Overpromises and underdelivers - Technical Support Specialist ecobee Employee Review

1.0
May 26, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with, nice office, free snacks (if you like stuffing your face with salt and sugar) , and a fancy coffee machine. As you can see, all perks are superficial. Just like the rest of this company.

Cons

I won't go too deep as most of the dirt on this company has already been said by others who left before me. Bottomline, DO NOT WORK HERE. They will promise you "the moon" and give you a dirty piece of rock in return for all your hard work and effort. "You want a better and livable schedule? Great! Here's a scheduling software we have no idea how to use to "automate" it for us. So that WE (tech support management) don't need to work on a scheduling strategy PLUS it's automated so you can't blame us for you working 6 days a week! Awesome. " Management here is so extremely insecure of their abilities, they constantly promote like-minded yes men (rarely women), insecure individuals who will happily rat on their co-workers to get a juicy promotion. And that's even IF they post the job openning for people to apply instead of just picking one out of the lot of favorites. If a relative dies or if you're planning on getting married and need a longer time off, you're better of just quitting. The amount of work they ask you to do just to get some pay for the time you'll be off, even while mourning the death of an immediate relative, is ungodly and downright disrespectful. I've put off having to write this because the thought of my experience here, the disrespect from management towards me and my peers, makes my blood boil. This company's tendency to overpromise goes beyond their products, the same treatment is given to their employees as well. Particularly to those in the front lines. Do yourselves a favor and look elsewhere. There's lots of better jobs out there that will treat you better.

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ecobee Response
5y
Hello! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and glad to hear that you enjoyed your time with your coworkers and our many office perks! We're sorry to hear that your overall experience at ecobee was negative and that our efforts did not meet your expectations. In regards to scheduling, we have an open and transparent process in our scheduling methods and commonly include team members to provide input in the design/decision process. Our intention is to make scheduling easier, fair and more efficient and such, appreciate your feedback regarding this tool. We are proud to say we have promoted dozens of individuals within our Technical Support team and to other roles within ecobee as a result of their hard work, positive track record, enthusiasm and continued dedication to ecobee. However, if anyone feels that this isn't the case, we encourage them to communicate these concerns directly to their HR contact. Thanks again for taking the time to leave this review and we wish you the best in your career!

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Co-headquartered in Toronto and Leeds - very cosmopolitan with a high emphasis on DEI.

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Hello, thank you for providing this feedback. We are so glad you liked the Toronto HQ & Leeds HQ (we agree, they're pretty great!) and felt the emphasis we put on DEI (this really matters to us). We appreciate your feedback regarding resource management and it is something we will think about going forward. Thanks again for your review and helping to make ecobee great!
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Pros

ecobee is a great place to work because of the fantastic culture that exists here. Thanks to transparency from our CEO down, there are multiple teams helping support me in my role and hit my goals. Because there are so many intelligent, driven and willing people, we are able to work together to exceed goals and focus on what is important to our shared success. Many suggestions and support can be given because of it is known by everyone what you are working on and striving for. It also allows for frank conversations about what we can't work on because it would create misalignment with our goals. I am excited to be a part of a company that is constantly innovating, helping the planet, and looking to win in the market. Great time to be an ecopeep!

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Hello, thank you for taking the time to post your feedback, it is great to hear that you are enjoying your time at ecobee! Our team is dedicated to continually improving and creating a great place to work for all of our employees, so we thank you for your feedback that will allow us to continue to do that.
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