What the hell is up with Indian call centres?
596419
Alot of Australian companies outsource call centres to India as they labour is cheap and most of them can speak, read and write English (albeit badly). A new Do Not Call register will be set up as of June 06 in Australia- so register on that. It lists it on the website of the telecommunication ombudsman!
906513
I hear that! I am currently working in a call centre also for a few weeks and am fed up with the amount of abuse that I have to take. I am a New Zealander and as such am called some pretty nasty racist names. I have heard some awful things shouted down the phone at me and there really is no need for it. Do people seriously think that you will want to help them if they abuse you?\nI thought face to face was bad but i think people have a mind set that if they can't see you it doesn't count.
1164766
I agree 100% with hanging up if you get someone who cant speak english. BUT those people youre talking to are not in our country most of the time. Many companies have outsourced customer support/tech to India and other countries\n\nAnd yes, if youre a citizen (or illegal alien) you should speak perfect english. If I were to even TRAVEL to another country I would have the decency and respect to at least have a basic understanding of their language.\n\n\nedit: Some of you do not get it. If you are working for an AMERICAN company and are talking to AMERICAN customers, you better know some damned english. I dont care if they happen to be Mecca at that moment. Ill hang up on them everytime.
44999
Again I ask, 'Why not?'.  You'd be hard pressed to find one with a call centre in the United States, so where else would it be?  Obvious answer SOMEWHERE ELSE!
918222
They are selling t-shirts in the UK that say "My job went to India and all I got was this lousy t-shirt".\n\nI don't support outsourcing abroad. If Pizza hut or whoever want to move their call centers to India then they should try selling their pizza's there instead of in the US. See how much money they make then.
313918
A large part of their success, specially India, is due to outsourcing by the United States.  During the 1980's and 1990's companies spent huge sums of money laying fiber optic cable under the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere.  They anticipated huge demands for broadband.  The demands never quite materialized, and countries like India took advantage of very cheap international communications to set up call centers to handle a range of services from tech support, to accounting to data storage and tedious programming.  Given their cheaper labor rates, it made sense for American companies to outsource work to them.  They were prepared for all of this because they anticipated it and had trained huge numbers of scientist and engineers in comparison to the U.S. An example of the result of all of this is the fact that in 2005, there were over 245,000 Indians answering phones from all over the world or dialing out to solicit people for credit cards or cell phone bargains or overdue bills! Bangalor is one of the cities that has flourished from this new economy.  The Indians are taking English courses, including accents and regional speech.  Soon, you won't be able to tell that you are talking to an Indian. Right now there is a fast food restaurant in Colorado that is routing drive-up orders to a call center in India that processes the order and sends it back to the kitchen.  This cuts about 15 seconds from the time it takes to drive up to the time you leave with your order!  The 15 seconds translates to big money for the restaurant.
1161314
If u have mobile call ur home,if stuckup call SOS no. from ur mobile. In Hyderabad in India they have well established helpline.Every country has helpline.
539648
why dont you try yahoo india ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????\n\nwhy bother us in the US with this fuckin sheaaattt you dink ????????????????????????????????
833896
try skyphonecards.com.\n\ni use it to call my home in India. its easy, simple and secure. the cards are cheap and you can find deals too. try it .
634519
all the call center jobs are going to India so there is hardly any left for you. More over no one does a sponsorship for call center jobs. If u r interested in IT then u may have some scope.
940633
Are you kidding?? I don't even return my calls!
245930
You can't call from PC to landline in India for free.  However, skypeOut (www.skype.com) rates are pretty cheap!
179223
First thing is that spelling of India is wrong in your question. Another thing if you are working for a company than try to make a proposal report for the company owner about the benefits of Outsourcing. And do one thing to contact people some where in Chennai, Banglore, Hyderabad or Delhi and also in Bombay who are dealing with outsourcing and call centre stuff. Tell them to send you the information about their location and prices. And mention that in your report and try to persuade your boss to do so.
349390
Its a number for something called "Call Free International"  I couldnt find any info on what the purpose of it is though.
1085429
Check on some of these sites which will help you\n\nwww.bpopark.com\nwww.bpoindia.org\nwww.callcentersindia.com
1058523
No. there is no call center here at cavite.
863752
I worked as a call centre agent for many companies from selling webpages to inbound Fed Ex calls to Land Rover info line to banking and surveys.  I have done inbound (when people call you) and outbound (when you interrupt people's dinner)\n\nExperiences...it depending on where I was.  There was one company that treated us like crap and had no morals.  They did not follow the do no call laws and didnt do anything to people who harassed elderly people and sold to dead ones.  Other ones I worked at were very good, good environment, good pay and lots of support to help you do a good job.  \n\nCall centre work is very stressful.  Either you have sales targets to meet where any number you call is luck of the draw, or you have to do as much customer service as you can while keeping your talk time down.  Working inbound call centres there will always be certain times that the call you are on will have just disconnected when another calls in.  You will go home hearing the "ding" in your ear when a call comes in.\n\nYou have to learn to leave your job at the door when you go home or it will drive you insane.  People think that because you are on a phone, it gives them latitude to scream at you and say things they never would in person.  You didnt know it was their dinner time; it was 8:00 or later...but you get yelled at.  You didnt create the storm that grounded 35 Fed Ex flights in Memphis....but you are responsible.  Its not easy and anyone who says it is easy is lying to you because they have lost their morals at work.\n\nYou can try it, and see how it is.  Some people are okay with it for awhile, but rarely is it a "career" unless you are in management or IT.