Big companies care less about customers
So who said Big is Beautiful!!!?
Another BIG company has just proved to me, once again, that BIG makes for incompetence on a BIG scale, shoddiness on a BIG scale, money-wasting on a BIG scale and time-wasting on an even BIGGER scale, to name but a few elements of corporate blundering. I've just received a letter from my car insurance company (Sheila's Wheels) telling me that they wrote to me a few weeks ago reminding me my car insurance was due shortly. The first letter was dated and sent nearly one week AFTER I had already renewed my policy with them! To ensure that they did have my (paid for) insurance records correct I wrote back to them and gave them cross referencing details regarding my old policy and my new one.
For my own peace of mind I will have to, again, respond to this second (unnecessary) letter as I have no faith in them being able to keep my records correct and if I don't respond to this letter, the possibility is they will incorrectly cancel my already renewed policy.
Is it any wonder that companies complain that they can't cope with demands put upon them, the amount of time spent duplicating situations. If they recorded details immediately and accurately (and employed people who could actually read and understand what they are looking at) most BIG companies would find that (a) they had very satisfied customers (b) they weren't haemorrhaging valuable and unnecessary cash; and (c) by not time-wasting, would find they had more time to add new customers to their merry-go-round - but who cares? Obviously not them!
It's about time that the people in the boardrooms got off their butts and took a look at what is happening (or not) within the sub-standard foundations (ground floor staff) of their company - that's if they could be bothered of course!
...and BT staff are another bunch of incompetents as in my latest communique with them I emphasised the fact that any reply from them had to be WRITTEN as I couldn't trust them to carry out/record a spoken instruction. They've just TELEPHONED to speak to me regarding my letter!
By: Gillybow
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Capitalism does not benefit the majority of people, only the very few.
Capitalism is about exploitation of others.
Are You Really Free? - 20-Nov-11 06:57
British Gas
Thames Water
Southern Water
BT
list goes on.
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Stupidly brought a BT branded cordless (not DECT) phone to install at home and one of the handsets has stopped working properly.
Gave BT and call and they wouldn't even consider some form of replacement or anything despite the fact it's their own branded product.
In truth it's a crap one anyway; big/bulky and feels like it was made in some dodgy European country.
As for the BBC. Do not pay your licence fee. There is thousands of hour free TV on the web. You are paying for Sky and Vigin so why should you pay tax for a parasitite, goverment controlled media.
HAPPYBUNNYNOT - 18-Feb-10 20:47
Instead of a Trade Union we have a worker's council. What a toothless useless tiger that is. The firm simply ignores it, and any "suggestions" it may have. What a waste of time.
Globablisation will eventually reduce Europe and its member nations and citizens to total penury. Don't be otherwise fooled.
Capitalism is all about the exploitation of workers. It always was and it always will be. The larger the firms there are the more the explotation. Exploitation can extend right across the ocean, rigght across the world.
Big Bad Wolfs - 16-Feb-10 07:17
Shareholders and pension funds, and retirees look to your pockets. The really clever operators will screw you too.
Only a Court can issue a 'court summons'. As simple as that! My previous comments still stand. But thank you for your contribution and interest anyway.
miserablemoaninggit - 4-Jan-10 18:49
Music to my ears.
I am glad to note that NU / Aviva are suffering as a direct result of their unpleasant staff.
The more pain they receive the greater the possibility that changes may be introduced or (they are adversely affected financially).
oldgrumpywoman - 3-Jan-10 09:46
I swore never to deal with Norwich Union again when I was 'cold-called' by a smarmy unctuous salesman who'd seen in the trade press that I had been 'promoted' within a company I worked for. His voice was oozing with oily falseness as he asked me if I 'might require any assistance with life insurance'. I replied that I was 'quite adequately covered, thank you', to which he responded that 'quite adequate is not enough, you should be more than adequately covered'.
As a result of this I cancelled the Norwich Union policies on some of our vehicles and buildings, and issued a directive to all staff to avoid the company if possible.
Actually they have little interest in that goal. It is far more profitable to them that you end up in purgatory, having to pay for the priest to pray for your soul. Widow's mite buy damn all nowadays.
God couldn't give a damn how many up with him in Paradise anyway. He simply doesn't care if you all go to Hell, after all what investment has he made in protecting your soul. None as far as I can see.
Oh please don't tell me the tale of the Christ all over again.
Schismatic Cynic - 31-Dec-09 17:50
I do know what she was presented with and in no way was she 'duped'. I am also quite aware of the proper course of action that could have been followed however (and this may not have been evident from my comments below) but by that time, after so many letters and telephone calls she was thoroughly fed up and did would not take any advice.
She simply followed the easiest way out of the situation.
But thank you for your contribution and interest anyway.
miserablemoaninggit - 31-Dec-09 11:21





