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About Us
Five values that shape every session, every quote, and every conversation we have with the community.
The starting point
Promises are easy to break. Values are harder, because they have to hold up when something goes wrong, when a job is harder than expected, when a customer is frustrated, when nobody is watching.
We wrote these down so you can hold us to them. If we ever fall short on one of these, please tell us. That is part of how we keep them real.
Our compass
The pace of a session is set by the slowest comfortable step, not the fastest possible one. Nobody learns under time pressure, and nothing gets remembered if it was rushed.
In practice: we will sit with you while a slow update finishes, and use the time to talk through what is happening rather than fill it with extra demos.
We will tell you when a piece of kit is not worth saving. We will tell you when a feature you have been sold is unlikely to help. We will tell you when the answer is "do nothing".
In practice: we have walked out of jobs where the right answer was a £20 part the customer could fit themselves, and we have said so before quoting.
Jargon is a tax on confidence. We translate every technical term into something a person who has never met a router can act on. If we slip into the slang, ask us, and we will rephrase.
In practice: see our jargon translator. If a word we use is not on it yet, tell us and we will add it.
We live in Calderdale. We work in Calderdale. The repair cafes, the village halls, the libraries, the town councils, the radio stations. Those come first, because they are where this community already lives.
In practice: we volunteer at the Hebden Bridge Repair Cafe. We partner with Calder Valley Radio. The CIC structure makes that the right thing for the business as well as the right thing morally.
Devices last longer than the marketing implies. We will try to fix before we suggest a new one. We will tell you when a five year old laptop is good for another four years with a fresh battery and a clean install.
In practice: less e-waste, less spend, more confidence in the kit you already have. The CIC is paid to do the right thing here, not the most lucrative one.
The ask
We will. Everyone does. The thing that matters is what happens next. If a session, a quote, or a conversation does not match these five values, please tell us, and we will fix it.
You can email us at hello@hebdentech.co.uk or use the contact form. We read every message.
A first session is the easiest way to see whether these values hold up.
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