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Altice USA

Now known as Optimum

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Altice USA Reviews

2.7

33% would recommend to a friend

(832 total reviews)
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Dennis Mathew

45% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Altice USA has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 832 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Altice USA employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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832 reviews
1.0
8 Sept 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Decently competitive compensation - Heavy focus on business transformation - Passionate, loyal, and talented workforce - Long Island City office views of New York City

Cons

- Truest definition of a toxic workplace and culture. Especially within the CX organization under Shu Roy. Anyone considering a position with Altice USA/Optimum, do your homework and ask any current employees about the "culture" and morale of the organization. Especially regarding the massive turn over and purging of talent. - Leadership expectations heavily misaligned with skill sets, passion, and value the teams can perform and produce. - "Dog pile" approach to problem solving with very little guardrails or clarity on roles and responsibilities. Teams cannot self organize in any effective manner when everyones role is transforming the business without clear definition of what that specifically entails. - Death by 1,000 meetings and check-ins. It's remarkable how teams can accomplish actual work with the sheer amount of required status meetings. - Most abhorrent nepotism ever witnessed. Numerous examples of favoritism, misogyny, and verbal harassment during team calls/meetings with senior and executive leadership. Large majority of the CX team comprises former Xfinity Home (Comcast) members. - Extreme lack of servant and empathetic leadership - Hired multiple (almost countless), senior leadership positions with no support staff to execute. This has led to massive burnout and severe attrition across the board - Constantly shifting priorities and goals -- There is ZERO yearly or quarterly planning in any effective manner. For the CX Org, every 1-3 months there are new pillars/goals that supersede those established just a few weeks or months prior. - Product quality -- Garbage fiber network quality and mobile service are the biggest drivers for poor NPS and customer attrition. - Truthful and genuine NPS survey feedback is met with hostility and threats, influencing many not to honestly participate

1.0
20 Jun 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some interesting problems to solve and friendly coworkers.

Cons

I never felt secure in my role due to inconsistencies with management and the constant turnover of employees. I was told during interviews the role was entirely remote but on my first day learned there were mandatory in-office days and I was hired only a couple months after the Omicron COVID peak. There was no acknowledgment that this differed from what was communicated during the hiring process and I felt afraid to bring it up. My desk was continuously moved around without explanation and our team was admonished for expressing a desire to be remote. 3/4 of my team left within my first few months without any explanation and by the time I left (1 year later) they had only filled 1/4 of those positions. The job posting I applied was for one specific property but I ended up being responsible for a total of three different ones (this was also not communicated during the interview process). I was constantly pushed to do ineffective off-site research without any resources or support. When I expressed that type of research was ineffective, my manager doubled down on that strategy and created a hostile work environment. There was a profound lack of understanding of the products they own and a rigidity to allowing employees to work the way they need. It was clear early on there was no room for career advancement or a desire to cultivate or understand my skills. Office politics are brutal and managers often resort to manipulation instead of transparency or compromise. To succeed here is to accept constant abuse with a smile and any indication you’re aware of what is happening will result in you being in the crosshairs.

1.0
3 Jun 2022

Do not even bother.

Recommend
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Pros

Things are so crazy right now I can’t see a positive. Maybe pay is a little more than average? With how much you work that doesn’t matter as much.

Cons

It’s crazy here right now for a lot of reasons. But there’s not just temporary problems Over working people, everyone doing the jobs of 3 people. refusing to hire more help. If they do have open roles no one wants to work for us because there are so many steps to get in. Even after that, you can’t get anything done at the company because of all the red tape. Then you get blamed when things don’t go right. You will work early and late. You will join calls when on vacation. You will be given unrealistic timelines. Meetings constantly and people are trying to smile and work hard but you can see morale is super low and people are burning out at every level. It’s bad. Customers hate the brand and we are not doing right by them. Upper management does not care and is just slowing down or blocking things we could be doing better. No end in sight for these times. If you are researching because you want to apply or interview, my advice is to consider other options. The stress levels you will eventually break you down.

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