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Does your company have culture and customer centered core values as the ones of Zappos.com & Nordstrom?

Zappos.com a leader in customer service made it very clear for people who work in it how important culture and customer service are. Here is the list of their 10 core values: 1-Deliver WOW Through Service 2-Embrace and Drive Change 3-Create Fun and A Little Weirdness 4-Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded 5-Pursue Growth and Learning 6-Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication 7-Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit 8-Do More With Less 9-Be Passionate and Determined 10-Be Humble Nordstrom another customer service start have their own way to explain that to their employees: Nordstrom Rules: Rule #1: Use best judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules. Does your company have similar core values? If not, does your customer service team do?

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Question added by Samer Karazi , Store Manager , Villeroy & Boch
Date Posted: 2013/04/27
Roba Al-Assi
by Roba Al-Assi , Brand and Communications Director , Bayt.com

I work at Bayt.com, and we surely do :) In fact, our values are a part every thing we do at Bayt.com, from hiring, to customer service, to language, to website, to everything.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

I am not familiar with Zappos.com ethos but I have experienced and applaud Nordstrom’s.
If as you state they have a primary directive, “Use best judgment in all situations”, there is very little to add to that.
My personal experience is the sales staff clearly empowered to do just that.
I have never had a problem with a return or exchange, never challenged with questions that I maybe attempting to pull something unethical on them.
I only wish that I could work in such an environment.
Having managed a number of large and small phone centers (both inbound and out calling) in the pass and I provided hours of training to get the staff to that point.
Some get there and others don’t.
Those that do not grasp that they are empowered to make decisions become the weakest link in the chain; they perpetually are deferring the customer to someone else or to a supervisor diverting them from other tasks.
We follow-up with retraining reiterating that they will not be “beat-up” for their judgment calls, but those referred to others we will review what lead them to their decision and if we believe it was poor we will tell them why and how to resolve similar situations in the future on their own.
If we believe, the issue was of such significance to pass on, again we review how to handle it in the future and we move on.
Eventually the poor ones will leave or we will do one of two things; 1.) Discuss with them that they may not have what it takes for this position and we will work to reassign to a position they can better handle.
2.) We will have no other choice but to cut them loose for poor performance.
I have found that given all that we have invested in them, they are hurt the group’s overall performance and morale they may not like the result but they understand their dismal.

Md Shahajahan
by Md Shahajahan , Territory Manager Of Cumilla District , Namss Motors Limited.

Evaluating whether your company has a culture and customer-centered core values similar to Zappos.com and Nordstrom involves looking at several key factors. Here are a few questions to consider:

  1. Employee Empowerment: Does your company empower employees to make decisions that enhance customer satisfaction?
  2. Customer Service Excellence: Is exceptional customer service a fundamental part of your company’s mission and daily operations?
  3. Core Values: Are your core values explicitly stated, and do they prioritize the customer experience?
  4. Customer Feedback: How does your company gather and act on customer feedback to improve products and services?
  5. Company Culture: Does your company foster a positive, inclusive

SHER SHERO
by SHER SHERO , medical receptionist aga khan , aga khan

strong communication skills

Jayesh Rai
by Jayesh Rai , Relationship Officer and Operation Incharge , Nabil Bank Limited

Yes Indeed we do have such value regarding client focus end result. After all, its alwasys the customer are always right. Lets stick to core service side by effective solution. 

Yes, my company does have custom-metric core values just like Zappos.com & Nordstrom. Core values are essential since listening to customers' needs is one of the business habits that separate high-performance companies from those that are not.

Najma Derow
by Najma Derow , Customer Service Agent , Nanyuki Water and Sanitation Company

In my company we priotize customer satisfation and we have a customer centric approach.

Hammed Bisiriyu
by Hammed Bisiriyu , IT Support , Mitie

Yes because Mitie is a big company here in UK with 75,000 employees

Ejiehiwase Aikhuele
by Ejiehiwase Aikhuele , Travel Consultant , THE TRIO TRAVELS

Yes, my company offers all mentioned above.

Ivy Cuento
by Ivy Cuento , Fraud and Claims Specialist , Wells Fargo Bank of America

We definitey have that. Building good environment at work like that positive team and family spirit would make you feel comfortable to work, not to mention the passionate people that would motivate you to do more and help you get the best version of you

muhammad saad
by muhammad saad , ASSURANCE , BPO –US HEALTH CARE

i believe on customer centered approach

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