Consultant
My worst customer support experience from a SAAS provider ever....
...and mind-blowing that this company provides a product to help other companies solve their customer support needs. My experience: I opened a ticket with Zendesk 6 days ago, related to an issue with their API and data privacy. The issue is that the Zendesk API has not been functioning properly (requested users are not being permanently deleted). Permanent deletion of ex-users is required in EU and my company requires an automated process for this - since we have so many users. I explained the need and the issue to Zendesk by opening a case. I received an automated email without a reference number. Three days later still no-one from Zendesk had been in contact with me, so I contacted sales asking how to get into contact with support. After that I received a brief response that explained that I could view my ticket via a link. The next day Zendesk apparently closed my ticket - I received an email asking me to rate my customer support experience. No-one from Zendesk ever engaged me in my question. I am not impressed by their handling of this process. When selecting products/solutions for customer support, sales and engagement going forward, Zendesk will not among alternatives that I will consider. I expect that an organisation that has the mission to help others be good at making their customers happy should be good at it themselves. Zendesk has not demonstrated that they are.



