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    • dafyreD
      dafyre @IRJ
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      @IRJ said in Users vs clients vs customers:

      @dafyre said in Users vs clients vs customers:

      They are my users if they are employed tat the same place that I am, otherwise, they are clients or customers.

      I agree with that logic, but I have noticed bigger companies are now calling fellow non-IT employees customers or clients.

      Non-IT = User... Idiot-Non-IT = Luser.

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      • coliverC
        coliver
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        Customers. But that just may be because of how abstracted I generally am from them.

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        • IRJI
          IRJ @coliver
          last edited by

          @coliver said in Users vs clients vs customers:

          Customers. But that just may be because of how abstracted I generally am from them.

          I don't get that term. They aren't buying anything from internal IT

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
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            I too call them users if they are employed at the same company as me.

            But I do understand why some call them customers - because they are a customer of IT. Sure they are users - but everyone is a user, All of IT are users as well. One good reason to see those people outside of your department as customers is so you put on your customer service face.

            I'll be among the first admit that a user at my company gets less leniency from me than someone outside my company. This is something I struggle with constantly. I don't know why their proximity to me should make any difference, why I think they should be more capable, more able to understand how/why their computer works, fix simple things, etc, but I do and I'm trying to change that within myself.

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            • travisdh1T
              travisdh1 @IRJ
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              @IRJ said in Users vs clients vs customers:

              @dafyre said in Users vs clients vs customers:

              They are my users if they are employed tat the same place that I am, otherwise, they are clients or customers.

              I agree with that logic, but I have noticed bigger companies are now calling fellow non-IT employees customers or clients.

              The most inept IT department I worked for insisted on calling them "customers". If I hear IT calling users customers, I know to stay far away.

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              • MattSpellerM
                MattSpeller
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                Within IT department
                users

                My mind set
                customers

                Talking with them
                fellow employees

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                • travisdh1T
                  travisdh1 @MattSpeller
                  last edited by

                  @MattSpeller said in Users vs clients vs customers:

                  Within IT department
                  users

                  My mind set
                  customers

                  Talking with them
                  fellow employees

                  One up vote is not enough.

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                  • RojoLocoR
                    RojoLoco
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                    I have "users" (coworkers at this location or Hyderabad), and the company has "customers" (municipalities that buy our software). I'm super glad that I don't have to deal with "customers" directly (they're mostly idiots). My "users" are all pretty sharp and non-destructive, so I don't mind most of them.

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                    • Deleted74295D
                      Deleted74295 Banned
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                      Staff, employees, co-workers for internal IT. You are not a customer, you are a team-mate, we're here to help the business succeed, I help you, you help me, you are not my customer.

                      Clients if you are the external IT. Very clear and black and white.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        I grew up with my father working as an internal consultant in engineering and they would call their clients customers, even when they were internal. Never users. It's not an IT thing, it's a standard "service department" thing. And was common by the 1970s for sure.

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