Working at First Data in Atlanta, GA: 20 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Atlanta, GA Area

"4 years full time employee"

"In my opinion, the company (owned now by KKR) is trying to make its books look good for its upcoming IPO. It's getting rid of many employees, some of them have been with the company for decades, with arbitrary and detached company policy changes. First Data has great potential as a workplace and a company, but I don't see it realizing that potential with its upper management in its current state."

"It's a nice company to work in although they pay very less to the intern."

"Huge company, lots of room for growth."

"This job involved the following skills: • Respond to inquiries of a technical nature which are non-routine and require deviation from standard screens, scripts, and procedures. • Supports application, IT, RDC, and POS hardware and software products. • Diagnoses, tests, and resolves problems using documented procedures and checklists. • Handles problem recognition, research, and resolution steps in Salesforce."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Selling merchant services to small businesses. The different specific campaigns I was allowed to work on."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, stay positive because they try to trip you up on the changes of certain campaigns when you start making extra commission from what was originally projected."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"The people were not the best examples of a corporate structured environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make note of the employees that want to grow with the company."

"First Data is a Fabulous Company to work for."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"The people that surround me every day The people I work with every day."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great company be prepared for this job to consume your life if your partnerships and relationships are not high volume accounts."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"management communication skills technology provided to do your job. change of product on our calls and indeed not the follow through in the field."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They are extremely busy with all the aspects involved. more guidance and help with customer service issues..."

"Working for First Data Merchant Services was the best experience of my life"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"What I liked about working at the company was the relaxed atmosphere and knowing that my customers trusted me with their cash flow."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"What I didn't like about working at the company was there was no rotation. You always stayed on the same team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion for manangement would be to consider changing individuals around to different teams to break up the monotony."

"Was with First Data for over 6 years and most of it was great!"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Comp plan was great! Was able to take that opportunity and make it in to high sales."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good comoany but I think when leasing equipment there should be more options."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"At the end of my time there the comp plan changed and so did my manager. I was selling a bank alliance that had no loactions in the state of Illinois or Wisconsin."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep reps selling the region that they live and work in."

"Good Experience"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"The knowlege learned about the industry"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Expand on any previous success stories pertaining to overall sales experience"

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"Certain Constraints on opportunity for location in Atlanta, GA."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better support to drive performance"

"It's fair"

What do you like about working at First Data?

"I got to meet a lot of people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, they should clarify up front about their leads, otherwise they'll go nowhere."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"I did not like to work inside, on the phone all day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think if they update the leads they have in their storage account executives would be able to close a lot more business, they have leads 3 to 5 years old. lot of times those businesses don't even exist or have changed ownership at least once, twice in some cases. Then, they expect Account Executives to make miracles."

"First Data has many benefits for working there however I'm looking for additional growth that they are not able to provide."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"The resources, there are currently 25,000 employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You must be Hungry, Humble and Smart."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"The fact that there are 25,000 employees, example, I grew a department from 1.6 million in annual revenue to 23 million in the course of 4 years. However, when the company is earning 11 billion in a year that growth doesn't seem so impressive."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Seek frist to understand than to be understood."

"For entry level, First Data is excellent."

"Great Place to work....."

What do you like about working at First Data?

"Making alot of money and the spliffs"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready to sharpen your sales skills."

What don't you like about working at First Data?

"The compensation plan changing and the change to a private corporation..."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Help keep the compensation plan the same or increase...not decrease."