Thread regarding Wayfair Inc. layoffs

Offshore agents are going on phones

If you are in customer service the offshore agents will now be joining you on phones.

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Heaven help them then. Wayfair's customer base is unforgiving and rude enough to agents who can speak and understand English fluently. I can't imagine how much cruelty these offshore phone agents will endure. A lot of people who call in to Wayfair are old people who can't/don't use technology and I can just imagine the awkward and frustrating conversations that are sure to happen.

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Post ID: @12zlo+1uPJ7ZVg

Wayfair seems willing to accept the cost of having poorly trained and sometimes downright incompetent agents handle customer calls.

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Post ID: @qhgk+1uPJ7ZVg

No one in NA wants to work the shifts that need filling. Outsourcing makes sense for the night and weekend shifts.

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Post ID: @opjr+1uPJ7ZVg

When is it supposed to start? I can imagine all the cold transfers now lol

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Post ID: @kdek+1uPJ7ZVg

Offshore teams su-k I don’t care who defends them I’m sick of them they I hope Wayfair knows what they are doing

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Post ID: @jokk+1uPJ7ZVg

Seems like they are or will be the new folks, taking over the US group.
Using AI Wilma for chat/sms and now the offshore folks doing the phone too????? To me it doesn't feel good!

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Post ID: @cpkj+1uPJ7ZVg

Any Frontline agents know if offshore agents are adequately trained? In specialized, they haven't even been trained on Where Is My Stuff issues.

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Post ID: @3uyz+1uPJ7ZVg

I spoke with a customer today and she was mad at Wayfair for having overseas customer service. This isnt going down well with customers Wayfair.

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Post ID: @3vne+1uPJ7ZVg

Welcome! Now some customers might hear chickens and roosters in the background when they call at 8pm. “Oh by the way, we sell fresh eggs too!”

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Post ID: @1gfz+1uPJ7ZVg

So training them to do our job?

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