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    U.S. Cellular Reviews

    Updated May 23, 2017
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    U.S. Cellular President & CEO Kenneth R. Meyers
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    • Work life balance is not the best (in 90 reviews)

    • No work/life balance and need a more thorough training program with implementing new ideas and systems (in 16 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Great company to work for!"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Business Sales Executive in Columbia, MO
      Former Employee - Business Sales Executive in Columbia, MO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at U.S. Cellular full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great team atmosphere, very supportive BASM's. Young and very collaborative in nature. Major freedom.

      Cons

      Major freedom, means that you need to know the services in order to do your job. They will not babysit you.

      Advice to Management

      Provide a better on boarding program that helps executives learn how to do their jobs better.

    2. "Great place to work"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Former Employee - Finance in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Finance in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at U.S. Cellular full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      This is a relaxed environment and a great place to work.
      Great culture
      Great People
      Great Pay

      Cons

      This place can be a little unorganized at time which creates unneccessary chaos.

    3. "US Cellular"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Former Employee - Business Account Manager in Davenport, IA
      Former Employee - Business Account Manager in Davenport, IA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at U.S. Cellular full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      - work/ life balance
      -team environment
      -pay equal to effort
      -continually upgrading products and services

      Cons

      -ever changing and inconsistent points of focus
      -continual structure changes and job expectations
      -lack of growth, promotion opportunities

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    4. "Sales Associate"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Onalaska, WI
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Onalaska, WI
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at U.S. Cellular full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great pay and commissions if you are willing to work hard to meet and beat monthly sales goals.

      Cons

      Promotions are constantly changing and can be confusing
      Management wants you to focus on too many things at once on top of your sales duties (Sales trackers, SalesNow, filling out montly sales sheets for managers, referral programs.. there are so many).

      Advice to Management

      Focus on one to two things instead of throwing out all these sorts of expectations for your reps to fill out and stay on top of. It will be more effective, less time consuming and keep moral up.

    5. "decent"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Retail Wireless Consultant in Delafield, WI
      Current Employee - Retail Wireless Consultant in Delafield, WI
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at U.S. Cellular full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      industry leading pay. no commission cap

      Cons

      work life balance. no room for advancement

      Advice to Management

      flexibility will retain good talent

    6. Helpful (3)

      "QA calls"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Tulsa, OK
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Tulsa, OK
      Recommends

      I worked at U.S. Cellular full-time

      Pros

      Good pay, tuition reimbursement, bonuses, shift bids, advancement opp.

      Cons

      Be careful with QA calls. Made 1 mistake, unfortunately the day a new Zero Policy came out. I was the example it was not going to be tolerated. Verify all yours calls. After 6 years I was fired for 1 call. My fault.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Unprofessional IT department. Cult like mentality."

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Former Employee - Applications Developer in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Applications Developer in Chicago, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at U.S. Cellular full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Small company, potential opportunities to learn many different aspects.
      Benefits are on par if not better than most big corporations.
      Front line has some really good, honest and passionate people.

      Cons

      No life balance. 12 hour days are a typical occurrence. Management does not see an issue with that and of opinion everyone should be working extra hours.
      Upper management is extremely unprofessional at times. Backstabbing and unprofessional behavior by managers is easy to come by. Everyone likes to dog everyone else thinking their own waste doesn't produce odor.
      Entire company has a cult-like mentality around their Dynamic Organization mantra "values". Which are just a bunch of common sense items everyone should be doing anyway in their daily professional life. But be careful saying anything of that sort out loud. Feels like you are in Cuba or North Korea at times.
      Within IS everyone would like to say they breathe and bleed the values but the only time the D.O. values are employed is against someone when complaining to a manager when they simply don't like something instead of using the D.O. framework to work with a colleague on resolving the issues.
      Employees that have been with the company for a long time think they are the top dog, in reality they would never survive in any other corporation.
      Business is slow to react to the market changes. Missing items a 5 year old would have foreseen and then pressure IS to deliver in days something that took a competitor months to deliver. No one in IS has any decent conversations with Business towards achieving common goal. IS always ends up jumping through hoops at a moment notice to grant every wish, else things are escalated to the very top.
      Company is strapped for cash yet lets 3rd party vendors take advantage of it left and right.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Do not take a retail position in the Tulsa area."

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Store Manager in Tulsa, OK
      Current Employee - Store Manager in Tulsa, OK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at U.S. Cellular full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Not many. I enjoyed some of the relationships I was able to form with my team. That is, the ones that wouldn't stab me in the back.

      Cons

      The Tulsa area is run like a dictatorship. No autonomy in decision making whatsoever. You will be placed on corrective action for the smallest, minute things that have no bearing on performance results. The Tulsa area is consistently failing, morale is at an all-time low, people are constantly leaving, and it can all be traced back to area leadership.

      Advice to Management

      You've made your stand, now sell the company to Verizon.

    9. "Financial services"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Former Employee - Financial Services Representative in Madison, WI
      Former Employee - Financial Services Representative in Madison, WI
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at U.S. Cellular full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good pay, good benefits.

      Cons

      Stressful when working in financial services. Policies always changing, goals have become non achievable. Management doesn't count you as a person but a number. Doesn't appreciate tenured associates. Does not care about people's sanity. Uses a ranking system.

      Advice to Management

      Stop treating your employees like their numbers. Remember who built you to who you are today. Not rank tenured associates.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Great Culture"

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      Current Employee - Finance in Chicago, IL
      Current Employee - Finance in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at U.S. Cellular full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Work/life balance, great corporate culture, family business feel, customer first attitude, great salary and benefits

      Cons

      I do not see many cons at the corporate level. I was at the retail level before and a lot of work needs to be done there to keep the DO alive, but at the corporate level it's alive and kicking.

      Advice to Management

      Allow the DO to trickle down into the retail channel. Keep treating your employees well and stay focused on the customer.

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