Help Desk I - Help Desk Analyst CAI Employee Review

2.0
19 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible Management Somewhat flexible schedule Great office environment Great Knowledge Base System "OK" pay for young grads/students

Cons

Very poor transition from "student associate" to full time "help desk associate". My responsibilities were double what my co-workers were as a student so I expected a decent pay bump when coming on permanently. Over worked, too many accounts to manage(10+), get IM'd when the quene gets back up. After hours support is ridiculous especially weekends you're left by yourself to manage every account that you probably have maybe 2 hours a week of experience/training on. Poor Escalation procedures, often left having to call an on-call tech for after hours who doesn't really care about the urgency of the request. Overall, if you are looking for just an "IT Job" this is it, probably won't advance. I used the 3.5 years of experience to get a IT Job with University of Pittsburgh. Thankful for the experience but it could of been better.

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Cons

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CAI Response
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We appreciate your time at CAI and thank you for leaving us a review! We are so happy to hear about your positive experience you had with CAI and the insight you provided. We wish you the best on the next step of your career journey!
2.0
1 Jul 2026
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Pros

Overtime is available and easy to get after a couple of month

Cons

Organizational structure broken. Passive aggressive leadership.

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