Are telesales people..

[mac]

Every week I'm getting phone calls telling me I've either been involved in an accident or been sold PPI which I shouldn't have been. I'm pleasant with every one of them as I acknowledge they're just doing their job however I'm unsure how many times I can say "sorry, you've got it wrong, could you remove my number from your database please? Thanks, have a good day". They're clearly not removing my number, c**ts.

Had one girl who sounded fit though, if she phones back I'm just going to wank over the phone to her, might stop the phone calls.

This is always more interesting if you use Skype.

I use to have a girlfriend who worked in a bank and when I rangup the phone was answered by the fittest sounding bird.i got to meet said bird at a works do and she was a 5ft curly ginger haired munster.do not use Skype.

 

[Metodscaeft DeadBlue]

As someone who is involved in telesales, I'd have to say you're extremely wrong. Yes, there are those who simply cold call everyone - which I used to do - but if the person calling knows what they're talking about and it is in fact a useful product/service which you didn't know about prior to this then they will earn a fortune. I used to cold call people for windows. Earned a mere £700 per week plus bonus money from competitions etc. Now I earn more and selling to businesses. I work as a consultant though so determine whether our products not only match a company's needs but also what they want. I don't hide what I do as I have made a success of my life and I'm proud of it. We have a household income in excess of £90k between two of us and no kids. Despite all this, I'm still very much a hardcore socialist. Well if that makes me what you say then so be it but I genuinely feel sorry for your good self.

 

[tidyman]

Considering that it's common knowledge most call centres were moved to India, I feel it safe to assume.
This isn't a race thing by the way, as I'm sure your aware-I hate racism in all it's forms, this is a trust thing.
The whole point of their calls is to fish for business.
Who wants to do business with someone who lies to you straight off the bat?
They ALWAYS say they have English sounding names when there is no way this could be true, one or two maybe, but certainly not all of them.

This is just ignorance in 100 words or less, isn't it?

dabz is a good guy, he hates being lied to and so do I, storm in a teacup :)

Yeah but is his name really Mr Dabz?

If not he has lied to the forum and that is totally unacceptable behaviour.

 

[mackenzie]

As someone who is involved in telesales, I'd have to say you're extremely wrong. Yes, there are those who simply cold call everyone - which I used to do - but if the person calling knows what they're talking about and it is in fact a useful product/service which you didn't know about prior to this then they will earn a fortune. I used to cold call people for windows. Earned a mere £700 per week plus bonus money from competitions etc. Now I earn more and selling to businesses. I work as a consultant though so determine whether our products not only match a company's needs but also what they want. I don't hide what I do as I have made a success of my life and I'm proud of it. We have a household income in excess of £90k between two of us and no kids. Despite all this, I'm still very much a hardcore socialist. Well if that makes me what you say then so be it but I genuinely feel sorry for your good self.

And just one GCSE if I remember correctly? ;-) Goes to show how it's possible to find your niche and go for it.

 

[Metodscaeft DeadBlue]

As someone who is involved in telesales, I'd have to say you're extremely wrong. Yes, there are those who simply cold call everyone - which I used to do - but if the person calling knows what they're talking about and it is in fact a useful product/service which you didn't know about prior to this then they will earn a fortune. I used to cold call people for windows. Earned a mere £700 per week plus bonus money from competitions etc. Now I earn more and selling to businesses. I work as a consultant though so determine whether our products not only match a company's needs but also what they want. I don't hide what I do as I have made a success of my life and I'm proud of it. We have a household income in excess of £90k between two of us and no kids. Despite all this, I'm still very much a hardcore socialist. Well if that makes me what you say then so be it but I genuinely feel sorry for your good self.

And just one GCSE if I remember correctly? ;-) Goes to show how it's possible to find your niche and go for it.

Indeed. Its just a shame some other companies cold call everyone and rip people off. People who decide to laugh at someone doing a job, obviously have some sort of complex about themselves and their own ambitions. In a few years time, I'll be a sales or marketing director. If someone wants to laugh at that career from my first job as a hospital cleaner then let them but I'm the one laughing all the way to the bank at the end of month.

Also, being the way I am politically, I should also defend benefit claimants. Yes, there are some who genuinely don't have the right ethic for work or the brain cells to do something productive. Some other benefit claimants however are genuine. You cant just tarnish all these with the same brush unless you're a fascist tory (Tory: Noun: Substitute BNP supporter; Neo-Nazi).

 

[stavros]

Both scenarios - they are getting by until they get a proper job, sometimes they need telling that 'tho!

I do a telesales job , and earn over £2k after tax most months. How is that not a 'proper job'

I have done field based roles previously as well and made a fair bit of money but the hours are longer.

 

[mackenzie]

As someone who is involved in telesales, I'd have to say you're extremely wrong. Yes, there are those who simply cold call everyone - which I used to do - but if the person calling knows what they're talking about and it is in fact a useful product/service which you didn't know about prior to this then they will earn a fortune. I used to cold call people for windows. Earned a mere £700 per week plus bonus money from competitions etc. Now I earn more and selling to businesses. I work as a consultant though so determine whether our products not only match a company's needs but also what they want. I don't hide what I do as I have made a success of my life and I'm proud of it. We have a household income in excess of £90k between two of us and no kids. Despite all this, I'm still very much a hardcore socialist. Well if that makes me what you say then so be it but I genuinely feel sorry for your good self.

And just one GCSE if I remember correctly? ;-) Goes to show how it's possible to find your niche and go for it.

Indeed. Its just a shame some other companies cold call everyone and rip people off. People who decide to laugh at someone doing a job, obviously have some sort of complex about themselves and their own ambitions. In a few years time, I'll be a sales or marketing director. If someone wants to laugh at that career from my first job as a hospital cleaner then let them but I'm the one laughing all the way to the bank at the end of month.

Also, being the way I am politically, I should also defend benefit claimants. Yes, there are some who genuinely don't have the right ethic for work or the brain cells to do something productive. Some other benefit claimants however are genuine. You cant just tarnish all these with the same brush unless you're a fascist tory (Tory: Noun: Substitute BNP supporter; Neo-Nazi).

That's my boy; can I borrow a tenner? Lol!

 

[Phil Meup]

Both scenarios - they are getting by until they get a proper job, sometimes they need telling that 'tho!

I do a telesales job , and earn over £2k after tax most months. How is that not a 'proper job'

I have done field based roles previously as well and made a fair bit of money but the hours are longer.

Jesus, it does pay well.
I'll be much ruder next time some prick phones me to ask how I am just as I'm about to put the tea out!
(No offence stavros - we've all got to earn a living!)

 

[stavros]

No offence taken mate.

I have a degree in sports science and am semi intelligent ,but I stumbled across this job and am very very good at it. I'm a natural salesman.

I'm not just office based though I set my own appointments and then go and sell them. Absolutely love my job and it's a proper proper laugh.

 

[mackenzie]

No offence taken mate.

I have a degree in sports science and am semi intelligent ,but I stumbled across this job and am very very good at it. I'm a natural salesman.

I'm not just office based though I set my own appointments and then go and sell them. Absolutely love my job and it's a proper proper laugh.

I think this post has it nailed on. If you are good at it then it's a great career.

However, like most things in life, there is the good and the bad. Avoid it like the plague if you offered a 'week's trial' at this time; it's usually a scam, particularly if it is an unpaid weeks trial.