I'll Say She Is!
Thursday, 6 May 2004
Warning to Customer Service Types
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Jovial Bob, who does customer service / support around here, told me that he was "stalked" by a customer! We have little bios of each person who does customer contact-type stuff on the corporate web site. It's nothing intimate, basically a picture along with any experience or schooling the person has, along with a work e-mail addy. A customer Googled Jovial Bob, found his home phone number, and called him at his house late one night for some help on a project!

Well, Jovial Bob lived up to the nickname I've given him, stayed on the phone with the person - and then charged the company for an hour of his time - fortunately, he's hourly and not salaried. I told him it sounded like it was time for him to get an unlisted telephone number!


Posted by ginevra (link)
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That is just so wrong on so many levels... did anyone at the Citadel of Despair express their appreciation of his noble self-sacrifice?

Oh, and I hope Jovial Bob clocked his hour in as OVERTIME. Bastards.
I've only heard his side of the story; I do know that the "higher-ups" have wanted 24-7 support for a while. Since he will get overtime, we'll see how long it lasts.
NO LAST NAMES on company bios for NON-senior/managierial staff!