Don't do it - Sr. Hardship Support Empower Employee Review

1.0
Apr 21, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay is literally the only thing that makes it worth it

Cons

The managers are extreme micromanagers, they treat you like you are on an assembly line and they only care about results. They complain if you take bathroom breaks that aren't scheduled break time and only allow 30-minute lunches. The managers treat everyone like children and they want you to ask for permission to step away at any time. I believe these issues are department specific but they make it impossible to leave the team. The participants are extremely rude and disrespectful and there’s no recourse for their behavior which makes you feel unsupported. Even after horrible calls if you go into ACW management will place you back in queue without any sort of communication. Even when mandatory overtime is added management expects you to work 10-11 hours a day with only a one hour break total. We’re not allowed to attend town hall meetings so you’re almost not even a part of the company. Management aren’t leaders they are ultimately babysitters. Oh, let’s not forget the 2 week training that isn’t really training it’s more of a side by side with a rep and it’s interrupted by management taking the “trainers” from training to take calls. Only 1-2 people can be off per day so there’s never time off available so you ultimately just have to call off as needed. There’s absolutely no work/life balance due to inadequate staffing, poor forecasting of the workloads, and incompetent management.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Many smart people genuinely want to grow & succeed; An excellent long term strategic vision backed by long term oriented investors; Ample growth opportunities at a business that is very well positioned for long term growth. Leaders that genuinely care about their people. Remote work is truly an advantage - just the lack of a commute makes a large difference. Opportunity to be at the ground level of a company that will develop a much stronger national brand over the next decade.

Cons

Delivery & Execution are areas that are truly challenging in the high growth/evolutionary environment that Empower is in today. Cultural changes are happening within the business that create some competing priorities, though Sr. Leaders continue to lead through this. Working with people across the US means don't expect a normal schedule - early / late starts and working lunches are the norm.

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