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3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(98 total reviews)

Hilary Schneider

24% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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3.0
Nov 18, 2017
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Pros

I worked in the call center for nearly a year before leaving on my own terms in good standing with the company. They're flexible with hours - I was a student as were some other call center employees and management was very understanding, as long as you worked full time @ 40 hours a week (no part time work). Other perks include free coffee, beer on Fridays, paid team outings, paid holidays, good insurance coverage, a free security system/monitoring and "unlimited overtime". The location is great-it's downtown and close walking distance to State, Government Center, and Park St stations. Lots of lunch options nearby.

Cons

- The overtime was not actually unlimited - when I actually started working doubles to take advantage of the overtime, management changed the rules to limit the overtime. - The work itself was SOUL draining. I don't know how people last more than a year here, which may explain why the turnover is so high. Everyone is trained differently and told different information from their supervisors/leads and there are several issues customers call about that many call center employees don't know the correct info about. There are way too many times that I've heard "Oh everyone thinks that but it's actually not true" or "Yes the Intranet says that but it's incorrect" and the incorrect info stays on the Intranet where employees continue to read it and relay incorrect info to customers. - The systems are ridden with issues. Some customers have to call in every week and, as you can imagine, are pissed about it. - Awful communication. The marketing dept will launch a new campaign and the call center employees will have idea which looks bad to customers. - Large groups of workers would get fired every few weeks and everyone would stress about whether or not they'd still have a job at the end of the month. - Apparently the office has had a bedbug infestation since March 2017 and management has kept it quiet, causing call center employees to unwittingly take home parisitic bugs...not surprising at all.

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SimpliSafe Response
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Thank you so much for your candid feedback, we appreciate you taking the time to let us know about your experience. Call center and technical support work is difficult, but the team provides an invaluable service to our customers and their safety. We are growing very quickly and with that comes some growing pains. We are learning new ways to communicate, this period of growth will challenge us in many ways but passionate employees like yourself will keep us moving in the right direction.
1.0
Oct 9, 2017
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Pros

Nice setup, in the heart of Boston

Cons

If you want to be lied to and treated like a number in a pack but be told that your doing something in all reality not then work for here great for followers and individuals who do not have a mind for themselves

3.0
Sep 20, 2017
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Pros

The company is very relaxed, taking many first-time job seekers. The office atmosphere is casual - they have no dress code and don't care about hair color or style, piercings or tattoos. The whole office is a great, safe, place for those in the LGBTQ community. Promotions are merit-based, not seniority. They do free beer/fancy soda on Fridays at 5pm. Full benefits, health-vision-dental insurance,

Cons

There isn't a whole lot of inter-department communication. Marketing will release a new sale or promotion and the call center won't know about it until a customer asks about it. No 401k.

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