right. The stress level is very high. Especially for middle management. The Human Resources department has been played up in the press to be one of the best in the industry. they were basically useless during my tenure. Issues with problem employees could not properly be resolved because HR would not step in and provide the assistance necessary to either reprimand or dismiss the problem employee.

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