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This happened to me today. The customer was sent to the wrong department three times and they got so mad at me because I was trying to send them to the RIGHT place. They thought I was just trying to pawn them off again
It's gotten to a point where we have to complain to managers about certain departments doing this. It's like you signed up to work at a call center.. accept that you will have to handle calls
I brought this up in my team meeting this week. I made sure that everyone knew the extension numbers for each department and had examples of reason why a customer would be sent to a specific department. I hope that it helps
My department has been getting more calls in the wrong queues within the department and calls meant for ancillary departments. Part of it is that customers are told to call us because their contacts either don't know or don't have time to deal with the customer. Second part of it seems to be attrition and lackluster new hire training. Third part is knowledge gaps left by people leaving, hoarding knowledge or messy workplace culture is taking us down.
I’ve noticed this in my department’s email. It’s usually some variation of “nobody is there to answer the phone.”
This is honestly unacceptable and it’s getting to the point that I’ve been ready to walk off because I can’t take the incompetence of some of our reps. I’ve been thinking of asking for a meeting with my direct managers’ manager because it seems that middle management is not doing anything about this despite my bringing it up many times. It’s straight-up call avoidance and it makes everyone else’s lives a living hell at work!
I think anyone that works in a slightly specialized department gets that. People are either trying to pass the buck or just at their wit's end.