Kodak must not be doing so well. As part of a cust cutting move, the company is eliminating a vital, but still annoying, business tool. Free Coffee? Not yet. Elevators? Nope? Email? Nope, but getting closer.
Voicemail. The company is eliminating voicemail. Personal, I hate voicemail but I cannot see eliminating it from a major company. How much can a voicemail service actually cost? I guess enough to justify the cut.
From the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle,
The Rochester area’s third-largest employer plans to do away with its voicemail system. In a memo sent to employees this week, Kodak indicated it will flip the switch shutting off its employee voicemail on Dec. 31, as the company’s current voicemail contract expires.
Honestly though, if there was a way for me to cut voicemail out of my Verizon bill for some monthly savings, I would do it. I hate voicemail. If you get my voicemail when calling me, hang up and send me a txt message. Sounds like Kodak employees are going to have to employ a similar tactic expect with email instead.
via PDNPulse
…If you get my voicemail when calling me, hang up and send me a txt message
*770 to temp disable
*77 to re enable
damn rookies…
That’s not so much a savings dollar-wise on your bill, but you won’t eat up minutes checking it since they closed the “call yourself” loophole (free mobile to mobile – now excludes voicemail!)
Another one I like to save time (and money) – change the speed dial to your vm to call yourself, dial # add a 2 sec pause, your pw, #, another 2 sec pause, and 1
ex: 1234567890#P1234#P1
Tthe pauses may no longer be needed, trial and error, ymmv…
Thanks, dude. Amazing!
tom from Kodak here. I won’t miss it. Voicemail ranks right up there with smoke signals these days in terms of efficiency for me. Of course there are instances where people still need and will have it here at Kodak. …btw, I used the elevators, e-mail, and had a cup of coffee today so we’re still all set there ;-) Happy holidays.
Ray from IBM here. Agree with Tom, isn’t it time we kicked Voicmail out cost cutting or not? I get quite annoyed by people who, for some strange reason, don’t send me an email or text or call my mobile for something important. Instead, “I left you a voicemail, didn’t you get my voicemail?”.
This decision (as opposed to many many others) of Eastman Kodak actually makes sense. We should do it too.
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Dylan