I grew, and they shrunk - Tier II Tech Support Alorica Employee Review

3.0
Nov 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I enjoyed the people I worked with, I even liked some of the upper management. The hours weren't bad, and the location was good for me. The pay was about average. It was a fairly stable work place, and there was little drama if you avoided it. This would be a great short term employment for someone who is looking for something to tide them over and then move on. Some accounts offer bonuses for really silly things like attendance and break times.

Cons

First off, the health benefits were outrageous. To cover me and my family, it cost almost as much as another paycheck a month. Also since it is account based, if the account solves the problem, or doesn't produce well enough, it goes away. The salary caps aren't a problem unless you are a long term (5+ years) employee, but then the increasing cost of health benefits outweigh any additional money you could earn. It really is typical call center, things would change just to make it uncomfortable for long term employees. Also if your account was higher paid and you go to another, your pay may be downgraded as well (which is what caused me to leave). There is little to no advancement opportunities.

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1.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lunch lasts for 1 hour. Some managers are nice. Compensation is not bad for a call center job.

Cons

Contradictory set of info provided during training compared to later on, and sometimes you get penalized for providing honest information that you aren't prohibited from giving out. There's about seven million rules that you are expected to follow, and many of them are dumb. Some managers are annoying/jerks. Management gets really frustrated that customers leave from conversations dissatisfied even though we are literally calling them as Collections Agents for a credit card company to tell them they are thousands of dollars in debt. If you get 2 Compliance fails they fire you (and Compliance fails aren't just for regulatory things the company can get sued for). Expected to follow regulations that do not even apply to our particular company. (Newsflash! HIPAA does not apply to credit card companies!). Now if you get 4 dissatisfaction surveys from customers they fire you. (Getting fired at this job is extremely easy! I nearly got fired when I was reluctant to take a transfer call I was NOT authorized to take and upper management said I wasn't being a "good teammate" because of my reluctance to take the call.) Dissatisfaction surverys are also ridiculously hard to dispute. Customers are extremely horrible, foul-mouthed, stupid, vindictive and nasty. You get like 2 hours of PTO per month, which is about 2 days out of the entire year. No holiday pay - they will just send you home with no pay on Christmas. People steal your lunch if you put it in the company fridge. There's an oppressive atmosphere of complete misery that hangs over the whole building. If the company decides to move on to a different call center, they call a townhall meeting the day that it happens without any advance notice to let all the call center agents that they are being furloughed or let go. Also, they have confirmed finding a bed bug problem in the building. Run, run away!

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