Poor expansion, planning, and upper management - Technical Support Shift4 Employee Review

3.0
4 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Speaking for myself and my direct management. Regardless of the many positions I've held over the years, my managers have always been amazing people as have been my co workers at the home office and afar. Love you all. Benefit package is good.

Cons

C-suit is out of touch with reality and the workers. Purchasing and buying products faster than they can can support them. If you're not working on the new shiny thing you and you team is basically left forgotten or worse treated as expendable. We have a whole pos team that is one single person because they can't be bothered to create job specific training, hire people, or offer compensation for added job responsibilities. So people drop like flies. Consistent Quizzes for things unrelated to you role, position, or specialty that you must complete or your outta here. Knowledge management on products and distribution of said information is a joke. There are duplicate resources with conflicting information, or just bad information due to allowing ANYONE to post content with no real vetting occuring. This is due to practices of hiring people for knowledge management, who know absolutely nothing about the technology and just being proof readers who post content when asked. There good people it's not their fault. It's poor infrastructure and design from the top. Raises are non existent. During the pandemic you either got furloughed or you took a pay cut. If you took a pay cut you didn't see that come back. Then have raises withheld for years. Despite rising costs, all while they post record profits. Loyalty is not rewarded. Advancement internally is limited unless you're one of the PA gang. Then your moving on up. Heck they even only offer decent positions to people willing to move there despite years of experience in that field over other candidates.

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Shift4 Response
1y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience at Shift4. We appreciate the positive aspects you highlighted, such as amazing people and benefit packet. At Shift4, we value all feedback as an opportunity for growth and improvement. We understand that rapid growth can bring challenges, and we are actively working to address these concerns. We encourage you to reach out to HR or your immediate supervisor to further discuss any specific concerns you may have. Your feedback is vital to our ongoing efforts to create a supportive and thriving workplace.

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We appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback about your experience with Shift4 and we’re sorry to hear that your time with us did not meet your expectations. We continually strive to improve our work environment and ensure a positive experience for all employees. If there is anything specific you would like to discuss or any further details you would like to share, please feel free to reach out to our HR department. Your insights will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.
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