Startek reviews

3.7

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,596 total reviews)
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Bharat Rao

83% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Startek has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,596 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Startek employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Recursos humanos industry (3.8 stars).

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1.0
Jul 7, 2015

Treat people like robots

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is a consistent, boring, steady job and most of the employees are genuinely good people. However, not if they hold any authority.

Cons

Startek is a business processing outsourcer, so basically they get paid to find people to work for other companies who need cheap labor. Their clients include Comcast, T-Mobile, and Grubhub. I can only speak for the Comcast section of the Lynchburg location. If you work for that section, what you do is receive calls from angry Comcast customers who have been told you have a four year degree when really all you get is three weeks of outdated training courses. Customers are transferred to you by agents overseas who have built the expectation that you are an expert on all things Comcast. Most of the computers are faulty, and the programs are either completely outdated or are temperamental at best. It's basically being paid to get yelled at by not only customers, but also scolded by supervisors, team leaders, and managers if you do anything wrong. It is hell. If you really need money and minimum wage isn't quite enough and you can't find anything else at all, then this is the job for you,because they will literally hire anyone. Bring cigarettes, because even if you don't smoke before you start, you certainly will after.

4.0
Jun 27, 2015
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Pros

Startek had a great training program with instructors that actually cared. Management always took extra measures to make our job fun and show employees that they cared

Cons

The only thing I had a problem with was individuals that had no training in certain areas such as tech support were put in management positions and had no idea what they were doing

5.0
Jun 26, 2015
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Pros

StarTek is a great company to work for. I enjoyed the work environment as well as all of my colleagues. This was one of the jobs I enjoyed waking up to go to work every day

Cons

strong phone skills are definitely important in this line of work and the ability to handle stressful situations.

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