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Callie1979

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20. I worked for a company like that; cutting support staff produced worse cust svc
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 09:29 AM
Yesterday

I was a field tech; drove around fixing equipment. One of the biggest sales points for our equipment was "We provide same day or next day service with company employees".
THEN the top folks started cutting field techs (must "save money&quot ; response times slowed. Larger customers left for competitors, so they cut MORE. And lost MORE customers. The stupid thing is, in my area we had 3 guys. In that area we had over 3000 machines from desktop sized to 300k machines. We had FOUR customers who generated enough revenue to pay ALL THREE of our salaries. So the rest was gravy. But still not enough
I was actually lucky when it was my turn. YEARS earlier I knew at some point I'd be rug-pulled so I started buying rental homes & finding other sources of income. So when my day came I decided, at 53, "I'm done. I'm now retired". Not sure where I'd be if I hadn't prepared

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Vote With Your Wallet Roy Rolling Yesterday #1
It shows they have lots of spare change Gum Logger Yesterday #4
The only thing I have on that list is Paramount + which will be toast in August Bengus81 Yesterday #19
"Bezos doesn't need my money..." OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #11
They rely on advertisers to keep the paper in the black. Subscribers leave and so do Bengus81 Yesterday #24
I'm sure they can get mypillow to renew their ad subscription mdbl Yesterday #26
Yes, they do. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #36
We still receive an occasional "please come back" email from them. QueerDuck Yesterday #2
Greedy scum controlling the narrative wolfie001 Yesterday #3
That's runaway Capitalism for ya. joshdawg Yesterday #8
I cancelled my subscription in November 2024 perdita9 Yesterday #5
Make a new newspaper Tetrachloride Yesterday #6
Not Worth the 99 cents per month I was Paying eringer Yesterday #7
Many of us had already left The Post COL Mustard Yesterday #9
60k sounds like a big loss, but the total number of digital subscribers to WaPo is 2.5M. TheRickles Yesterday #10
It's not only the decline in numeracy, marybourg Yesterday #12
This is how the NYT framed it (the piece is a lengthy long-form thing that is typical of something in the magazine) BumRushDaShow Yesterday #14
Interesting snip about the content's context- thanks. But still no numerical context by the Times. TheRickles Yesterday #15
I haven't read the whole thing yet BumRushDaShow Yesterday #16
10% is getting serious! Thanks for tracking this down. TheRickles Yesterday #22
That's when I canceled , but it took 6 months to actually stop since I had paid for a year fargone Yesterday #31
The cuts really make no sense Deminpenn Yesterday #13
As someone who worked in corporate management for years, you cannot cut your way to profitability. Lonestarblue Yesterday #17
I worked for a company like that; cutting support staff produced worse cust svc Callie1979 Yesterday #20
I dropped it when he BOUGHT it. And I've NEVER used Amazon. How many DUeers have stopped? Callie1979 Yesterday #18
About the Post AverageOldGuy Yesterday #21
Not enough people are willing to pay for internet content when the mindset is that it should all be "free" MichMan Yesterday #23
Do people realize that Besos doesn't care edhopper Yesterday #25
Bezos doesn't have to care Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #28
I wasn't directed this edhopper Yesterday #29
This is about ego Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #30
Is THAT all? Not enough. nt jrthin Yesterday #27
I cancelled my WaPo subscription after he blocked their endorsement of Kamala NEOBuckeye Yesterday #32
comcast priced me out of the market years ago.::( AllaN01Bear Yesterday #33
Once you decide your paper will just echo and follow the party line . . . Aussie105 22 hrs ago #34
I wish they would approach it like cable tv and offer a couple dozen or so news options travelingthrulife 6 hrs ago #38
Yo mahina 14 hrs ago #35
'How to kill democracy' by Jeff Bezos. travelingthrulife 6 hrs ago #37
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