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Anybody ever want to pull a Don Draper and just fire the client?
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:31 pm
Doing some work for a dentist right now, and I'm thinking having him pull every tooth out of my head would be preferable to dealing with him or his people any further. 
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:31 pm to Godfather1
We have done so before. It happens.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:34 pm to Godfather1
It sucks to be employed 
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:34 pm to Godfather1
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Anybody ever want to pull a Don Draper and just fire the client?
I've done it before and I'll do it again. If you cost me more time/sanity than I'm worth, we're not going to do business any longer.
I understand that's not feasible in every industry though.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:35 pm to Godfather1
What kind of trouble is he giving you?
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:36 pm to DustyDinkleman
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It sucks to be employed
Actually what would suck is to not have a good enough product or service to be able to handle losing one shitty customer
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:39 pm to slackster
Oh, we do that. Coming in we flat out tell them "you will be this valuable to us or we will no longer provide service to you." We drop them all the time.
Now there are some shitty valuable clients who ask just fricking horrible stuff to us and it sucks.
Now there are some shitty valuable clients who ask just fricking horrible stuff to us and it sucks.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:39 pm to Godfather1
All the time. It's pretty rare, and of course it's never in a satisfying way.
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:40 pm to Godfather1
Pull them all and get implants.
Problem solved
Problem solved
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:41 pm to athenslife101
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"you will be this valuable to us or we will no longer provide service to you.
pretty pompous way to start a business relationship, and it would be the end of the conversation/relationship for me
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:42 pm to GRTiger
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It's pretty rare, and of course it's never in a satisfying way.
This, unfortunately. It's always been professional, even if an unprofessional approach would have felt better.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:43 pm to slackster
I'd rather pull a Don Draper and nail anything that moved at the office
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:44 pm to GRTiger
quote:lmao you immediately contradicted yourself.
All the time. It's pretty rare,
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:45 pm to bucknut15
No I didn't. The question was did I ever Want to do it. I want to do it all the time. It actually happens on rare occasions.
Now apologize.
Now apologize.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:46 pm to 777Tiger
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"you will be this valuable to us or we will no longer provide service to you.
pretty pompous way to start a business relationship, and it would be the end of the conversation/relationship for me
No shite. I wouldn't even open my mouth, just turn around and walk out. I've done that before. Fortunately I'm beyond the period of business to have to fire a client. I just simply pick and choose carefully whom I decide to do business with and at this stage of the game it's the one thing I'm actually good at.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:50 pm to athenslife101
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Coming in we flat out tell them
Good communication is key.
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"You will be this valuable to us or we will no longer provide service to you"
Never mind, that's insane.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:07 pm to 777Tiger
It's not pompous. It's a contract between large companies. We let them know that for the relationship to be profitable to us, they must meet certain requirements. Should they fail to meet those requirements, they will become unprofitable to us and we tell them they need to seek an organization more specialized in smaller clientele.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:16 pm to Godfather1
I've fired several clients.
Once it gets to that point, it's usually pretty satisfying.
Sad a couple of times though.
Once it gets to that point, it's usually pretty satisfying.
Sad a couple of times though.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:44 pm to Godfather1
Not often but I've fired clients when they deserved it. I keep it professional but I make it clear we aren't going to be seeing each other anymore
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:49 pm to Godfather1
Do it. Last week in a meeting the owner of our company brought up that we had fired as many pain in the arse customers this year as we had taken on new ones.
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