
Customer Support Representative – Escalations
Outschool
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $20 - $25 per hour
About the role
- Provide high-quality product support to parents and teachers, primarily via chat and email
- Resolve customer inquiries with empathy, clarity, and sound judgment
- Handle more complex or sensitive support situations, escalating internally when appropriate
- Follow established workflows while adapting to new products, tools, and policies
- Take on additional CX-related tasks as needed to support team operations
Requirements
- Quick learner with a passion for Outschool
- Strong written communication skills with a customer-first mindset
- Comfortable working independently and making decisions within defined guidelines
- Thrives in a fast-changing environment, with a track record of adapting to new products and features
- Nice to Have: Experience in K–12 education, Startup experience, Bachelor degree, Background in escalated support or QA of customer interactions, Technical aptitude or experience supporting software products with complex workflows.
Benefits
- Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options, retirement plans.
- Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance — plus fertility/family planning coverage and access to ModernHealth coaching & therapy.
- PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies.
- Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and a new office in San Francisco. Bay Area–based employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote, with support for expensable home office setup, internet, and weekly meals to stay connected no matter where you are.
- Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes.
- Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports Outschool.org’s nonprofit programs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Soft Skills
empathyclaritysound judgmentstrong written communicationcustomer-first mindsetindependent decision-makingadaptabilityfast-changing environment
Certifications
Bachelor degree