Remove Etiquette Remove Interviewing Remove Policies Remove UPS
article thumbnail

Answering Reader Mail: Being Terminated (Social Etiquette Part 2)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. I invited half a dozen people but the word spread like wildfire and almost the entire product and engineering team showed up a little after 5:30pm. I originally just invited six people, but about thirty+ showed up.

article thumbnail

Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Customer Escalations and You

Service Untitled

Escalations are usually from angry/vocal/important customers who are having a problem and are going “up the chain&#. The escalations might come down from the CEO or the President, across from PR or the Internet, or up from floor supervisors and regular agents. Policy creation, personnel management, interviewing, etc.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

One day she just up and quit. it requires a firm culture that discusses recovery openly and strongly support it -both in action and written policy. One of the biggest issues surrounding substance abuse in the workplace are the lies required to keep up the front that everything is ok. in my experience.

article thumbnail

Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Help customer focus with the.

Service Untitled

Everyone puts their best attitude forward when interviewing for a position, but during the training period and internship, we can use the opportunities to observe and evaluate each new customer service agent. Ineffective interactions will result in inconsistent policies among other customer service agents, and it is sure to create chaos.

article thumbnail

Service Untitled» Blog Archive » White Glove Service in 4 Steps

Service Untitled

If the employees are restricted by a huge number of rules, policies, or procedures (that they don’t have the power to excuse themselves from in certain situations), the customer service experience will suffer. couches taking up space in the middle of a store don’t make much sense). The environment is respectable.

article thumbnail

Service Untitled» Blog Archive » B&H Customer Service

Service Untitled

Beyond that, B&H has an elaborate and extremely unique system of conveyor belts and similar devices that move products around the store and to a pick up area. Liberal return policy. B&H isn’t the only retail store that has a very liberal return policy (see this post on Nordstrom).

article thumbnail

Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Employee satisfaction a key to.

Service Untitled

Depending on the company policy, budget or protocol, definitive rewards keep employees striving towards the next level. If an employee perceives something in the company policy or required protocol when dealing with customers isn’t working, someone in management should deal with the problem before it becomes a major issue.