The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Guadalupe Gutierrez Garro
Most people don't like change. I like change, but technology changes can be really frustrating.
For several months, I had issues duplicating my Gammas: the updated titles didn't show when exporting slides, making it really hard to keep my files in order. I didn't ask for help and just hoped it would be fixed after my leave from work. But when I came back after two months, the problem was still there, and a bigger issue popped up: text was changing and images were being deleted.
I wrote a negative complaint and tried two other support channels to see if someone would really care. Gamma makes it very easy to record the issue, so in just a couple of minutes, I sent a recording for the agent to troubleshoot—without needing to be on the phone or have an agent access my computer remotely. To my surprise, within a few hours, two real agents were helping me figure out the problem. The fixes were actually simple: unchecking "editable tables" stopped the deletion, and they showed me a way to make title changes stick.
I regret sending that negative feedback—not because of what I wrote, but because of my state of mind at the time. I realized it just added to the "mob mentality" of online complaints. I’m really glad Gamma cared and had such understanding agents who focused on the solution when I was focused on my frustration. In my opinion, Gamma is evolving alongside technology, and their customer service truly responds and cares.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Thanks Guadalupe for the kind words : )