Recently I joined a team of
interviewers at a call center, but it feels like I joined the circus. For those
of you who don’t know what a call center is, it’s a place filled with those
annoying people that call you for surveys. You know, the one’s that you curse
off on a regular basis. I used to do that, but now that I know what it’s like
to be paid minimum wage to make hundreds of hopeless phone calls to folks that
don’t want to be bothered by you, I have a new found respect for them. The
reality is that most people that work in them, much like myself, have no choice
with the current job market.
I have to say though, if you
can hack it, it’s the easiest job to get.
As long as you went to high school and are literate, and well
presentable you can get the job. At least, that is what happened to me. I was
hired on the spot and incredibly relieved until I went through a 20 minute
training, and then was thrown under the bus. The next six hours would be taken
up by teenage boys cursing me out, incredibly passionate New Yorkers that now
reside in Florida, frustrated old people, and those who just didn’t have the
time to speak with me.
Sounds rewarding, right? I have a feeling I won’t
last long.
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