Customer Support Specialist
It's not the fall that kills you. It's the shitty pay at the bottom.
It's not the fall that kills you. It's the shitty pay at the bottom.
Lordy. Someone dial back the gas in this hot air balloon before we hit the exosphere.
Really puts that DEI statement into perspective, though. "We encourage underrepresented minorities to be underpaid in this role, which will affect their future compensation for years, if not forever."
This pay sucks. And for a hybrid role, it sucks way fucking more. BINGO.
The pay is okay – $25 per hour for what appears to be a remote, entry-level role is good. And having started myself in CX as a contract content moderator, I can say it's a good way to get your foot in the door in Trust & Safety or CX.
A fun environment in which you have to remain calm and positive in all situations? Sure, that checks out.
Yeah, no. Tread Carefully.
I am immediately suspicious of companies that in one breath brag about how great a workplace they are and then, in the next, make it clear that they are only being transparent about salary because they are legally required to in NY, CO, or CA. Honestly, it's fucking laughable.
Seems like a pretty straightforward onboarding role, with the usual startup suspects ("fun" team, fast-paced environment, adapt to change/challenges, let's do the time warp again). Nothing too concerning, and the pay is good for an early-career gig.
The main ones: Fast-paced environment, rapidly changing requirements, poorly-edited JD requires attention to detail, JD doesn't mention benefits at all, and salary for leadership roles is good but not for frontline roles.
I don't know about Miami, but $46.8K – $55K is shitty pay for a non-entry-level fintech support role in New York, even if it's remote.
Oh my dog, y'all! Y'ALL. THERE'S SALARY TRANSPARENCY FOR THIS INTERNATIONAL ROLE!!!
Oh my dog, y'all! Y'ALL. THERE'S SALARY TRANSPARENCY FOR THIS INTERNATIONAL ROLE!!!
The role itself seems fine, but the salary range is very wide, and the low end is way too low for a Lead role (especially at a company like Netflix). I don't think that's enough to put it in Tread Carefully, but I would ask about it if I were a candidate.
Overall, it's pretty clear they're looking for a discount manager, which is enough to put this in Tread Carefully.
This one is reader-submitted, and y'all. We're whipping out "unclear if you're joining a cult or a company" for maybe the first time ever, and I HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT A JOB LISTING YET.
Pay is shit, especially for onsite in LA, especially for a multi-lingual role.
Let's review: this is a lead role for managing multi-channel support agents, offering frontline support yourself, and executing duties that should be undertaken by a possibly fictional Director. For $20-$25 in Oakland, CA. Talk about some branding!
I mean, I certainly dreamt of going to school for 4-6 years and earning a technical degree and THEN WORKING FOR ANOTHER 4+ YEARS to make $25 an hour for a company that won't even deign to give me a title that reflects the level of work I'm doing. WHERE DO I SIGN UP.
This, and the whole introductory paragraph, has some of the most flowery language to describe a middle manager role that I have ever read.
I really, really hate when the salary is good for leadership roles but poor for frontline roles. The salary is especially egregious considering that it's billed as a technical role, with fluency in Spanish or Portuguese as a nice-to-have. I literally booed when I read that.
Oof, let this be a lesson to me not to finalize my notes before I look at everything. The job description is harmless enough, but the real hints at culture and work environment are in the job application.
I think the pay is a little low for the level of work this role will be doing, but then I pretty much always think CX folks should be paid more.