A:Not at this number; hours here are Mon-Fri 10am-6pm EST.The least busy day is Wednesday, and the most busy day is Monday.If the call center is closed, you can schedule a call.
Q:
How long will I wait on hold?
A:The average hold time is 17 minutes.The longest hold times are on Wednesday, and the shortest are on Monday.You can skip the hold time for free.
How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
Consider using our free service that calls and talks to customer service for you, then sends you a report. Or use our free service that waits on hold and tells you when a human rep is on the line. But if those options don't appeal to you, our team has also documented the phone menu for Care.com below.
Our AI powered phone can dial, navigate the phone menu, wait on hold, and even talk to customer service for you, for free. You don't even need to learn about the path through the various phone options.
That same, free GetHuman Phone can call and navigate the menus and wait on hold for you, but you can opt to do all the talking. We notify you when a rep is on the line and ready to talk, so no need to worry about changing menu options and weaving your way through the maze.
Of course, we completely understand if you prefer to do all the dialing, waiting, and talking yourself. All of these free tools are optional.
GetHuman researchers routinely call this Care.com phone number to document the phone system.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Press 3, then wait
Below are some clips we've found from Care.com's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
Heard when the phone system first answers
"Thank you for calling Care.
For English, press one.
If you are a vendor requesting verification, please press six now to be transferred to our dial by name directory.
I cannot hear you.
Thank you for calling care."
Excerpt from a call with Care.com
Thursday, January 11, 2024 4:17 PM
They may ask you to enter information with the dial pad
"Thank you for call please press zero now to use our dial by name directory.
Please Please use your telephone keypad to enter the first two or more letters of the person's last name."
Excerpt from a call with Care.com
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 2:25 PM
The first phone menu
"Thank you for calling Care. For English, press one.
If you are a vendor requesting verification, please press six now to be transferred to our dial by name directory."
Excerpt from a call with Care.com
Friday, August 9, 2024 7:05 PM
What are the hours and when should I call?
Care.com operates the call center for this 877-227-3115 phone number Mon-Fri 10am-6pm ET.The short answer is that you should call on a Wednesday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 2,109 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, it will automatically wait until the Care.com call center opens before trying to call. It will ask your permission before it places the call, so you can also further delay that scheduled call until you are ready. But that means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Care.com phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Care.com staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Care.com is Wednesday.The most busy day to call is Monday, which averages 30% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 2,109 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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Busiest
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Quietest
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The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Monday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Wednesday.
In summation, the best day to call Care.com is Wednesday.This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that Care.com staffs the call center well on Wednesday.
I use Care.com to find babysitters in my area, but I have a question about the screening process they use because I saw someone in my community choices that I am doubtful about. This has made me concerned about any babysitters that I might choose. Therefore, I wanted to talk to someone from the company about how they screen before I use their services again. I might be blowing this out of proportion, but I would still like to talk to someone. However, that seems a little harder to do than I thought.
Since Care.com handles senior care, babysitting, pet care, tutoring, and housekeeping there are a lot of reasons why people might end up on the phone with the company. This would explain a large wait time, but it doesn't explain why there is absolutely no phone response from the company. While I can respect that a lot of companies prefer offering digital help to help streamline their customer service, in this type of field you really should be able to talk to someone when you have an issue arise. I looked around for a bit, but I didn't really find a way.
I tried calling this number, and at first, it seemed helpful. I was greeted by an automated agent that said, "Thank you for calling Care. For English, press 1. If you are a vendor requesting verification, please press 6 now to be transferred to our dial-by-name directory." I pressed one and waited to be connected to an agent or another directory which I assumed might be the case since they have so many different divisions, instead, I was passed onto another recorded message that said, "Thank you for calling Care. Many of our questions can be answered by visiting our help center at help.care.com. If you are a member log into your account and press Help Center at the bottom of the page to read our FAQ or to contact our member care team. Thank you."
After the statement ended, it abruptly hung up on me which caught me a bit off-guard. I was shocked, but then I thought that maybe something happened with the phone line so I called again. The exact same thing happened so clearly the only option I had was to go online and talk to someone from their help center. I looked and they do at least have an online chat option, but that isn't quite what I wanted. For now, I guess I will have to try that and see where it gets me.
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More Care.com Customer Service Contacts
There are of course other ways to contact Care.com customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.
Corresponding with a customer service department by email may not be your first choice, especially if your issue is urgent or time-sensitive. But email is a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, and Care.com will reply our your email.
Care.com, like many companies, provides customer service on the X platform (formerly Twitter). While it rarely entails live dialogue with a customer service rep, this channel can yield rapid response times and can be a useful option if you have an X/Twitter account.
Some customer service teams, like that of Care.com, accept inquiries through Facebook Messenger. This is a good option if you have a Facebook account, and you may even be able to converse live with an agent this way.
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Care.com customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is Care.com's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Care.com agent. This phone number is Care.com's best phone number because 69,444 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 877-227-3115 include Cancel Account, Refund a Charge, Account Access, Profile Setup, Update Account Info and other customer service issues. The Care.com call center that you call into has employees from Massachusetts, New York and is open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm ET according to customers. In total, Care.com has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Care.com representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
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