Caporegime
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Oh dear.
Using competitor products in the office
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Oh dear.
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What's wrong with Farnborough?
YOU!!
I work for a framing company, and if my boss told me the only frames/picture mount I could buy were the one's we made then he would be told to stick a pallet of frame mounding where the sun don't shine.
Don
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HQ teams in every company will be examining competitors products with more scrutiny than any normal user would
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YOU'RE MY COMPETITOR!We make Lucozade, and can buy it cheap. One of my colleagues posted a photo to the work social network the other day with a can of Red Bull on their desk.
Personally, I much prefer our stuff and the fact that it's cheap is double win.
Well.... Kinda.....
Some of the flavours I'm not a fan of, but now I can get it cheap I drink soo much of the Lucozade Revive Lemongrass & Ginger stuff
.YOU!!
Nothing, I'm from Farnborough. Too many people on here who are from Farnborough
I've never seen another person from Farnborough on this forum since I've joined... Now I've seen 2 in the space of one thread
Do any of you people meet up? Or is a strictly forum only affair?
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Back on topic... To be fair, the team she works in does nick her phone a lot to view competitor applications and how they function in comparison to WP apps. So it does have a use outside of her just owning it for the lols.
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I've never seen another person from Farnborough on this forum since I've joined... Now I've seen 2 in the space of one thread
Do any of you people meet up? Or is a strictly forum only affair?
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Not really, though I think I have seen your car around
Same, think I've seen his car around as well...
No wait... CTRs are sooo common...
Same, think I've seen his car around as well...
No wait... CTRs are sooo common...
Oi
OK... They are pretty common
getting rid soon. I drive it round every day so probably will see it.If it's a work phone then they should use whatever the company provides and they would be crazy to provide a competitors product.
If it's a personal phone then use whatever you want, so long as it's not used for or effects their work, especially if they are customer facing.
If it's a personal phone then use whatever you want, so long as it's not used for or effects their work, especially if they are customer facing.
Do you get the option of getting a 920 free?
Because if you think of it from a low/mid/high range phone, technically you're getting low/mid range phones for free and she's just gone off and bought a high end one. If you were getting 920s for free then that's a different matter, and i'd say she's freaking nuts because the 920 is a damn nice phone!
Because if you think of it from a low/mid/high range phone, technically you're getting low/mid range phones for free and she's just gone off and bought a high end one. If you were getting 920s for free then that's a different matter, and i'd say she's freaking nuts because the 920 is a damn nice phone!
I expect it all depends on what you like /are used to - maybe she likes the IOS phones? I personally would buy an Android every time. And Windows 8 hasnt caught on yet that those not very techie would swap ecosystem for another unless they felt comfortable doing so
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We have a similar issue with people buying from a competitor online retailer. I'm not sure what to think. If employees would rather use competitor products/services maybe the managemt should take their sentiment onboard. Employees are customers after all.