JM
Jackie M

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2014

20 Aug 2022, 09:50

Appoint enough staff at ABSA Secunda

Dear ABSA Secunda Mall. Please have more than one person on duty at the “Customer services and Tellers” counter on Saturday mornings. This is the second time I have been here to find the branch short staffed. The staff are absolute troupers, working as quickly as humanly possible, smiling the whole time. In some cases they have to handle angry customers (one understands why they are angry), and they handle it with absolute professionalism. This is a failure of the management. Appoint more staff. And please commend your staff that soldier through. Thankfully I am in the queue today to close my last account with ABSA. I look forward to ending my 34 year relationship with ABSA.

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JM
Jackie M's update20 Aug 2022, 13:03
Reviewer Update
The saga continues, so I am still an unwilling customer of ABSA. I will wait for feedback from their headoffice to see if they will be able to fix the problem. I again just want to commend the poor soul who desperately tried to assist me. The system has failed us, but she was brilliantly professional, creatively handled the awkward situation that ABSA’s software had put her in. Unfortunately I didn’t ask her name, but ABSA please tell your staff who were on duty today that they are stars.
Absa
Absa's reply22 Aug 2022, 11:11
Official
Dear Client The matter about staff capacity will be attended to and it is said that after a 34year banking relationship you have decided to leave us. We are also grateful for the positive complimentary remarks about the staff that has given quality service to you. I wish to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort to bring this to my attention. 

Kind regards
Nthabiseng Sibande
Customer Value ManagementAbsa Bank Ltd

Best regards,

JM
Jackie M's update23 Aug 2022, 06:23
Reviewer Update
Thank you. I particularly want to highlight the excellent service I received from Veronica. She has gone out of her way to try find a workable solution to the strangely complicated process of closing an account. Veronica also clearly explained the cause of the problem and what the next steps would be to resolve it. Even though she was not responsible for the problem. Her ability to handle multiple customers, all with difficult situations, and leave one feeling that she will find a workable solution really stood out to me. She is really a valuable asset. 
Please also update ABSA’s processes so that when a client gives notice on an account to close the account, that the transaction costs are taken into account when paying out the funds. My 32 day call account now has a negative balance after the funds were paid out which is why I have to go in to the bank again, to pay in the transaction fee balance before they can close the account. I was clear from the moment I gave notice 5 weeks ago that the plan was to close the account. It is because of repeated incidents like this that I have chosen to end my relationship with ABSA. 
Unfortunately I am still stuck dealing with ABSA’s estate department because of the delays in finalising my parents estate. This is also one of the reasons why I gave notice on a savings account. The delays caused by ABSA and their lawyers has had a huge financial implication on my sister and myself as we have been left to maintain the estate assets for 18 months. And the only progress is due to my sister following up with the master’s office when we realised that the lawyers weren’t. 
Absa
Absa's reply23 Aug 2022, 11:20
Official
Dear Jackie

Thank you very much for your input.

Kind regards
Nthabiseng Sibande
Customer Value ManagementAbsa Bank Ltd

Best regards,