Good pay but at what cost - U-Verse Tier II Technical Support Representative AT&T Employee Review

3.0
Nov 18, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason for working at AT&T is definately the money, with lot's of oportunity for overtime it's very easy to save up. Especially when you are working manditory 50 hour weeks, not much time to spend the money you earn.

Cons

Overtime could be mandatory, and was for about 5 months straight. Due to the nature of the call center hours are strict with very little room for negotiation. If you have a family I would not recomend this job, unless you don't feel like seeing them for extended periods of time. At times, working with a difficult issue, finding assistance was near impossible, I would find myself calling different departments for hours before I would get ahold of someone willing to assist the customer. Other times calls were simply "pushed back" even by supervisor's. There is also very little help from peers or supervisors in general, another example: My fourth day on the phone I was contacted via instant messenger by a member of the scheduling team, stating that I had logged out of my phone twice that day when I was not supposed to. When explaining to the rep that I had been on the phone all day and in fact was on a call as he was talking to me...his response was simply "well be more careful next time". Rather than taking logical steps to try to find out what the issue was and resolve it, I was simply blown off. If an employee in the company has this much trouble with something so simple, I can only imagine how the customer's feel.

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1 of the best things about AT&T is the training you receive as a New Hire. The company sends you to a designated location for a month's worth of training. They teach you the basics of sales and how to maximize your customers in-store experiences. While at training if it is necessary, they will pay to put you in a hotel, give you an American Express card for daily meals and reimburse you for any travel expenses in a very timely manor. The training you receive is top of the line. Next, lets talk pay. At&t pays their employees extremely well. With a base salary with paid overtime and full benefits and a compensation program, you won't want to leave the company just for that reason. They take care of their employees for the time you spend with them. Room for advancement. At AT&T moving up is a breeze if your motivated and a hard working individual. My current assistant store manager has only been with the company 10 months and is already looking at becoming a small business rep.

Cons

The work and life balance. The hours are long and tiring to the point were when you get home all you want to do is sleep and on your days off as well. Customers you have to deal with and the ability for a sales rep to control the interaction . That is one of the biggest complaint I have about the company. A lot of times customers come into the store hot and as sales reps we don't have the discretion or ability to waive ridiculous fees or fix issues. Everything seems like it has to be refereed to customer care which makes for a bad customer experience in store.

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AT&T Response
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We pride ourselves on providing world class pay, benefits, training, and growth opportunities. Thank you for acknowledging one of the things we do well. But more importantly, thank you for your overall feedback and what we can improve upon. We look to develop and empower our employees and make every experience, whether internal or external, seamless. We will ensure your feedback is heard. Thanks again.
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