Be prepared mentally before you work with them - Customer Support Representative HostPapa Employee Review

2.0
Mar 26, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- It's a good place to learn or kickstart your remote employment experience. I would recommend working there for no longer than 1 year, 6-9 months is fine. - The work is exigent. If you are fine with it, then you will certainly learn a lot, quite fast. But be aware that after 6 months the job becomes redundant. - The best I could find in the company was the work/life balance. - Their salaries might be ok if you live in a poor country. However, it doesn't match the skill-level you require for the job.

Cons

In general, I observed that the company doesn’t deliver on their promises, I will share some points that in my opinion will help future applicants: - They seem to have a pattern of underpaying contractors promising a salary raise in the mid-term, don't fall for that. Make sure your initial agreement is fine for you, as you will have very little chances of getting a salary raise - not to say no chances at all. - They promise things like compensation bonuses only to keep people being patient during hard times, you may give your best help on the hope of getting the so-called compensation bonuses, which never see the light. - It's hard to know if the company has a clear plan for the future, employees don’t know long-term goals. Growth plans are executed at the expense of the lower-level contractors, who are squeezed until burnt-out, then replaced. - The paid-education they promise on their job offers equivalent to US$10 courses on Udemy, that they refund once you complete them and only if management approves it beforehand. - Make sure you take your paid-time-off before you quit the company. - Little investment is put into the product. - Archaic systems that make simple tasks stressful and unproductive.

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HostPapa Response
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Thank you, we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. We’re normally known for our fair practices along with forward-thinking initiatives, and we regret to see that we didn’t meet your expectations.

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