Good place for experience and building skillsets - Anonymous employee COCC Employee Review
3.0
Apr 21, 2017
Anonymous employee
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
They offer a variety of resources to their employees & provide an opportunity to gain a lot of real world experience. Company strives to make employees feel good (casual attire in the workplace, free food days, giveaways, social events, etc).
Cons
Can be clique oriented at times, some individuals shouldn't be in management, sometimes HR picks and chooses what it wants to discipline, don't expect to get paid your market value, projects can be overwhelming when your staff is limited in numbers.
COCC Response
8y
At COCC we strive to promote a corporate culture that embodies our core values of Trust in Teamwork, Deliver Results, Share the Passion and Secure Our Future. Our total rewards package consists of competitive benefits, a generous PTO offering, 401(k) match and profit sharing, a robust employee training program and comprehensive wellness initiatives.
Fortunately, because our clients highly value our products and services, COCC has experienced record growth over the past several years. Last year we promoted 15% of our workforce and have hired increasing numbers of employees over the past three years to assist our teams in handling the increased volume of activity. We care about our employee’s work-life balance and continually assess COCC’s salary, benefits and employee engagement levels against industry benchmark data. We also consistently survey our employees and use their feedback to secure our position as an employer of choice in Connecticut.
COCC is a fair call center workplace, there's enough to praise, but it is not without it's flaws. I'll start with some things I can say are pretty good!
There's small bonuses given during the year, and starting pay is more than most call centers.
Lots of Resources for learning call structures, and how our products work.
Enough PTO hours throughout the year, including carry over from the prior year.
Forma benefits for Full time and Part time.
Days off on Xmas Day, 4th of July and Thanksgiving.
Communication from Supervisors and colleagues is pretty good and most of the time clear.
Colleagues can be very supportive and helpful whenever they can be!
Cons
Lack of communication with Clients/Banks. (Banks are always closed or busy when needing to contact them for help.)
Customer attitudes are horrific, and much worse since tensions have been very high in the last 8 years with AI and other current events. You will get accused of working remote as if it is a bad unethical thing, and doesn't benefit poor people who struggle with mentall illness and disability.
A little too much of a positive outlook on big projects, when lots of things go wrong 100 percent of the time. (But yet they do improve over time, so its more of a so-so thing.)
Training is way too short, and probably needs more time and structure before sending people to do calls on their own.
PTO is hard to use, and sick days are limited to 5 before you could be suspended.
Blackout periods (AHOD weeks where you are forced to work) are also a lot of trouble especially when there might be alot going on in your personal life.
This is possibly the hardest call center job, there is a lot of things you will learn about, and use during your time here. On top of that, customers can make things incredibly difficult.
COCC Response
3mo
Thank you for sharing your perspectives with us! Our dedicated Call Center employees are important to our success, and we strive to craft a positive experience while ensuring that our clients and their customers receive the best possible service!