press operator

shift leader

seasonal associate

human resources manager

call center representative

Sports Endeavors

I worked peak season's graveyard shift and had never been less enthused to wake up. The pay was fine at $10.75 though we were told it would drop about three weeks into the job. The turnover rate was so high groups just naturally formed between the people who were still surviving and the people who were barely hanging on. There is no such thing as a social life working 12am-8 or 10 am. That said, the entirety of the job is spent standing on hard floors bent over a hot machine that releases glue-based steam into your face. Even when I could work up the energy to do anything but work I stayed home because of the resulting migraines and pain.

Management on my shift was quite nice. Not terribly involved but that was expected considering how many people there were, even when most of peak season's turnout quit. The point system is liable to ruin your life since the hours are not flexible and you get a point for nearly anything. 8 points and you no longer have a job (unless you're working peak. They'll keep you on until things calm down and then let you go. You can't return to the job after the 8 point mark either.)

Coworkers are hit and miss depending on who you already know and the group you're trained with. Your cell group (avoiding calling them cellmates because as much as we joked about it, its still a bit on the nose) will most likely start with 6-9 people who you (hopefully) can get along with. If you can be friends, you're likely to get some help when you struggle everynow and then. If not, no worries, by the end of peak season, provided you're still there, only 1 or 2 people from your group will still be around anyway.

This job is good shortterm and good if you have the time to have no other time to do anything. All that said, this is just what I experienced working through the busiest time for them when they both hire and layoff the most people. At the end of peak season was much, much more bearable. Almost boring with how little there was to do.

not even the restrooms are sterile!

The place is dirty, floor has gum in it, cameras spying on you on literally every cornor of every wall. They dont trust you, at all. Obviously someone abused their trust  the place one time and they are retaliating. 

Managment has 10 different answers to your one questions, and everyone thinks they are a co owner. 
Sick, or possibly had a life or death situation? hospital visit? well if its 3 or more days, your FIRED. Doctors notes or hospital notes, or any police notes, dont matter!  illegal much?

Phones are greasy and oily, (nobody cleans them) thats your job....
not enough seats for eveeryone to sit in. And if you come in 10 minutes early forget about being on time. There will not be enough seats for you, and NO you will still be late. even if you log in, they said its not just logging in and clocking in, its being on the phones....even if there is not enough seats for you to sit in.... and thats a TARDY.  3 trades? fired.


and the seats... well.. they are all broken in some way. most have no arm rests, and the functionality of the seats are always bent or broken. If you do get a chair, it looks like rats have been eating the seats and arm (if you are lucky enough to get one with an arm.) mysterious stains, and sticky substances all over the desk....

 No desk is yours, so dont get too attached. they cant even keep the room cooled down!  cheap much? This place generates millions of dollars, but you will never see a penny of it. not even in the summer.....its hot and muggy inside. And the employees you work with are not clean, they have BO, and it stinks the room up!

 The other new hires look like they are right out of jail or atleast on probation, rude, fighs break out alot,  ebonics  is the main language, and spanish. 

computers are so slow they crash constantly,and YES that will greatly affect your metrics. No excuses. Poorly organized, need i say more. 

the pay? well its exactly 25 cents more than minimum wage....

The job is easy enough if you catch on fast. Most people start out as seasonal and only become full-time after averaging so many hours, which can take a long time if you call out a lot. Seasonal positions are just that, Seasonal. Really, only good for a college student or teachers who need extra money. Because in reality it is almost impossible to support yourself and extremely impossible to support a family. The starting wage is only $8.50, which has gone up from where I started at $7.50. The people who work here are for the most part great, but there are annoying people everywhere so it kind of comes with the territory. 
The busiest time of the year is the summer time, the peak season. When the company hires all of the temporary people, to be trained and cycled through. If hired you will have "two weeks" training, that's loosely stated. It just depends on when you are hired and how many people are hired with you. If you catch on fast you will get less training, now that being said the trainer is always there if you have questions but will not be able to hoover over you the whole time. Asking questions is the key, if you have a problem you need answered then ask, but do not ask the same question every day or every other day. At some point you need to learn how to do the job you are being paid for, on your own. 
Oh if you plan to have a life over the summer months or plan to take a vacation, good luck is all I can say. Beginning around the beginning of May is the start of the peak season, so shortly after it begins most will be on SIX days a week. If work really picks up then there is the possibility of working a rare Sunday, but that is usually a voluntary option. Work usually slows down around September and that is when you find out if you need another job or not. Seasonal people are kept only if they are hard workers and your manager likes you.

I worked for Sports Endeavors for seven and a half years, and I regret giving that company so much of my life. On a typical day, you're either overworked (due to most new employees quitting on the first day) , or you're just standing around waiting for the leads to show up to work (most leads show up to work late, or don't show up at all). At my time with this company, I learned that you should just quit the if you don't land a full time position after three years. Management is awful. Communication issues between management and staff is constant, resulting in folks not being able to do their jobs effectively on a daily basis. Workplace culture is bad. Most workers keep to themselves, avoiding interaction with other coworkers as much as possible. Other workers are just downright hostile to others, resulting in a often toxic work environment. The hardest part of the job is to not have a mental breakdown due to the awful conditions you're faced with while on the job. The one thing I can say Sports Endeavors does well is the flexibility of their work schedules. Management is willing to work with you if you need to change anything about your schedule. If you're looking for long time employment, then stay far away from Sports Endeavors. They'll constantly promise to promote you to fulltime, only to never give it to you. They do not value long term employees, even though the company's turnover rate is massive. Overall, I regret working at Sports Endeavors. I thought I could have a legitimate  career at this company, but no, all I got in the end was false promises and worse off mental health. Stay away from Sports Endeavors. Stay far, far away. 

This succinct statement, "Can be fun, but it's still a call center," encapsulates the duality of many customer service roles. It suggests a workplace that attempts to inject positivity and engagement, perhaps through team activities or a lively atmosphere. However, the fundamental nature of the job – dealing with potentially stressed or frustrated customers within a structured, often metrics-driven environment – ultimately prevails.

Here's a breakdown of the review's implications:

"Can be fun":
This indicates that the work environment isn't entirely negative. There may be positive aspects, such as camaraderie among colleagues, occasional moments of satisfaction from helping customers, or even gamified elements to make the work more engaging.
It implies that the company or team makes an effort to create a positive atmosphere.
"but it's still a call center":
This serves as a reality check, acknowledging the inherent challenges of call center work.
It suggests that the repetitive nature of calls, the pressure to meet quotas, and the potential for dealing with difficult customers ultimately overshadow any attempts at fun.
This implies that the core function of the job, and the associated stressors, are unavoidable.
In essence, the sentence paints a picture of a workplace that tries to mitigate the inherent challenges of a call center environment, but ultimately cannot escape its fundamental nature. The review implies a realistic perspective, acknowledging both the positive and negative aspects of the job.

The task they ask you to do aren't hard at all just repetitive. The best thing that happened to this company is raising the hourly pay to a minimum of 9.50 and it goes up to about 10.50 depending on the position and you still have a good chance of earning incentives on every check if you are fast and efficient at your job. Chances for advancement are there but seldom seen, for instance one of my team leads has been there for about 2 years and went from seasonal/temporary to full time to team lead. On the other hand there are a few of my friends have been working at the same position for a long time.

A lot of young people there so the atmosphere can be very high school like at times but overall there are some good people that care about one another working there. So far I haven't had any issues with management the supervisors won't hawk over you and hound you at all they just sit at their computers in a zen like state all day and they really won't bash you for taking a day off here and there. The point system is fair and I like it very much personally. Only thing I would change about this job is the stability and security of your job. 

 Overall it's a good job that can bring in some nice income at times. I feel they genuinely care about their workers and are trying to reach the huge potential that they have as a company. If you are a college student or just struggling to find a job elsewhere this is the place to be.

I worked here for 2 months. I was hired and told that they start everyone out at minimum wage, BUT, you could make up to 2 dollars more bonus an hour if your "team" worked hard. Well, if the whole team doesn't work....you work your behinds off for a $13 "bonus" come payday. Its impossible to make your bonus b/c they are constantly hiring new personnel and they mess everything up in the system and there goes the bonus. They also tell you when they hire you that you work 40 hrs a week and an "occasional" Saturday or Sunday. I was scheduled for almost every weekend. We had to work on 4th of July for petes sake. What this company does is hire people to work a part-time job, they work you 40+ hours a week. No benefits. And when the peak season is over they lay you off. That's probably why you constantly see them advertising jobs. I believe one guy that worked there for 2 yrs as a part-time employee(40+) hrs a week. He told me that after 2 years he told them to hire him as a permanent employee or cut his hours back to part-time hours. What did they do, they cut his hours back so they wouldn't have to pay him benefits. There is no upward movement in this company. They have supervisors that have worked there since the place opened and aren't going anywhere. They have "crew leaders" that run the show and make $10 an hour. If you like repetitive, assembly line type work, then this job is for you. If you want to get paid low pay for working your behinds off for them to get rich, go ahead.

Terrible place to work, they pay you almost nothing, treat you're worthless, work you like a slave, and the most of the management don't know how to run a department. When "busy season" comes around and they tell you you'll only have to work a few weekends, they mean 90% of every weekend for 3 months, seriously. Always short-staffed, they hire to fire to rehire, throughout the year, every year. I was there for over a year during my senior year of high school, and watched so many people come and go and wish I'd have done the same long ago, awful place to work. Their policy for "full time" is also out of whack, say you get sick and don't work all of 40 hours in a week, unless you use up your sick/vacation time, you have to work a weekend to make up your missed hours or else you get a strike and after 2-3, you lose your benefit. I worked 40+ hour weeks for about 6 months and didn't get a dime's worth of benefits, before that, 25+ hour weeks for not even partial insurance like their website stated, I believe they finally removed that off their website since they weren't carrying out.

SEI (Eurosport) is unbelievably unprofessional.  They will get you in, train you, and then SCARE YOU TO DEATH to make you work like a coal miner.  Their lay-offs are HUGE.  One year they laid off half of their staff.  And management?   They are the biggest joke.  Spineless, passive-aggressive, and will fire you if you don't firmly place your nose in their posterior.

Don't believe me?  Apply for yourself and see.  Their retention rate is abysmal and because they are the largest soccer company in the world, they walk around with giant sticks up their arses.  

So, if you want to be worked to the bone for $8.00 per hour and you are black, hispanic, and/or female (they don't hire white males anymore -- seriously).  Then start digging your grave and fill out an application.  You've been warned.

Typical day was clock in at 4, go to the back, begin sorting out orders (if there were any when we got there). if not doing that, we made sure the orders from the previous shift were placed correctly. The job was kind of stressful from the get-go, management wasn't very active when training us- like, at all. So, my co-workers and myself were constantly running around having to ask questions over and over, getting sent to the wrong departments to take our sorted orders to, it was just very demanding and stressful (not to mention POORLY managaed) job to begin with. It definitely didn't help 8 hours 6 days a week, so don't get me wrong, an extra 8 hours on top of full time was more money in my pocket, but almost wasn't worth it to sit around and barely do anything, it made time go by so slow

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Press operator 4 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour
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Seasonal associate 3 salaries reported	$15.67 per hour
Human resources manager 6 salaries reported	$259,792 per year
Call center representative 1 salary reported	$13.50 per hour

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