Chaos and Headaches - Customer Support COCC Employee Review

1.0
Nov 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free coffee & soda, plenty of parking, if you know someone higher up they'll hire you without even looking at your resume

Cons

I completely agree with all the reviews saying promotions at COCC are awarded based on favoritism and nepotism. This results in many managers being grossly unqualified for their roles, so it's constant chaos, putting out fires, and trying not to get thrown under the bus. Then there's the toxic office politics. Anyone not in the inner circle is expendable and exploitable. HR exists to serve the company, not its employees, so don't bother reporting anything to them - you'll just be gaslighted into submission. They often use their Hartford Courant Best Workplace award as a shield against any claims of discrimination, bullying, or retaliation. Bad things can't happen at a place that wins awards! (PS. We are heavily pressured into giving them good ratings and we get free food if they win.) The trendy millenial-baiting "work perks" like free coffee and a basketball court in the parking lot do not make up for the long hours, below average pay, toxic culture, and few advancement opportunities. The perks aren't even that great - the medical is an overpriced high deductible plan, and this is a "fintech" company that won't even supply you with your own laptop. I feel terrible for anyone who works here and isn't a relative, significant other, or golfing buddy of an executive. It's obvious those folks have a much different experience at COCC.

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COCC Response
6y
While we do encourage all employees to participate in our Top Workplace survey, we never incentivize a high rating. We continually encourage people to give their honest feedback so that the data will help us improve the employee experience. We do generally cater a breakfast to say “thank you” for high participation rates, and earning a top placement is always an honor we want to celebrate with our employees – after all, it’s our people who make COCC a Top Workplace. We go to great lengths to keep everything anonymous to encourage total honesty, and the HR teams have spent many weeks pouring over the data we received, creating dashboards for management, and centering service excellence training on how to put the suggestions for improvement into practice. The result is a process of total transparency around the data and what we plan to do with it. This has led to a number of initiatives not only including work perks, but also enhancements to our training, total rewards, and wellness programs, more transparent communication from the top-down, and a renewed focus on ensuring that every employee has the opportunity to grow and develop here.

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Cons

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3.0
Feb 25, 2026
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Pros

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.

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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!
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