The work is relentless and thankless, not just on the customer end, but on the employer end
Their immediate response to what they perceive as problems is to get more reports which customer care agents have to complete after every call and email and somehow keep their numbers up
Advancement too tied to optional feedback from customers that are only filled out when they're heated and upset, making promotion from CS near impossible
Location means you're either taking public transit in, which is hard for some of us, or paying large amounts for parking, most of which the company will not help with.
They tell us that we are not allowed to cherry-pick emails to respond to, but when you go to higher ups asking how you can do better in terms of customer satisfaction, they will tell you to cherry-pick, forcing you to balance keeping your job and actually getting halfway decent results for job longevity.
You cannot trade shifts with someone working different hours for one day with prior request or notice from both of you, no matter the emergency.
Management is very deflective of criticism, and will not report when another is doing anything wrong.