Maestro vs. Verint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)

Maestro is great for managing my membership and is terrific with reservations. At this time I am not sure if there is any scenario where it is less appropriate. I guess it doesn't work well as an interface for a golf shop, for tee times, etc. And, any golf product we get doesn't speak well with Maestro, so maybe golf. But, they may have a solution for that too.

Incentivized

• Easy to scale up, especially for a company with staff in different locations.
• Real-time adherence, compatible with non-telephony systems, particularly webchat and email.
• Highly customizable system for administrators and resource planners.
• Time off management including automated holidays, shift swap.
• Requires specialist support to get the system working.

Incentivized

• Easy progress reports using a type of "mail merge" built in template
• Reports tab is a nice feature
• Seems fairly stable and reliable

Incentivized

• The end user interface and administration is easy to use
• Ease to integrate with Avaya PBX based on my expertise
• The Customer Survey application is excellent and has a well defined architecture to get accurate feedback for a CS representative
• The solution is robust to work with

• Guest Names - I do have some difficulty with guest names. Many people want two names on their member profile. When I use Schmoe, Joe And Jane, it capitalizes the A in and. If I use the ampersand I have issues with the name processing. So, just one primary member and no ampersand.
• Creating New Folios - For some reason it is very easy to create a new folio under a member account and you have to finish creating it before you can back out of it. I have done that a few times but not a huge deal.
• Access Levels - Is there an easy to follow list of access levels and what they include? I guess I should ask Maestro this. Maybe not an issue...

Incentivized

• Products need to be able to support current operating system and Java revisions on a more timely basis
• Implementation resources are often in high demand and engaging them often create delays, as they frequently don't use the same resource within the same project and for the same client. Delays occur when new resources need to be educated on information /history between resources
• Project managers need to understand the products better so they can be engaged better with the implementations

Maestro is what we are comfortable with and probably what we'll stay with, but it can be slow at times and lacks certain functionalities

Incentivized

Honestly, from what I hear from other industry experts, other WFO systems have the same support issues we have with Verint. We know the product and the system is maturing and becoming more stable. The business has no issue with the Verint product and is seeking to grow not only what we have in place today, but are very interested in other products, such as BackOffice Analytics, that Verint has to offer. I would just love to see a stronger partnership with Avaya.

Because its great

I love Maestro support! They are always available or get back to you quickly. The employees that work at Maestro must get treated well because they are always positive and patient on the phone with me. And, even though I am not great with technology they always help me find a solution.

Incentivized

Because its excellent tool

I do not have any key insights regarding implementation of Verint

Maestro is the first lodging software I have reviewed. I do not have much other experience with lodging software so I am unable to compare. I do really like that Maestro has the support we need in an ever challenging customer service world. Thanks for being a great tool for our resort!

Incentivized

I haven't actually used any other WFO solutions as yet Verint has been apart of our organization since 2008/9 and i have been managing it since 2013/14. I have looked at alternative solutions in the past but none seem to ever come up to the same standard as Verint in all areas. We recently upgraded from Version 11 to 15.1 so we are still in the early stages of getting to grip with the newer version and all the added functionality.

Incentivized

• At one point our step pricing was not working properly so we did lose some room revenue. Maestro helped us get this resolved.
• Maestro saves time, which saves money, by having all of our member billing, reservations and more in one location.
• No other impacts that I can think of.

Incentivized

• It has a great ROI in that, if this is setup correctly, it will tie scheduling with adherence and therefore make setting staffing levels a breeze
• Employee efficiency was also up because of scorecards and adherence client which keeps agents on the ball