I agree with you PC but then there are many who are forced to go into call centers because their profession doesn’t pay too well or there aren’t many vacancies available for entry-level nurses, teachers, engineers or architects
Tora: If that’s the case, then why chose that profession in the first place? If money was more important than one’s interests, then they should have chosen the high paying job.. if their interests are more important than money, then whatever their pay is, they would still love their profession. case in point, teachers, who are really teaching because they love to teach (and not because they couldn’t get a different job). though i understand that sometimes, people have to be practical. still, just saying. 🙂
Tora: I slaved for various production houses for years, earning what call center agents would call allowances. Until now, there are months when an entry-level CSR would earn more than I would. And I would do it all over again. Because, after a decade in the industry, I grew up as a professional. I have the resume, I have the reel, I have the experience necessary to be successful. And this would have not happened at all if I didn’t take the risk sticking to the industry that I love.
To all CSRs reading this: I respect what your industry has done for you and for this country, I totally understand that you have to be practical, and it’s totally okay to work in a call center. But at some point, you have to stop and look at where you’re standing. If you can honestly tell me that you are happy and content and satisfied with being a CSR for the long haul, then I’m happy for you. If not, what the hell are you still doing there?
That’s why after years of sticking it out in call center as an Agent/QA, I am working to enter the teaching profession. There will come a time when you will need to move on especially if you plateau, your body can’t take the working hours or for any other reason.
Contrary to what I have been replying, I don’t have a low regard for the BPO industry considering it has provided a decent livelihood to wide selection of those who needed employment. I find it a highly democratic employer considering it doesn’t discriminate in terms of where you came from as long as you deliver the goods. Though you may need added degrees and certifications to move up.
Tora: Exactly. I feel the same way. It’s hard to put down a profession that has helped thousands have a better life. But it shouldn’t be an easy way out either.
I have friends that spent thousands just to graduate from UP Masscomm (and especially in Film, you’re going to be spending a lot) only to go work in a call center for the next five years. Is that even fair to their parents? One or two years, just to get your act together, fine. More than that… you’re probably copping out na.
It actually takes greater skill to work with the simplest ingredients and come up with a masterpiece
pretty slick of boopey’s dad to blow her off that way though. Still, it’s way better than a flat no
Culinary school. It’s the new Nursing.
At least in the culinary mistakes, you (or your pet dog) just eat your mistakes. In the nursing and medical professions, you have to bury them.
Culinary School is more like Law or Medicine, very expensive schooling
Doctors become nurses, nurses become caregivers, and now lawyers become cooks.
awwwww.. at least hindi na magtyatyaga si boopey sa “instant” culinary skills ni alan
Doctors become nurses, nurses become caregivers, and now lawyers become cooks…
and all of them become Call Center Agens
Tora: In fairness, if they were any good in their chosen professions to begin with, they wouldn’t have to become call center agents. I’m just saying.
In my case, my blood pressure didn’t jive with teaching, so I went BPO. Goodbye, panic attacks!
I agree with you PC but then there are many who are forced to go into call centers because their profession doesn’t pay too well or there aren’t many vacancies available for entry-level nurses, teachers, engineers or architects
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Tora: If that’s the case, then why chose that profession in the first place? If money was more important than one’s interests, then they should have chosen the high paying job.. if their interests are more important than money, then whatever their pay is, they would still love their profession. case in point, teachers, who are really teaching because they love to teach (and not because they couldn’t get a different job). though i understand that sometimes, people have to be practical. still, just saying. 🙂
Tora: I slaved for various production houses for years, earning what call center agents would call allowances. Until now, there are months when an entry-level CSR would earn more than I would. And I would do it all over again. Because, after a decade in the industry, I grew up as a professional. I have the resume, I have the reel, I have the experience necessary to be successful. And this would have not happened at all if I didn’t take the risk sticking to the industry that I love.
To all CSRs reading this: I respect what your industry has done for you and for this country, I totally understand that you have to be practical, and it’s totally okay to work in a call center. But at some point, you have to stop and look at where you’re standing. If you can honestly tell me that you are happy and content and satisfied with being a CSR for the long haul, then I’m happy for you. If not, what the hell are you still doing there?
That’s why after years of sticking it out in call center as an Agent/QA, I am working to enter the teaching profession. There will come a time when you will need to move on especially if you plateau, your body can’t take the working hours or for any other reason.
Contrary to what I have been replying, I don’t have a low regard for the BPO industry considering it has provided a decent livelihood to wide selection of those who needed employment. I find it a highly democratic employer considering it doesn’t discriminate in terms of where you came from as long as you deliver the goods. Though you may need added degrees and certifications to move up.
Tora: Exactly. I feel the same way. It’s hard to put down a profession that has helped thousands have a better life. But it shouldn’t be an easy way out either.
I have friends that spent thousands just to graduate from UP Masscomm (and especially in Film, you’re going to be spending a lot) only to go work in a call center for the next five years. Is that even fair to their parents? One or two years, just to get your act together, fine. More than that… you’re probably copping out na.