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Telesales - anyone here done it before?!
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I've recently got a telesales job for the summer with a large company. I was initally chuffed, as the pay is amazing (well amazing for a poor student such as myself), and after 4 hours of interviews I was damn glad to get it.
But now i'm getting doubts as I have absolutely no idea what to expect - we get three weeks of training (fully paid) before we start, but I'd still like to know if anybody else here has done it and what they've thought. I've been hearing stories of people packing it in soon after starting as they couldn't hack it, for example.
But now i'm getting doubts as I have absolutely no idea what to expect - we get three weeks of training (fully paid) before we start, but I'd still like to know if anybody else here has done it and what they've thought. I've been hearing stories of people packing it in soon after starting as they couldn't hack it, for example.
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some people seem to like it, but i'd personally rather stick pins in my eyes.
it was not, i think, your typical call centre job as there were only 10 of us on the phone at one time, fairly small scale and if it wasnt for the fact that the contract finished i think i would still be doing it 2.5 years later. i made shitloads on commission and the basic salary was quite good too.
it is not everyone's sort of job though. however, it is something i would do again
But I work on Inbound sales for hire cars and I love it. The bonuses are good, effectively free money for just doing your job.
You'll either love it or hate it. If you love it, you really love it, if you hate it, your really hate it.
I'll give you a tip, try and build a rapport with the customers, it increases your sales.
I've done cold calling survey type work and I loathed it, speaking to people who dont want to talk to you all day got me down. I began to really hate having to ring people.
But as people have said the money can be good.