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Sunday, October 19th, 2025

Why is your customer service so poor?

Xfinity customer service, please check all that apply:

Our backend systems are so bad that we can't figure out how to make our customer service better.

We find it entertaining to pass customers around to multiple agents on a chat.

We find it entertaining to have it take an agent 30 minutes to set up a service call.

We find it entertaining to have customers try a set of diy problem solving instructions multiple times.

We are averse to keeping notes on prior customer service interactions.

We have a Gen Z fear of telephones.

We enjoy using sugary language on chats and calls that just irrates the customer.

We're trying our hardest to keep customers from contacting us.

We don't train any of our agents.  

We run a series of local monopolies, so we can do what we want.

We don't care.

Offshoring is fun because in addition to a fuzzy phone connection, there is also a language barrier.

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6 hours ago

 

user_yyp8si, I hear you loud, and clear! Speaking on behalf of yourself, others, and myself included - I appreciate you. I also understand your frustrations, as I am not only an employee, but a customer with services just like you. I will say that we, as the company does not do things for the entertainment, we supply video services that give entertainment. There are multiple methods of contacting us. You have your local business partner stores, corporate Xfinity Retail Stores, online chat, phone, Forums, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, and many others. Unfortunately, dealing with massive companies, there is never a solution immediately. They all have procedures that take place. To aim towards solution with all of what you've shared, what is it that I can help you with? 

 

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3 hours ago

I understand that there are procedures, but there is clearly something broken at Xfinity.  This morning, I was attempting to help my parents get their service established.  It was determined early in the chat that a service call was needed.  The agent was unable to get one scheduled because of some error he/she was receiving through your system.  He then transferred me to another agent in sales who said I was in the wrong place.  That agent then tranferred me to another agent who was finally able to get the service call scheduled.  The last agent took over 16 minutes to get the service call scheduled and the whole chat took over an hour.  That is a broken process.  
As for your other points:
I have gone into a retail store before to try to get a similar situation resolved.  They told me that they couldn't help and to call customer service.  When I have called customer service, I have always had to call multiple times.  They always try to run me through the same troubleshooting script even after I have told them that I have been through that multiple times.  It has taken me hours on the phone to get someone out to my house to help get the issue resolved.  

I have tried calling, going to retail stores, and chat which has only led to significant frustration.  I should not have to resort to Reddit, Facebook, or X to get customer service that isn't a frustrating mess.  I know it's not your fault as an employee;  you're just working within the system you're given, but the system is not working.   

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user_yyp8si, thank you for sharing. I totally understand - for you to need services set up, then be transferred multiple times because a professional installation was needed, it wasn't as smooth as it should have been, I truly know how that feels. 
 
If you went into an Xfinity Retail Store, and they said that they could not help you with scheduling a technician, I'd say get the name of the representative/manager who helped you, get clarity of the situation, and leave a review on the location via Google. I worked in the retail stores for years, and sending a technician is about 4-6 clicks total excluding entering your number, and ticket details. We get those Google reviews too. You overall shouldn't have these lengthy situations for a technician. In short terms they are called "Truck Rolls" when you currently have services. 
 
I understand. A call, the request, and the ETA for the updates is all that is needed. It shouldn't take rocket science. I do apologize for your experience. As of right now, I can walk with you through your pathway. Were you able to get those appointments scheduled, or would you like me to help?
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