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The silent exit of poor customer service

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Most customers who feel they have been the recipients of poor customer service will never vocalize their feelings to a particular organization. So what are some of the more obvious signs of poor customer service that silently drive customers away?

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Qualities to Look for When Building Your Customer Service Team

Help.com

Running a company can be complicated–especially when you realize you need to grow your team. The business of customer service has grown consistently, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics says the number of customer service representatives will have grown by 5% between 2016 and 2026. then read on.

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Flying in the face of poor customer service

Helen Dewdney

It should of course have been Thomson which gave the people who moved a “thank you” present and Paul and his wife an apology gift. This isn’t for the sake of greed, it is to allow the company “wriggle room” to negotiate. They were obviously glad when they landed to get off the plane. The redress. Thomson offered £252.

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Does a lack of human interaction cost businesses money?

Vonage

Self-service technologies provide customers with what they want while decreasing the business cost of providing one-to-one assistance delivered by a human. For this reason, a growing number of companies are relying on automated solutions to deliver their customer support experiences. .

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Top 10 Examples of Poor Customer Service

CSM Magazine

That’s part of the problem today, not many people or companies deliver excellent customer service. Why is customer service that poor? One reason is that the customers have become accustomed to poor service. Few companies stand out, mediocre service is rampant.

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Americans changing banks because of fees and poor customer service

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So if we are to assume more customers are attracted to bigger banks because personnel is better trained to concentrate on the positive attributes of larger banks and use more initiatives to attract customers, then we might also assume those very customers are leaving big banks at an even higher rate?

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Customer Service Week: A Time to Celebrate Customers AND Employees

ShepHyken

And of course, one of my favorite “holidays” is National Customer Service Week , which happens the first full week of October each year. Traditionally, Customer Service Week has been the time to highlight and celebrate the great work employees do to take care of their customers. This year it’s October 5-9.