The days of being helped with a single phone call are long gone. Companies nowadays are too big and have too many departments to help the average caller. First of all, the turnover rate is high in this job sector. You could be talking to someone who is just out of training and who knows if they are in the USA or overseas. When a rep puts you on hold for no apparent reason they most likely are asking someone for help. There is also too much pressure on agents or reps to "fix" the reason for the call right away. They are being checked for everything from time of call, what they say, (following scripts of course) and over a dozen different numbers regarding the length of the call. In other words they are treated as a number by the organization. A robot, droid or a voice on a machine. I remember being at Webvan in 2000 when they felt they would need maybe a dozen or so agents to staff the CS Center and that people would find answers online or through the IVR menu. Well....they had over 250 people in their center.Agents also are taking back to back to back calls with no time to really catch your breath and regroup. Will it ever change?
With the election coming up Tuesday, I sometimes wonder how people choose political parties. Maybe the parties choose them. After doing some thinking and research I came up with some differences between the two. Republicans roll a toothpaste tube as they use it. Democrats squeeze from the top. Republicans like a good brandy. Democrats drink beer. Republicans sleep in twin beds. That is why there are more Democrats. Thank you will Stanton. When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss; when he's in the Republican Party he's a leader.Thank you Harry Truman. Democrats give their old clothes to the poor, Republicans wear theirs Democrats like baseball,especially the World Series. Republicans like college football, especially the BCS controversies. Democrats drink coffee from a mug. Republicans drink coffee from a cup with a saucer Democrats call the evening meal supper. Republicans call it dinner. Democrats believe people are basically good but must be saved from themse...
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