• Colforge@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    I’ve spent the last 15 years in call centers and only spent 1 year on a line of business that involved upselling. There’s plenty of lines that don’t. Yes it is common but it’s just as common to not.

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      Right, but that’s just your experience as an agent. I was the one managing all of the campaigns for a global call center in the dialing platform, building the IVRs, etc, so I got to become familiar with many dozens of campaigns. Even ones that were supposed to just be customer service usually had something they were supposed to push.

      Like was said, only customer service doesn’t generate revenue, so companies often try to recoup that cost.

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        17 hours ago

        Where did I say I was only an agent the whole time? I’ve been in a dozen roles at varying levels. Once again, sometimes generating revenue isn’t the point. Sometimes delivering a service or even just retaining customers is.

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        Even ones that were supposed to just be customer service usually had something they were supposed to push.

        True, which i failed to push when i was doing it 'cos the last thing a bitching customer wants is Hey, what about buying a new product? Then i got a real job.