To all customers out there, let's address the "How was your experience?" question... If you think the agent you're dealing with did a terrible job, you have the right to give a poor rating. But when you're unhappy, and the agent can't do anything else, remember you're actually rating the agent helping you, not your experience.

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Exactly. It's not just about your personal feelings about the agent. I think there's a lot of confusion about this AND different companies put more/less weight on the actual agents in these situations.

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Yes. It's understandable that you would want to give a negative rating if you feel the agent you interacted with did a poor job. At the same time, I'd like to remind you to be respectful when you rate them as they are trying their best to help you. I remember being in a similar situation once and knowing that sending out a negative rating won't actually improve my experience, so I chose to express my feelings to the agent more positively instead.

I try to be the opposite of most people. Only leave good reviews, only fill out surveys if I thought the agent was great. When I get stuck on the line waiting 40 min to talk to someone, I warn them and apologize that I waited X time and am pissed about it. Nine times out of ten a min after talking to the agent I am joking.

I personally hate the end of the call where they tell you a customer service survey will be coming my way and would I please give them five stars or else they'll lose their job.

That's by design. The company knows you'll get bad ratings that are because of company policy and not your fault. The goal is to build a paper trail of disciplinary action to use as an excuse to not pay you more when compensation reviews come up.

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