5 Reasons I Hate Call Center Jobs
f you've ever worked in a most of the time break.
call center then these 5
reasons will probably A day with great commissions
resonate with you personally. If makes it fun to go home, but a
you've never worked in a call slow day where you couldn't get
center, it has it good and bad many people interested is
sides, just like every job. Here horrible. It is bad knowing that
are my top 5 reasons why I hate you worked a full shift and made
call center jobs. 25% less than the day before, or
that great day you had last week.
1. Bad hours. Working on commission has always
been fun for me because those
When other people are at home $800 days are great to talk about
having dinner, you're at the call and think about. You rarely hear
center, calling them. I would about the days that you didn't
much rather be having dinner sell anything and make $10.
rather than interrupting some
other persons dinner. The reasons 3. Horrible managers and
call centers are usually staffed supervisors.
between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. are
because that is the time people I have worked in a few different
start getting home from work. If industries and by far the worst
you're going to make a sale you managers and supervisors are in
need to get someone on the phone. the call center industry. I don't
Your best chance to do that is know what it is about these
around 6:00 p.m. so as a people, but they are the absolute
consequence you'll work most worst. They're idea of
nights instead of having dinner. "constructive criticism" is
yelling and talking about you to
2. Commissions make or break you, your coworkers. "Why can't you be
more like Sarah?" Or behind your
back, "I can't stand John. He's When you're selling one
only been here 3 weeks and it particular product, every day is
feels like 3 years!" For some the same. People yelling, you
reason they think this is better calling again. People yell, you
than trying to make the call keep calling. Every once in a
center agent a better employee. while someone buys your product,
but it's rare. Most of the time
4. Poor working conditions. people don't want to talk to you
and that puts you in a bad mood.
If you thought Nike sweat shops Such a bad mood that your friends
in Mexico were bad, you've never and family don't really want to
seen the call centers that I be around you either. You can't
have. Tiny dirty cubicles, poor expect your prospects to
lighting, dirty and never understand the type of day you've
vacuumed floors, overflowing had so you put on a smile and
trash cans, etc. All because the keep calling, and keep calling,
managers (see point 3) don't want more calling, and calling...
to spend a few bucks to pay
someone to clean up once a week. Well, that's what it really looks
Instead of working the phones like in a call center. If you've
while at work you'll find never had a call center job, you
yourself cleaning up your won't understand, but once you
workspace so you don't vomit on take that first job, these 5
the phone in front of you! points will come flooding back
into your mind and you'll
5. Monotonous days. understand everything!
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