Call Center Part 2 : Pros and Cons

Of course I wouldn’t just put here “CONS OF BEING A CALL CENTER AGENT”; there are good points in it. First of all, you get to speak English all the time which will train you for the future! Second, very good compensation and benefits awaits you here. There was a time when me and my friend only worked for 3 days but did get more than what we expect. What else? It’s hard to think of the pros… I spent a lot of time on the “pros” side. By the way, I was supposed to be sleeping now; I just got out from work and decided to finish this blog before I go to sleep. 

Ok, let’s go to the cons. You will get sick! I’m not cursing you, but I’m telling you, if you’re body is naturally strong, you will eventually give up and become weak. Your body itself will tell you that it can’t function anymore. There’s an increase risk of laryngopharyngitis, colds, fever, viral and/or bacterial illness, emphysema (due to 98% population of smokers) or any disease that’s related to lungs, brain cancer, constipation, and a lot more! Name it; you’ll surely have it on a call center. And eye bags; yeah! Even if you put on milk, tea bag, cucumber, eye cream, it WON’T work, trust me. (Tell me if there’s something that worked for you!). You will be physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually challenged (J). You don’t have a social life! You can’t even have fun at night! Can’t go to clubs, bar and eat out with friends! Even if you have 2 days off, you still won’t have time because 2 days isn’t enough for sleeping.

Bad thing about call center is the people around you; a lot of them are nice, but most of them are mean. I really hate when people flirt with each other and they already have family?! Dirty people inside the company. A lot of gossip going on around and around!

I have observed these things with myself and also with some friends I have. 50% of our “barkada” is working/worked at a call center and we have the same experiences. If you want to know what happened to me, why you think I’m so angry (or shows that I hate this job), you can see the changes that I observed on my next blog.