Constant Call after Call.... never ending! - Customer Service Representative Progressive Insurance Employee Review

2.0
Nov 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

So the pros are inexpensive benefits, end of the year gain-sharing bonus, really nice building, free covered parking, close to freeway, in-house food available (cafeteria, Starbucks, Subway, mini convenient store, vending machines, coffee machines), in-house gym with lockers and showers, can browse the internet on your breaks and lunches.

Cons

The pay is so crummy! I do not think a person who is single and lives alone could afford to live on a CSR or Sales rep salary. If you take into consideration rent, car, gas, food..... you almost break even. I don't know how a single person can live and save money on this salary. Also, you are just taking call after call after call all day. When I was first hired, we had time off the phones to read updates, have meetings, work on projects. Now you get 15 mins in the morning to check email and read updates. After that it just constant calls until your break. You get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch. They also have 10 minutes of misc time in case you need to use the bathroom or something inbetween your scheduled breaks/lunch. They monitor the number of calls of make. If you are not on a call speaking with a customer, that time counts against you.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

Work from home and flexible scheduling, can slide schedule up to two hours to accommodate appointments, etc.

Cons

Unrealistic claim volume, it ramps up slowly when you're in training and then you start getting so many claims you don't know what to do with them. Customer service is constantly preached, but it's not possible to return voicemails, texts and emails timely while managing 20 claims a day. They keep increasing volume, and you have to spend a minimum of 5 hours a week taking live calls, during which you cannot make any calls out on your own claims, and are required to work each claim you take a call on to it's fullest point, even when they are brand new and unassigned, taking you away from taking action on your own claims that could prevent calls. They are incorporating AI and digital tools that were intended to simplify the process and reduce phone time, but customers are upset and refuse to participate, which means claims are delayed awaiting digital statements, and then need more phone calls anyway. The expectations are outrageous.

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