Good Intentions - Bad Follow Through - Technical Support Representative OpenTable Employee Review

4.0
May 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This is the best work/life balance I've ever had. The culture is fantastic, though geared more towards extroverted millennial types. The work itself is not boring and makes you use your brain. I love everyone I work with. Very little office drama (easy to stay out of some of the whispers of drama). Direct supervisors do not act above you and are always happily available. Generous PTO, constant lunch catering, good insurance, EcoPass, monthly team budget.

Cons

The pay. We get paid for customer support when in reality there is a large amount of troubleshooting/tech support. New feelings of being micro-managed are felt across all teams on the floor. We were promised things in training that all employees agreed were promised that now HR and upper management claim were never said. Upper management feels generally unapproachable, clique-y and judgmental. These are common opinions of myself and the workers we have left. We lost about 15 people in a little over a month out of an already small, understaffed support team. And we have at least 15 more actively looking for new employment.

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