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Would you be a customer at your place of work?

big brother 9big brother 9 Posts: 18,153
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I just wondered if you would use your company that you work at as a customer?

I work in a rehabilitation unit that is connected to a care home, ( I would send a relative to my unit but not the care home next door) and that's because the staffing levels are so poor.

On my unit we have 1 nurse, 2 rehab assistants a physio and occupational therapist with a social worker to add in the mix. We only have a maximum of 10 patients who's age range is from 22 to 104 (the youngest we have had was a 22 year old stroke victim and the oldest was a 104 year old with a fracture )
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    PuckyPucky Posts: 4,521
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    Hell no!

    The previous firm I worked for I still do use despite them making me redundant.
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    Merkin ParadeMerkin Parade Posts: 277
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    Not in a million years
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    bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    No - I know too much about them.
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    ChopanChopan Posts: 535
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    Never going to happen.
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    Jasper92Jasper92 Posts: 1,302
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    This ties in with the long-running thread about unseemly things happening at people's places of work.

    Speak of the devil...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 38
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    No cos I know what goes in the food... :-/
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,510
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    Yes, cause the Management think more of the customer than the staff
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    LyricalisLyricalis Posts: 57,958
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    No, but only because the company I work for doesn't sell things to individuals. If I moved to another company that needed something in that type, then I'd have no hesitation in recommending them.
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    Steveaki13Steveaki13 Posts: 655
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    Depends how much discount I get. :p
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    ba_baracusba_baracus Posts: 3,236
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    I get one of the flagship products for free, so yes I am a customer of them. It seems daft to me to spend good money on something similar from a competitor.

    Yet I know of colleagues who do exactly this. :confused:
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    HogzillaHogzilla Posts: 24,116
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    I work freelance but no, I rarely buy the publications I work for. I only get copies as complimentaries when I'm in them - and most of the time, give them away cos they clutter up the place, otherwise.

    When I was a teacher, I worked in some schools I'd be happy to send my own kids. And others.... not a chance!
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    marclamarcla Posts: 1,899
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    No way, They are too overpriced.
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    dearmrmandearmrman Posts: 21,517
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    Very occasionally....though I do buy off our suppliers, get a better deal from them direct rather than through the company, that said if I didn't work for the company I wouldn't get the deals from the suppliers.
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,274
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    Steveaki13 wrote: »
    Depends how much discount I get. :p

    LOL. Yep.

    Honestly though, some products i would. And others i wouldn't in a million years.
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Yes, I would.

    I wouldn't if I was still with the earlier company, though. It put more energy in lining its pockets quickly than in protecting their clients' interests that could benefit the company in a long run.

    The company I'm with now is shrewd enough to realise that if you do all you can without compromising the company to protect a client's interests, you'll reap a healthy reward annually for years to come.
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    EraserheadEraserhead Posts: 22,016
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    I hope not. I'm a prostate cancer specialist nurse!!
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    shmiskshmisk Posts: 7,963
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    I have been a patient in my own hospital, and my ex boyfriend has too

    Yes I would but as I am quite a senior nurse I wonder if I got the experience other patients would
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    lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    If I had a few $million to spare, maybe.
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    AdzPowerAdzPower Posts: 4,861
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    I work in a school, would I have gone there as a pupil or send my kid there? Not in a million years. Dreadful place, the standards are revolting.
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    jarryhackjarryhack Posts: 5,076
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    Well I hope I never have to as it's a Mental Health Hospital.
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    this_is_methis_is_me Posts: 1,304
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    I doubt it. Aircraft computers and displays are not exactly everyday purchases of mine.
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    Steveaki13Steveaki13 Posts: 655
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    this_is_me wrote: »
    I doubt it. Aircraft computers and displays are not exactly everyday purchases of mine.

    Really? :confused:

    I have nine :D;-)
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    StarryNight1983StarryNight1983 Posts: 4,593
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    No as I wouldn't know what to do with a train! Lol
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    FrillynixFrillynix Posts: 6,497
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    Eraserhead wrote: »
    I hope not. I'm a prostate cancer specialist nurse!!

    And I work in a Hospice :o
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    cessnacessna Posts: 6,747
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    The op may have got the idea from Groucho -

    'I dont want to belong to any club that would have me as a member'.
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