Approach with caution - Agent The Chat Shop Employee Review

1.0
21 Dec 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working in live chat Working from home

Cons

Being a live chat homeworker sounds like a dream however, once you have been at the Chat shop a few months you soon learn it's not as good as it sounds. The extreme high turnover of staff speaks for itself and it doesn't take a genius to work out why that is. Some of the management are really nice to your face yet they talk about you behind your back. There's such a distinct lack of communication that it creates such a wedge between the management, Team Leaders and staff, it seems that if you don't get promoted to Team Leader your shelf life will be up in a few months. Team leaders are promoted within weeks of joining and are treated like royalty however, agents are constantly brought down and disrespected. The team leaders are inexperienced and lack knowledge so you tend to get a lot of conflicting information when you have been trained a certain way. When you have something you need help with there is no point even bothering going to a team leader because they are right and you are wrong. Most of the agents are too scared to say anything because they fear they may lose their jobs and it doesn't seem like the management even care if they lose their staff or not. I would highly advise anyone that's looking to apply to the Chat Shop to think again before applying

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The Chat Shop Response
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Hey there! Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that we gave the impression that our culture is based on hierarchy and restriction when we are always committed to clear, open, honest communication. We are committed to creating a fun, transparent, and collaborative environment for all of our employees and are proud of our recent happiness score of 8.79/10, so we’re disappointed to hear that your experiences didn’t match the general consensus. We value and consider all feedback and we’ll continue to find ways to improve but we wanted to address a couple of your specific concerns here. We care deeply about the careers and enjoyment of all our teammates at The Chat Shop. We expect our agents to work hard and, in turn, compensate them fairly and provide a great work environment. We share in every agent success and our best to make every learning experience a group learning experience. Drop us a line, we’d love to hear your POV: hello@thechatshop.co.uk. Thank you again for the feedback; we wish you the best of luck!

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