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Re: Convergys
Posted By: Bookworm In Response To: Re: Convergys (Michael J McMillan)
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, at 8:37 p.m.(pst)
>> I have a thought. I would run. Seriously. I just looked it up at
>> Ask.com, and the first page of results makes me think this is a call
>> center with unhappy campers already complaining about them, and from what
>> I can tell they're not that old an outfit. See the link below, choose from
>> amongst the results for yourself, happy hunting. I can't imagine needing a
>> job that bad (I've worked for a call center before so I know what it can
>> be like).I have an IT (Information Technology) background. I have been doing mostly contract work for the last few years, and sometimes there are long dry-spells between assignments. A couple of years ago, I was smack in the middle of one of these dry-spells when I heard about an opening at a call center in Hazelwood, Missouri. The name of the call center: Convergys. I applied for a job and was hired. After two weeks of training and a couple of days riding sidekick with an experienced call center agent, I started fielding calls, solo.
It was one of the worst job experiences I have ever had to endure! It took me less than a week to realize that it just wasn't worth it! I abruptly submitted my resignation. Looking back, I have no regrets at all about quitting that job.
I am not going to say that Convergys is a bad place to work or that the management are bad or incompetent. It just wasn't the right place for ME.
Oh, by the way, a few months later, while working on a contract assignment at a different firm, I happened to bump into this fellow I recognized from my short stint at convergys; we both started work there the same day. He held on for over a month. Like me, he was an experienced IT professional and just needed something to tide him over until he could find a really good assignment. By the time he quit, of the twenty or so people who started work as call center trainees on the same day we did, fewer than three were left. Given that call centers in general have a high turnover rate, one should not assume too much from this.
However, before accepting employment as a call center agent at Convergys in Hazelwood, Missouri, you might want to read the attached article that was posted on THE CONSUMERIST.
Oh, and please understand that this is just one person's experience. "Your mileage may vary."
Your old pal,
"Bookworm"
An Article posted on "THE CONSUMERIST"
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