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TAZ
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Re: Yes, they are the Worst Companny in America

Who cares if they're contractors? Comcast hired them and they show up in a truck that says Comcast and represent Comcast. The customer pays Comcast, therefore Comcast is the responsible party.

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said by TAZ:

Who cares if they're contractors? Comcast hired them and they show up in a truck that says Comcast and represent Comcast. The customer pays Comcast, therefore Comcast is the responsible party.

good theory, doesn't help when day to day errors crop up.
This is where MANAGEMENT is supposed to be able to see repeated and systemic errors and assign resources to lower the occurrences.

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said by TAZ:

Comcast hired them and they show up in a truck that says Comcast and represent Comcast. The customer pays Comcast, therefore Comcast is the responsible party.

actually FWIW in my area, most of the techs i've seen aren't in Comcast "marked" trucks, but logo'd with whatever the local tech company is. As well, i've had an equal amount of screw-ups from contractors as from "official" Comcast labeled techs, so it's certainly no guarantee.

say that the CSR inputs a service call, gives the correct contact number to the contractor, does everything by the book. The witching hour rolls around, and the contractor decides to go shag his girlfriend instead of showing up. Is that "Comcast Corporation's" fault or "Jerry's Cable Installer Contractor"'s fault? The contractor. But with a sprawling corp like Comcast, stuff falls through the cracks like this.

Almost makes me wish we had more competition

TAZ
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said by train_wreck:

As well, i've had an equal amount of screw-ups from contractors as from "official" Comcast labeled techs, so it's certainly no guarantee.

No doubt.
said by train_wreck:

say that the CSR inputs a service call, gives the correct contact number to the contractor, does everything by the book. The witching hour rolls around, and the contractor decides to go shag his girlfriend instead of showing up. Is that "Comcast Corporation's" fault or "Jerry's Cable Installer Contractor"'s fault? The contractor. But with a sprawling corp like Comcast, stuff falls through the cracks like this.

My take on this:
From the customer's point of view, Comcast is at fault. The customer contracts with Comcast. Even if that's what happened (everyone did their job as they're supposed to but the contractor was an idiot; I realize the same could happen with a Comcast employee too), Comcast is at fault. How they handle it, of course, makes the difference.

From Comcast's point of view, they can take it up with Jerry's Cable Installer Contractor, since that's who they contract with.