Unethical - Telephone Interviewer Venture Data Employee Review

1.0
20 Dec 2014
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Pros

You can wear sweatpants to work and have facial piercings and crazy hair. Filled with friendly, interesting, diverse people. Supervisors are generally kind and helpful. You can do your own thing during brief moments of downtime as long as it doesn't require prolonged attention.

Cons

It's frustrating to not have a set schedule, and the work is mind-numbing. But the most frustrating aspect of working here is that most of the time, you are doing some distinctly unethical, and most of the people you're talking to know it. Merely calling people is not unethical, but it offends people anyway. You must be prepared to be yelled at and sworn at at least once a day. Luckily, most people will just sound irritated but maintain politeness. It's when you are forced to read push polls that it gets even worse. Not only do people grow angry (and sometimes amused), but you yourself know what you're doing. Right-wing politicians pay for minimum-wage workers to irritate people all day long, spout lies in the form of "questions," and take all the resulting abuse. You are always required to call past nine PM, at which point 90% of calls start out knowing somebody is going to answer pissed off. The supervisors don't care what kind of abuse you're getting and will continue to insist you make phone calls, sometimes up to 10 PM. It seems atrociously inefficient, but that's how they do things.

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5.0
8 May 2026
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Pros

- good management - very flexible hours - disability friendly Management was amazing. First job I had where management was very blunt and clear about expectations and had no hard feelings that I wasn't up to the job. I really wish I could have stayed if only because the whole office was so chill. Very disability friendly as well.

Cons

- rude callers - typical call center cons - no parking People you call assume you're a scammer and can be really mean or think they are pulling one over by wasting time haha. Paid by the hour, so they aren't, but I'll admit it gets frustrating. 1/3 of callers assume it is a scam call.

1.0
9 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You get paid some money

Cons

It’s money that is made through spreading hateful and false narratives around the country via telephone. They are directly responsible for the evil we are seeing play out right now but hey at least you don’t have to apply yourself right. Oh and by flexible schedule they mean “work when we say or don't work”

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