So, I came here Monday evening in attempts to get my phone fixed due to a task that was done…read moreincompletely by another Verizon Representative (online). Unfortunately, it was an utterly painful and unsuccessful experience.
First, I would like to give the disclaimer that the onsite representative eventually (probably 2.25 hours in of my waiting) disclosed that he was new there (which allowed me to try to consider my experience from his optic lending a ton of patience). However, despite his newness, he was left to manage all customer support by himself (in store), which, in my opinion is very detrimental to customer service.
So, I arrived at Verizon maybe around 5:30pm. He briefly greeted me and inquired what brought me in as he was assisting with another customer. About 15 minutes in my waiting one of the customers also waiting left visibly annoyed. Then, the next customer in line eventually got assisted. Unfortunately, it took him over 2.5 hours to only assist two customers.
Then, when he finally got to me, he unfortunately couldn't figure out what was causing my phone to no longer make calls, text, or utilize WiFi after it was disclosed that the online representatives may have incompletely set up an eSIM on my phone. Unfortunately, three other online representatives could also not figure out the issue (which may be a training issue.
Even with my frustration, I must say, I did mental note that the on site representative handled his stress levels very well (with all the unknown) and interacted with each customer engagingly, treating them as though they were the only one there (an excellent skill set for customer service), however, for those who also needed assistance (two other customers came and left due to wait), the huge delay in being serviced was very frustrating. Then for me to patiently wait for 2.5 plus hours to leave with no solution was beyond my comprehension.
I do want to make it loudly clear that I do want to see kudos to the kind, customer focused representative , who was unfortunately set up for failure, however, due to so much of my time being wasted with no resolution, the inconsideration of management not foreseeing the impact on service with one new person in the office was way more negatively impactful.
Due to that experience, I honestly don't see myself ever visiting this location again.