In almost every company I have worked for, I have fought to get pay rises for the Customer Service team as they are so critical to operations. In every single company, it was a long, drawn out battle and never a given. When you train and retain the best, you get passionate customers. The best products in the world are easily undermined by a bad customer experience, so if you aren't the best you REALLY can't afford to disregard your customers.

@soaklord sadly most people now expect garbage customer service and care more about cost/convenience than good aftercare.

Plus there's rarely an option that provides truly good customer service. It's largely a myth.

Plus plus, more and more of these jobs are being automated and paying less. It's now a race to the bottom.

@TimeSnow While cost/convenience do play a role in the overall consideration, I will say that good aftercare is still important in the minds of consumers. Android outsells Apple as a whole, however, the combined majority of smartphone handsets come from the two higher end manufacturers, Apple and Samsung. Apple's products come with years of aftercare in terms of software upgrades despite their refusal to race to the bottom and they are the most profitable of phone makers.