Last Friday I made a call which I wish I hadn’t. I had just received my mortgage statement from my bank and I wanted to check a couple of things on it so I called the number that they gave on the statement. After punching in numbers three times to get me to the right department I was then automatically placed on hold for 16 minutes, then I got to talk to someone who then placed me on hold for another 7 minutes before being told that the computers were down and I would have to call back again later in the day. This I did which resulted in a further 10 minute wait before being put through to their agent who then had to transfer me yet again to the correct person.
I was so wound up I felt like telling the agent what a disgraceful way to treat customers it was. I didn’t, but I did point out that I had a very long wait, twice that day and that they may wish mention it to a supervisor. Things like this don’t happen here at UFindUs as we aim to get all our calls answered within 30 seconds by a real person! Waiting on hold for long periods of time is long since gone as we assign a case to a team who will be able to deal with the problems straight away. Isn’t it about time some of these large organisations took control of customer service and try to improve the whole customer experience.
Graham Armstrong
UFindUs Ltd