I found most Govt depts ok. Depends who you get tbh as I'e had good experience and bad in the same office. Some people are great others, the grumpiest people I've ever met.
NOT aircobra19 said:I found most Govt depts ok. Depends who you get tbh as I'e had good experience and bad in the same office. Some people are great others, the grumpiest people I've ever met.
In my personal & professional life I've been dealing with govt. depts almost every working day for the last 9 years and my experience has been that most are very poor with regard to customer service. Some are just OK and a small handful I would regard as good.
General apathy, lack of basic manners and "confusion" as to where responsibility lies are the main problems as far as I can see.
As with most things in life it often depends on the specific people themselves. Not the sector they work in. I'm surprised after dealing with the same people for years that some sort of rapport hasn't developed.
Which is why it would be interesting to do a comparison with the private sector. Is the private sector much better? My experience with most companies suggests no.
Which is why it would be interesting to do a comparison with the private sector. Is the private sector much better? My experience with most companies suggests no.
Obviously, we wouldn't like to see you leave the network. As I said in my previous post, all was ask is that you stick with us for a while and not throw away the loyalty you've shown.
What a nightmare! This kind of 'customer service' is what we want to highlight in the programme along with other type of experiences. As you say, your story was a while back so no doubt the powers that be would say that all has changed now in the health service and that could never happen again .... is this true? Let me know! And Mell61, really glad that there was nothing seriously wrong.Worst customer service I ever encountered was with a hospital.
I had what my doctor, (consultant and all the many staff I encountered through the diagnostic process) referred to as a 'mass'.
A date was set up for this 'mass' to be removed, and i was advised I would be 6-8 weeks off work to recover. So at this point all well and good...
I was told to call the hospital the day before just to confirm what time to book in, and was put in contact with the most 'jobs worth' difficult person i've ever come across. Firstly she wouldn't confirm that there would be a bed available the next day, that i'd just have to turn up and see! I'm like 'eh, i'm going in for surgery, what do you mean there might not be a bed?', she was like, if we have an emergency you are not a priority, serious injuries are more important!
I was a bit miffed, i'd had to book time off work, I'd spent a lot of money going through various tests, none of which VHI were paying for, and they weren't able to confirm a room! I challenged her as to what the situation was like bed wise that day, so was it likely to be available!!!
At this point she got really stroppy, and finally pulled out my file (i'm assuming ESP was being used in the call up to this point). The she goes 'Ohhh, you're the cancer one! They'll probably consider you a priority, so you might just get a bed'.
At no point was that big C mentioned throughout my consulations, but some ignorant cow with no medical training decides to tell me then I had it! I knew it was a possibility, but if my doc was waiting for the 'mass' to be checked by the lab, so could I.
I got a bed, and the next day surgery....
Coming around after the surgery, in waltzes this middle aged woman, who goes 'see I got you a bed, because of your cancer'. I'm really not sure what she wanted, did she think I'd go down on bended knee and thank her for doing her BLOODY JOB!
Thankfully the 'mass' was benign, but that cow most definitively wasnt!
That was about 5-6 years ago so not really current, but still makes my blood boil.
Thankfully the 'mass' was benign, but that cow most definitively wasnt!
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