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Job Description

Who Is Follow Up Boss?

  • We’re a communication and sales CRM for real estate teams (and we use our own product)
  • We’re a bootstrapped, profitable company started back in April of 2011
  • We’re a remote company with a mostly US-based team  
  • We don’t just claim to be customer-centric - we live it: https://gainful.io/jobs/1W9xBAukw/l/0


Why Work Here?

  • We’re a young, ambitious company who only answers to our customers
  • Opportunity to have a big impact on our growth and your career
  • No red tape or pointless meetings
  • Starting salary at $60,000, health/dental/vision insurance, 20 days paid holiday, and other great perks (fitness, coffee, etc)!


This Role Is For You If…

  • You always go out of your way to support customers; no problem is too hard to solve
  • You are known for your positive outlook; you are a glass half full type of person who is known for turning challenges into opportunities
  • You would describe yourself as a patient, empathetic, and having a good sense of humor
  • You’re independent, self-motivated, and can stay efficient and productive without someone looking over your shoulder all day long
  • Superb written and verbal skills (with a professional yet fun demeanor)
  • You consider yourself tech-savvy and efficient with SaaS applications


Your qualifications:

  • Self-motivated and proactive mindset.
  • Remote work experience is considered an asset.
  • Experience in a SAAS company is considered an asset.
  • Based in the USA, quiet home office with fast internet.
  • Prior experience in a customer-facing role (Support, Success, Account Management, or Sales).


Your responsibilities will include:

  • Answering incoming phone calls from customers via Zendesk to answer product questions, help connect lead sources and integrations, and troubleshoot issues. 
  • Answering support tickets via Zendesk to help customers.
  • Helping new customers get started and winning them over from the get-go.
  • Monitoring accounts to ensure that our customers are thrilled, and looking out for (and addressing) warning signs of churn.
  • Advocating customers’ requests and needs across the entire company. (We use Basecamp to communicate internally.)
  • Educating about newly released features and functionality.
  • Contributing to our Help Center (help.followupboss.com) and internal documentation.


30 Day Targets:

  • Learn the Follow Up Boss software & product offerings to be effective in the position
  • Complete all position-specific onboarding tasks, setup, and initial training
  • Virtually meet all Follow Up Boss support team members
  • Start to actively work in the ticket queue on a daily basis


60 Day Targets

  • Meet or exceed KPI expectations (call + ticket count per day)
  • Contribute to maintaining internal and external documentation
  • Be able to independently advocate for customers within Basecamp (to resolve issues, relay feedback, etc.


Why Follow up Boss?

❤️ This is us

🏝 Work remotely: Live and work wherever you like!

💰 Competitive salary: Our career framework pays in the top 10% no matter where you live.

👩🏾‍⚕️ Insurance: Company-paid health, dental & vision insurance for all of our team members and their families.

🍼 Family leave: generous family leave - fully paid!

💻 Home office setup: Get a Macbook Pro + $1000 to set up your home office.

👩🏻‍🏫 Personal development stipend: $1000 per year to focus on bettering yourself.

🤑 401(k): With 6% company match!

✈️ Retreats: Join us for company get-togethers every year!

☕️ Co-working stipend: Get some extra cash for a co-working space or a coffee shop work.

📚 Free books and Kindle: Get a free Kindle and all the free books - digital and audio - you like, anytime.

💪 Gym: Monthly stipend to keep you active and feeling good.

☕️ Money each month to spend on caffeine.


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We can’t wait to meet you!

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