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(uncle) Goy
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(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
It's happening in the UK as well mate, loads of call centres for great UK
companies like British Telecom, BP etc have moved call centres to India.
They have to work odd hours so that when they phone here it is around the
time of Eastenders or Coronation Street, and they also have to learn
background information about our viewing habits i.e the characters of
Eastenders etc. and...AND they give their name as good old John Smith or
Jane Williams or something British (or American). Fair play to them , they
are only doing a job but it's, as you say, greedy corporations trying to
save a few pennies.
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Big Craigie
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>It's happening in the UK as well mate, loads of call centres for great UK
>companies like British Telecom, BP etc have moved call centres to India.
>They have to work odd hours so that when they phone here it is around the
>time of Eastenders or Coronation Street, and they also have to learn
>background information about our viewing habits i.e the characters of
>Eastenders etc. and...AND they give their name as good old John Smith or
>Jane Williams or something British (or American). Fair play to them , they
>are only doing a job but it's, as you say, greedy corporations trying to
>save a few pennies.
I did it a while back and can now watch "Corrie" undisturbed.. :-)
:-)
HTH.
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Jeff. Ironbridge, Shrops, U.K.
and don't bother with pogo50, it's a spamtrap and I never go there.. :)
... "There are few hours in life more agreeable
than the hour dedicated to the ceremony
known as afternoon tea.."
Henry James, (1843 - 1916).
> >> When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!!
> >> -
> >> I think you must know what I'm talking about. Together, a heavy
foreign
> >accent,
> >> coupled with a lousy phone connection can only mean one thing... An
> >outsourced
> >> operation, in a place like India, China, The Philippines, etc.; where
some
> >> greedy American corporation is saving a few pieces of Silver and
> >displacing
> >> American workers in the process.
> >It's happening in the UK as well mate, loads of call centres for great UK
> >companies like British Telecom, BP etc have moved call centres to India.
> >They have to work odd hours so that when they phone here it is around the
> >time of Eastenders or Coronation Street, and they also have to learn
> >background information about our viewing habits i.e the characters of
> >Eastenders etc. and...AND they give their name as good old John Smith or
> >Jane Williams or something British (or American). Fair play to them ,
they
> >are only doing a job but it's, as you say, greedy corporations trying to
> >save a few pennies.
> You could always register with the Telephone Preference Service - it's
> a government service that was created to administer the
> Telecommunications (Data Protection & Privacy) Regulations 1999. Once
> you've registered, (at www.tpsonline.org.uk) any company that contacts
> you unsolicited is breaking the law and is subject to a substantial
> fine.
> I did it a while back and can now watch "Corrie" undisturbed.. :-)
> :-)
I don't watch Corrie, I'm a neighbours man myself ;-)
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Big Craigie
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I've never been disturbed enough to watch Corrie... *** whipped by various
g/f's, but never disturbed...
watch some auto racing with ytour g/f's and you can kiss the corrie goodbye
!!!!
They amy swallow after watching some Cart
Rich
Where you/we should complain are THE corporations.
Cancel the service and state clearly the reason is outsourcing and stick
with a local guy.
Because corporate fascism in western world is hardly different from the
Nazi fascism.
In 1930's it was first exterminate all jews, then gypsies, then slavs
... and we all (whoever we are) sit and watch.
One day they decide to remove us - we're all alone and in minority to
put up any resistance.
Not much different today, first IT companies, then telecom comapnies,
then those two both together make ground to "sell" facilities
(outsource) other businesses. And what happens, we all lose our jobs
and THE corporation proudly announces net profit of $ 4 billion, 31% up
on last year's one. And the economy seems to be growing so fine ...
Yeah, right !
you... often can't be
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Jeff. Ironbridge, Shrops, U.K.
and don't bother with pogo50, it's a spamtrap and I never go there.. :)
... "There are few hours in life more agreeable
than the hour dedicated to the ceremony
known as afternoon tea.."
Henry James, (1843 - 1916).
> Not much different today, first IT companies, then telecom comapnies,
> then those two both together make ground to "sell" facilities
> (outsource) other businesses. And what happens, we all lose our jobs
> and THE corporation proudly announces net profit of $ 4 billion, 31% up
> on last year's one. And the economy seems to be growing so fine ...
> Yeah, right !
> > When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!!
> > -
> > I think you must know what I'm talking about. Together, a heavy
foreign
> accent,
> > coupled with a lousy phone connection can only mean one thing... An
> outsourced
> > operation, in a place like India, China, The Philippines, etc.; where
some
> > greedy American corporation is saving a few pieces of Silver and
> displacing
> > American workers in the process.
> > -
> > The best thing you can do is hang up... look for the companies' on-shore
> counterpart
> > and complain! Tell them you're sick and tired of sub-standard services
by
> people
> > who speak English so poorly that you can hardly communicate... are most
> often
> > poorly trained... have little accountability for the advice they give
> you... often can't be
> > heard clearly because of a poor satellite phone connection...
conveniently
> block
> > their caller-ID... give themselves phony names like 'Tina' or 'Jimmy'
(to
> deceive you
> > into thinking they're local) and most often provide no avenue to
escalate
> an issue
> > to someone who can really help.
> > -
> > Corporations will only end this practice if they see they're losing
their
> customer
> > base as a consequence. Let's start doing our part by starting a
> grass-roots
> > movement...
> > -
> > When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!
> > -
> This is the part of globalisation they don't tell us about, it's great
> selling our products to foreign countries but the natural progression for
> big business is that they export jobs too. It's true that call centre
staff
> in India are trained to misrepresent themselves by using pseudonyms and
> commenting on the weather in your country, but you can't blame the staff.
> Remember big business are interested in profit, everything else is window
> dressing!
Oh, the irony.
-Larry
What goes around - comes around.
Smurf
Oh wait, did I say that out loud.
Jason
> >There was an article on ZDNet this morning that said basically now that
the
> >pawners of India Labor have got their hooks in to American Companies, the
> >prices and wages are starting to go up and could eat up all the so-called
> >advantage the CEO Creeps that signed up for this thought they were going
to
> >get to pocket.
> Maybe if we re-elect Bush they'll outsource the White House staff to
> India.
> Oh wait, did I say that out loud.
> Jason