Customer Retention Rep - Customer Retention Representative Cox Communications Employee Review

3.0
23 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is awesome, decent benefits, free cable and internet a bonus. Facility is very nice as far as call centers go. Other employees are friendly, supportive, and always willing to help out.

Cons

THE MOST STRESSFUL JOB I HAVE EVER HAD!! Order entry system (ICOMS) is ridiculously dated and hard to use- lots of errors- campaigns and discounts are overly complicated and confusing, KIQ knowledge base is awful, hard to search and often crashes. The training does not prepare you for the job- Customers call in usually ticked off with issues you have no idea how to fix, have never been trained for, but are required to handle- getting a help desk representative takes average 5-10 minutes of your allotted 600 second AHT requirement. Expected to sell products that do not benefit customers- Force home phone service that customers do not want in bundle prices- I personally was coached to be dishonest to customers to gain revenue and/or sell additional service units. Expectations are impossibly high!! Only successful retention reps are those who have been working there for years- started when things were much less complicated.

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5.0
2 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I had a great experience and benefitted from great leadership, progressive growth opportunities, and exceptional colleagues. The company cares about its employees, and offers exceptional benefits.

Cons

The recent news of the merger (ok, let's be honest...acquisition) by Charter has many people worried about the future and preparing for the worst. There will undoubtedly be cultural changes and I know many people will be frustrated by the new norm.

3.0
6 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits, sometimes free food, equipment provided

Cons

Intense micromanaging, every second has to be logged. Everything is an upsell even when callers are asking for help. Agents will add things to accounts without customer knowledge just to make numbers. Unethical practices by agents especially overseas agents.

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