Railbookers Group reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(219 total reviews)
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Frank Marini

84% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Railbookers Group has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 219 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Railbookers Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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219 reviews
2.0
Jan 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting to build some of the itineraries.

Cons

I didn’t fully realize the meaning of ‘micro management’ before working for Railbookers. You are constantly being monitored and told when to take a lunch, and you have to request using the restroom. Taking breaks is frowned upon. I was asked to clock out at end of day, but stay additional time. The 20something yr old supervisor recites passages, to train you, that he hears from church the weekend before. The VP maintains a ‘boys club’ mentality and exhibits favoritism. Kind of gives you an idea of the upper management you will be dealing with. You are taught to consistently lie to clients in order to get them to buy. Then constantly brought to back room to ‘discuss’ what the issue with not booking every client was. Also they make you listen to colleagues phone calls, when they are not around, to critique them. All the recent Positive Reviews are obviously fakes. Avoid this company if you have any self-esteem.

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Railbookers Group Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to post your review. It’s a shame that you were unable to find success with us. However, it doesn’t seem like the picture you are trying to paint about the company is honest or transparent and we would like to address your points. First, we pride ourselves in hiring the best staff as well as ensuring everyone feels like they are a trusted, valued and impactful part of the company across all our offices in London, United Kingdom, Beverly, Massachusetts, Laguna Hills, California, and Sydney, Australia. We want to make sure we are providing ongoing training and support to our staff as they learn the role they were hired for as well as becoming familiar with our company culture. You mention micro-management in your review and of course, nobody likes it when someone is always checking their activities but ensuring our team is well trained and feels confident when speaking with our customers is critical to the success of the company. You might want to ask yourself: Did your workplace performance or behavior invite your manager to spend more time with you to get you up to speed? Did you ask your manager for help or take their advice regarding training and development? Perhaps you were not learning or internalizing the training you were given, so your manager offered more attention and support to help you get up to speed. There is never a time when an employee is not allowed to take their scheduled breaks, use the restroom, or go on lunch. Please don’t lie. On the contrary, when employees abuse their scheduled breaks and leave their team hanging, disciplinary action must be taken. Our top-performing call center staff understand that being available and supporting customers is their highest priority. They respect the breaks and lunchtime of their co-workers. At times, we see some employees abuse this and it is a domino effect that affects the entire team. To address your concern about the “20something yr old supervisor” who recites bible passages to train you … while we do accommodate our employees’ religious beliefs, we do not allow religious discussions to go on at the expense of other employees i.e. interfering with work or job performance. We also do not promote or allow for favoritism among managers and staff. It’s important for you to distinguish favoritism from performance or lack thereof. We work with an honest, transparent way of management in an effort to develop our teams and support their learning. We never lie to clients when putting together a dream trip for them. The goal of our call center is to help customers who contact us get the information and service they deserve. We are there to handle any questions or needs related to their trip. Our team reviews calls on a weekly basis as part of ongoing training to ensure we are delivering the best customer service possible. This is best practice for any industry to ensure you are delivering world-class service and a key aspect of training. Our guess is that you didn’t like having your calls listened to by yourself or in the weekly group (as we do for everyone) or being held accountable. These periodic check-ins are put in place to determine progress and to indicate what’s working and not working. As for our Glassdoor reviews being fake, we do not incentivize or force any staff member to write reviews. We do, however, ask employees who’ve come back from one of the complimentary trips we send them on all over the world (Italy, Switzerland, Norway, etc.) if they would like to post about their travels and overall experiences. Unfortunately, you were not with us long enough to go on one of these trips. Again, thank you for taking the time to post your review. But we would advise the next time you review a current or former employer that you are honest in your evaluation. We hope you find what you are looking for in your career, because whoever you are … if we didn’t believe in you … we wouldn’t have hired you in the first place. Our suggestion to you is also to be self-reflective, work hard, and show up on time. If you do these things, we know….you can achieve anything. Thank you, Kelly Cronin Guest Relations Supervisor & Tyler Wallinger Inside Sales Supervisor
1.0
Jul 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice office location Store in the building

Cons

Management couldn't care less about their employees they only care about themselves

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Railbookers Group Response
7y
Thank you for your post and I am sorry to hear how you feel. There seems to be a disconnect from the general comments you list below with who we are as an organization. With four offices (London, Beverly, Laguna Hills and now Sydney Australia, as well as over 100+ staff) I want to let you know that I do care, and I welcome the opportunity to speak to you directly. I have to say I am surprised to read this feedback, as we just had our 2018 Mid-Year Update where I presented to each office and every staff member an update on the company, and we had break-out sessions on what was working and what can we improve on. Everyone gave great, honest feedback on what we do well, particularly about the open communication, opportunities and welcoming atmosphere at our company. I do want to mention that I question if you work for YLG as we have seen a pattern of negative posts that always seem to come in right after we receive a positive post. When we responded to those former negative posts asking for the opportunity to have a dialog, and expressing that we would re-post in a week if that person reached out, the post was then deleted from Glassdoor, including our response, which seems unusual. Even in light of this, I would like the opportunity to hear YOUR concerns directly and even work with you to solve them, as you list you are a current staff member. I am willing to listen and help either way. Let’s get a dialog going! Sincerely, Frank Marini President Internal Ext- 1109 I will be re-posting in a week to update all if you called or not as I feel being honest and transparent is the best way to be. Thanks UPDATE ... It has been a week and, unfortunately, you have not attempted to reach out. I was looking forward to connecting with you to honestly and openly discuss the concerns you addressed in your review. However, my invitation stands and I’ll welcome your call anytime.
3.0
Mar 30, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great foundation, positive president, client demographic is so much fun to work with, lovely staff ( that is left )

Cons

The turn over in employees speaks for itself and management continues to make excuses. No, it's not normal to see upward of 35 employees, hired and gone within the time I was employed with the company, even if it's a "call center". It is an amazing product that sells itself, stop making excuses for the ridiculous turn around. It's management, wasting time not vetting new employees and making loyal, compatant staff pay for the gross mismanagement. In the end, it just hurts the consumer.

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Railbookers Group Response
9y
Thank you for your feedback, we are very sorry to hear about your time with us. We would love to hear your feedback and comments as a great opportunity for our company growth in the future. Please feel free to contact me directly at 978-867-1145. -Kimberly Beck
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