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Customer Retention Specialist roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, psychology, or a related field. Employers in SaaS, financial services, and telecom are the most active sponsors, filing LCAs under SOC codes tied to customer service management and business operations.
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Company Overview:
ADT has been in the business of helping save lives since 1874. As the #1 smart home security provider in the U.S., we help protect and connect families, businesses and larger commercial customers every day. Our continuous innovation, advanced technology and strategic partnerships deliver products and services that help protect life and valuables, whether at home, your business or on the go. And as times change, so do we. Above all, our mission is clear: we help save lives for a living. Looking for a career where you can make a real impact? Join our team today and put purpose behind your paycheck. #WeAreADT
What The Role Is:
In this Remote Customer Service/Sales Representative role, you will be a Retention Specialist whose role is to retain a customer who wants to cancel their ADT services. You will play a key role in the growth of our organization by serving as an expert problem solver in a retention and sales capacity.
You will handle a high volume of incoming calls from customers requesting to cancel and act as an expert by proactively identifying opportunities and recommending long-term solutions to keep a customer’s business.
The Retention Specialist’s number one goal is to provide an award-winning customer experience that increases brand loyalty and retains customers for the long term. A successful retention specialist gets it right the first time by making a situation right and reducing the need for repeat calls or escalations.
This position is fully onsite at our Jacksonville, FL location during training then will be fully remote once graduated from training: 10401 Deerwood Park Blvd, Building 2; Jacksonville, FL 32256
What’s In It For You:
- Culture is Everything! You are not joining a company – you are joining a family who all share the same goal – Saving Lives.
- Development, Development, Development! – We are serious about creating a culture of career advancement! We want you to achieve your goals personally and professionally!
- ADT – It’s an Experience! We create an inclusive experience for every employee focused on family, partnership, development, incentives, and fun!
Job Expectations:
- You will work in a dynamic, collaborative environment, working closely with customers and coworkers.
- Utilize customer service and sales experience daily.
- Save the business by re-selling customers on the value of ADT and what matters most.
- Must have sales experience; you will be expected to persuade and upsell customers while reducing customers' frustration and displeasure to ultimately save customers. Escalated calls are a high % of the calls you will receive.
- Appropriately handle back-to-back calls with care, empathy, compassion, overcoming objections, de-escalation and professionalism to ensure the best customer experience.
- Use attention to detail, listen to customer clues, to ask the right questions to uncover the issues and/or concerns to save/sell.
- Leverage exceptional de-escalation skills on difficult escalated calls with a focus on identifying concerns and providing multiple offers to resolve the customer’s concern.
- Retain long-term business for ADT through customer service commitments. Provide the right solution to save the Customer.
- Use proven problem-solving skills to quickly identify the cause of a cancellation request, create quick calculations to work with the customer to negotiate the right solution.
- Consistently improve performance and achieve your goals.
- Ability to multitask; Use several tools (10+) to help retain our customers and make them customers for life through tools like negotiating a lower rate, crediting them for billing errors, providing service to fix their system, and even selling them additional equipment.
- Maintain knowledge of ADT policies, products, services, and systems as well as knowledge of the wireless industry, service capabilities, and other security companies.
Job Requirements:
- Attendance adherence is critical to your success. Training/Onboarding attendance is required for the length of the training program every day for 8-12 weeks. Any time missed affects your success.
- Private, undisturbed place to work from home, free from any distractions.
- Designated distraction-free place to work from home.
- High speed internet: DSL, Cable, or Fiber internet service with the ability to hardwire via ethernet from cable modem to your PC.
- 5G Home Internet and Fixed wireless internet are not accepted providers.
- Internet Speeds of at least 50mbps to download and 25mbps to upload.
How Will You Train:
This role has onsite training required at our Jacksonville, FL office.
During our 8-week program, you will receive daily support from our training and onboarding teams to ensure you are successful.
Your learning journey is focused on product knowledge, selling/saving, competition and systems training.
Our training program focuses on training that equips you to be the expert within ADT to ensure you meet and exceed your sales targets, which increases your bonus potential.
We provide development to advance your career with other internal roles and opportunities for your long-term success.
We’re looking for someone with these skills:
- The ability to work with numerous screens and programs open to help resolve customer issues.
- Experience in Sales, Customer Retention, Customer experience, and retaining customers’ loyalty to a product or service.
- Be able to interpret contracts and communicate terms and conditions.
- Perform quick calculations.
- Active listening.
- Negotiation Skills.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- 2+ years: in a sales role, in which you had to sell or save a customer, selling and/or saving customers in a company tied to performance.
- 2+ years: Call Center Customer Service / Sales Experience.
- High school diploma, GED, college degree or some college experience.
Schedule:
Our department is closed on weekends and most holidays, allowing our employees to enjoy every weekend off!
Training:
This role has onsite training required at our Jacksonville, FL office: 10401 Deerwood Park Blvd, Building 2; Jacksonville, FL 32256
This role requires onsite training for up to 90 days in Jacksonville, FL.
Pay and Benefits:
- Paid Training.
- Full benefits on the 1st of the month after 31 days of employment.
- Energetic and engaging work environments.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer matching.
- Paid vacation time.
- Tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses.
- A culture of coaching, development, and career growth opportunities.
Pay and Benefits Disclosure:
The starting hourly rate for this position is $18.00 per hour and will reach $21.00 per hour after 180 days of employment. (You will receive incremental increases of .50 every 30 days until the rate of $21.00 is reached).
Why Choose ADT?
At ADT it’s more than a job, it’s a noble purpose that defines us. We are the leading provider of electronic security, interactive home and business automation and monitoring services for residences and small businesses in the United States. Every employee, from our executive leadership team to our support centers are united under one noble purpose, we help save lives for a living. We are everyday heroes. You are doing more than earning a paycheck, you’re in an important role that makes an impact in the lives of our customers every single day. Join a company of individuals with passion, commitment, drive and ambition, using and developing our talents for good at work, home and our communities.
The anticipated end date for application submission is 8/31/26. The role is scheduled to start 9/28/26.
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Verify your role qualifies as specialty occupation
Pull the O*NET profile for your target SOC code and confirm the listed education requirement is a specific bachelor's degree field, not a general degree. USCIS denies H-1B petitions for retention roles when job postings say 'degree preferred' rather than 'required.'
Check prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Run your job title and work location through the OFLC Wage Search before negotiating salary. Your offered wage must meet or exceed the Level I–IV prevailing wage for your SOC code, and the employer certifies this on the LCA before filing.
Target employers with E-Verify enrollment
Filter your job search to companies enrolled in E-Verify. STEM OPT employers are already required to enroll, and many large SaaS and financial services firms maintain enrollment as a compliance baseline, which signals H-1B sponsorship infrastructure.
Search H-1B-sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Customer Retention Specialist roles by employers with verified LCA filing history. This surfaces companies that have already sponsored the exact SOC codes tied to retention and customer success roles, cutting out cold outreach.
Time your application around the H-1B cap cycle
H-1B cap registrations open in March for an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT, confirm your end date gives you enough runway to bridge through a cap-gap period. Missing the registration window means waiting a full year for the next cycle.
Document customer success metrics for your petition
Your employer's attorney will need evidence that the role requires a specific degree field, not just any bachelor's. Prepare job descriptions, internal competency frameworks, and performance metrics tied to analytical or strategic functions to support the specialty occupation argument.
H-1B Visa Customer Retention Specialist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Customer Retention Specialist role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. USCIS requires that the role qualify as a specialty occupation, meaning it normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field like business, marketing, or data analytics. Generalist customer service roles often fail this test. Roles with analytical, strategic, or technical components tied to a specific degree field are far stronger candidates.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for retention roles most often?
SaaS companies, fintech firms, telecom providers, and subscription-based consumer businesses file the most LCAs for customer retention and customer success roles. These industries rely heavily on data-driven retention strategies, which supports the specialty occupation argument by tying the role to specific analytical or behavioral science degree fields. Use Migrate Mate to browse roles with verified LCA filing history by industry.
What SOC code applies to Customer Retention Specialist jobs?
Most Customer Retention Specialist roles are filed under SOC 11-2021 (Marketing Managers), 13-1161 (Market Research Analysts), or 43-4051 (Customer Service Representatives), depending on the employer's job description. The SOC code determines the prevailing wage level on the LCA. Roles filed under management or analyst codes carry higher wage floors but are easier to defend as specialty occupations.
Can my employer file an H-1B for me if I'm currently on OPT?
Yes. Your employer registers you in the H-1B lottery in March, and if selected, files the full petition for an October 1 start date. If your OPT expires before October 1 and your petition is pending, the cap-gap rule automatically extends your work authorization. You must stay employed with the same sponsoring employer throughout the cap-gap period to maintain valid status.
How do I find Customer Retention Specialist jobs where the employer already sponsors H-1B visas?
Search on Migrate Mate, which shows Customer Retention Specialist listings filtered by employers with active LCA filing history. This tells you which companies have already gone through the DOL certification process for similar roles, so you're not guessing whether sponsorship is available. Cold applications to companies with no prior H-1B filings in this occupation category rarely result in sponsorship offers.