tgauchat
(ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)
October 29, 2015, 3:07pm
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This is SmartThings’s standard procedure so that they can maintain an average SLA of “resolving” “tickets” within certain ranges to prevent ZenDesk from spitting out nastygrams .
I discussed this at length with VP Operations Tyler1 and Support Manager Ryan. Very cordial attentive conversation – extremely impressive, honestly, but we disagreed on their specific process.
Also noted recently…
OK… firstly, super cute dogs! Is one a Beagle? Private Message me with the details and pictures?
Next….
Who are you addressing your comment to (ie., “you need to fire your management staff…”)? Who is “you”?
You’ve not been on the Community forum very long (September, correct?). What you might not know is that SmartThings representatives from all levels of the company keep an eye on this forum, including the CEO (Alex Hawkinson) and CTO (Jeff Hagins), and various levels also attend the open bi-weekly “Developer’s conference calls”. Alex and Jeff, themselves, have been on a couple calls.
Now I can’t put exact words in their mouths, but I believe I am not inaccurate if I summarize the impression I get from them is this (based on their public statements in posts, tweets, and aforeme…
Tech Support has a 98% “Satisfaction Rating”.
@craig - Tyler from support here (not to be confused with community hero @tyler ). Hate to see posts like this, but appreciate you laying it out and asking for our POV. Here are my thoughts:
tl;dr - We hear you, and I think we’re already taking some steps to alleviate your pain. I/we take this type of feedback to heart, and promise it’s not falling on deaf ears.
I had a meeting yesterday with several founders and members of the executive team, and the meeting was focused on how we do a better job triaging more complex issues and setting expectations for response and resolution time. Everyone agrees we can (and will) do better in this area. Like you said, the answer sometimes might be “this isn’t on the development backlog for the next two months” but I’d rather tell you that up front ra…