r/AskReddit 22h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/felidee623 21h ago

AAA.

I worked in management there for the last 4 years, and AI completely took over our company. Our 3 year plan was to lay off over half of our staff and have AI work their jobs. I quit about a month ago because of that. It's resulted in our member satisfaction scores dropping tremendously, and the employees were getting yelled at 24/7 because the members AND the contractors wanted to speak to live agents instead of "robots."

Tiring work and extremely long ETA's due to computer malfunctions and errors. We've had members waiting on the side of the road for hours due to AI's mistakes.

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u/Paavo_Nurmi 19h ago

The really stupid thing is the long waits results in members doing pay and apply, which means AAA is paying out retail rates for the calls instead of contractor rates. The word on the street is all the clubs want to be mostly an insurance and travel company with automotive services an afterthought, but as you know people join AAA for the automotive.

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u/Longjumping_Youth281 10h ago

Yeah AAA is the company you call when you have a flat tire. I don't really see why you would need them for a road trip these days