Great people, terrible benefits/pay and culture - NOC Technician API Digital Employee Review

3.0
Sep 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are great. Environment is laid back and everyone was very nice, there was a definite friendly vibe and everyone treated others well personally. There is a lot to learn and if you don't have any experience you can still get hired and start your career.

Cons

Pay is very low and not competitive at all for the requirements. Health insurance costs 20% of take-home pay for single coverage, and for family it's 80% of take-home. Concerns are not addressed. Any issues or changes that require the company to do anything are put back on staff as being something that is staff's fault, even when concerns are legitimate. During hiring management talks about how raises are in the future or that there is so much opportunity to advance internally but in reality raises hardly ever happen and higher level positions only open once or twice per year, which is too long to wait at the pay rate.

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5.0
May 4, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great on the job training.

Cons

Can be very high stress.

5.0
Oct 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It is a job designed to get the experience required to land a better IT job later in your career. You will learn to troubleshoot all kinds of things, really uncover your true colors in the face of stress, and improve your work ethic. It is a very fast-paced work environment, you will really test yourself and your attitude here, but if you are mature enough to hang in there, it's fantastic for your resume, and landed me a much better job after just a year. The people who work there are really fun and quirky and management is constantly having employee appreciation events with food and treats and stuff, so that's pretty nice. The pay is pretty standard for entry level work.

Cons

Some of the people who worked there a long time have gotten negative attitudes and it brings the whole group down. You aren't going to want to stay there longer than a couple of years or it will wear you out. The sales team kept selling more services when the call center was already overwhelmed and stressed so a bunch of people quit at once and just made it worse but they were still selling stuff so it just made it worse, there is no connection between upper levels and lower levels, they seem to only see dollar signs.

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