What The Company Does'nt Want You To Know! - Customer Service Representative Pacific Life Employee Review

1.0
Jun 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Vacation time, Benefits, Nice location, Free food on occasion!

Cons

It would be so nice if things in that place could ease up a bit. It is such a depressing call center and having to endure 8 hours, everyday of non-stop calls is completely exhausting. Driving to work in the morning I start to feel sick, and have actually pulled over to blow chunks at the thought of another day answering owner line calls! I have worked there several years and still barely know anyone. Why you ask, because we are isolated, never off the phones, never allowed to talk to anyone else including our cubemates. Everything is timed, monitored, reviewed and put in your file. Managements has high expectations of their staff. You will be required to take rapid fire calls 40 hours a week, that are recorded and reviewed for perfection. I would love to challenge our management for even a week to see if they were able to pull it off. Maybe they would have more empathy for us exhausted employees if they did. We have an incentive program on a monthly basis where 3 calls are randomly reviewed for perfection. If you qualify, the extra pay is welcome relief. Although they still call it an incentive program, that has become a lie. They now use what was once an added bonus for your hard work and dedication as a tool for disciplinary action. You can now actually get put on written notice for performance issues for not making the curve or even lose your job. This is also another tactic they use so they won't have to pay the bonus. For years they told us you need to rack up 45 points to qualify and trained us very well on how to meet every category. It was pretty cool at first. NOW management decided it’s not about making the points that matters, but rather the callers experience! Such garbage, they are just trying to make it harder and harder so the company won’t have to pay out! Basically, the program has become so difficult, it is almost impossible to qualify. Everything in that department becomes full circle and then repeats itself every few years like it’s something brand new. I guess all the directors and managers have to put a new spin on things to make it look like they are accomplishing something new or making improvements with all the stats they like to doctor up. What a JOKE! P.S. I HATE HAVING TO WEAR THE OPERATIONS TEE SHIRT OR PL EXPERIENCE TEE SHIRT ON JEANS DAY! GOD HELP YOU IF YOU MIX THEM UP TOO! BETTER HIDE FROM MGMT OR YOU WILL GET DIRTY LOOKS! WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DAY WE COULD WEAR WHATEVER WE WANTED TO WEAR WITH OUR JEANS. IS THAT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH????????

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3.0
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Cons

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Pacific Life Response
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Thank you for sharing your perspective and for recognizing the strength of your team and our benefits. Our in-office approach is designed to support collaboration and connection across teams, while still offering flexibility through one remote workday per week, along with our flexible workdays benefit, which allows for additional remote days throughout the year. Feedback like yours helps us continue learning how this is experienced day-to-day across different roles and teams. We appreciate you taking the time to share.
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