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What's the worst job - Chugger or Call Centre Worker??

  • 12-09-2008 2:55pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭


    Its a toughy.....

    What's the worst job - Chugger or Call centre worker 66 votes

    Chugger
    0% 0 votes
    Call Centre Worker
    80% 53 votes
    Rather punch myself in the face thanks
    19% 13 votes


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Chugger - definitely. You can just put the phone down on call centre workers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭Harpy


    i'm sorry for my stupidity but what's a chugger??:o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    charity mugger - people who stop you in the street, try make you give over bank account details, weird lil bunch they are

    usually crusties too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    Chugger is worse.
    I need a job to pay 4th level fees, and I'd take a job as a call centre worker, but not a chugger.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Harpy wrote: »
    i'm sorry for my stupidity but what's a chugger??:o


    A charity mugger. Easily identified by the matted dreadlocks, clip-board and bright blue "Concern" jacket.

    I definitely think a chugger is the worse job out of the two. People being rude to your face is much harder to take than people being rude to you over the phone!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭sarah-bear


    No I mean as a job - Which would you rather do!!!! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭Harpy


    oh i think call centre worker would be worst, with chuggers people just say no and walk away but with a call centre the amount of abuse you can get from people is awful... id say call centre worker is a tougher job but being a chugger is a worst job to actually have id most definatlety prefer to work in a call centre than be a chugger


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭Wagon


    Chugger. A lot worse. I'd take the call centre, at least you can take abuse sitting down and not risk being punched.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    I'd pick chugger just so i could be annoying, put out my hand to force someone to shake it then not let go while i basically force them to give me bank details.
    I love when they jump out at me, only cos it gives me an opportunity to scream at them to get out of my personal space.

    dunno how they keep smiling


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    A chugger can be physically attacked while a call centre worker is safe in their office, unless a really determined person hunts them down.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭Sofaspud


    sarah-bear wrote: »
    No I mean as a job - Which would you rather do!!!! :)

    I work in a call center and it's actually fun, you can sit around having a laugh with your friends when it's not busy, or if you don't have any friends in work, you can read, text, some people play PSPs etc.

    Then again, I don't actually make calls, I receive them so I'm not one of the evil salespeople or anything.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭sarah-bear


    Yeah...I think Call centre worker would be the worst. At least if your'e a chugger your'e outside, laughing at the different ways people tell you to f**k off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    sarah-bear wrote: »
    Yeah...I think Call centre worker would be the worst. At least if your'e a chugger your'e outside, laughing at the different ways people tell you to f**k off.

    From my own experience i would rather work in a call center. Considering i started working in one, was quicky promoted up the ladder and would eventually move into a job that is normally reserved for people with a Masters or two.

    Just me though. ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Call centre by far is the worst one, when dealing with customers on the phone you are basically their anger management verbal punchbag for whatever a local call costs

    Horrible work i would never go back to it would rather be a chugger and i cant stand them either!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭hopalong85


    call centre worker has to be worse. mainly cos good chuggers make 700 to 1000 a week i guess!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Chuggers are the spawn of satan himself.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭doonothing


    From friends who tried the being a chugger and lasted one day at it, apparently the rudeness and consistent rejection is the most soul-crushing job experience out there!
    Had a few friends who worked in a call centre, they said it wasn't so bad, and it was a big laugh in the place when someone got angry, they put them on loudspeaker and everything :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Worked in a call centre and the amount of times I've been threatened that so and so would fine me and hunt me down, etc is gone off the chart. Money is pretty good if you stick it out. Nearly the same kind of pitch. :)

    Chugger:
    Person: I already give x euro a week through my direct debit, sorry
    Chugger: Ah sure we can all give a little bit more, don't you think?

    Call centre:
    Person: I already have a credit card, thanks
    Worker: Ah but this card is better and has x features...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    GAAman wrote: »
    Call centre by far is the worst one, when dealing with customers on the phone you are basically their anger management verbal punchbag for whatever a local call costs

    That's only if you're weak.


    Chugger is the worst job.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Ruu wrote: »
    Worked in a call centre and the amount of times I've been threatened that so and so would fine me and hunt me down, etc is gone off the chart. Money is pretty good if you stick it out. Nearly the same kind of pitch. :)

    Chugger:
    Person: I already give x euro a week through my direct debit, sorry
    Chugger: Ah sure we can all give a little bit more, don't you think?

    Call centre:
    Person: I already have a credit card, thanks
    Worker: Ah but this card is better and has x features...

    It's all sales in the end!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    hopalong85 wrote: »
    call centre worker has to be worse. mainly cos good chuggers make 700 to 1000 a week i guess!

    You need to stop believing everything you hear.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭hopalong85


    Dragan wrote: »
    You need to stop believing everything you hear.

    i'm talking from personal experience actually. for seven sign ups in a day you get 25 euro an hour if i recall correctly, even for five you get 20 per hour, add team leading bonuses to this and between 700 and 1000 per week would be the norm for the top chuggers. that more or less explains why most chuggers don't really care about the abuse etc. not many jobs offering that sort of cash to 20 year olds!
    concern operate a different system though, think their chuggers are on a flat rate of 14 an hour or something.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,093 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    I worked for eircom net tech support.

    Best job I ever had.

    Really easy, completely stress free and a great social aspect.

    Heading to Barcode at half three on a Friday and sit around outside the door waiting for them to open.

    Good times......


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭JaneyMc


    I have worked in a call centre, and I liked it.I like the relaxed enviroment but it depends on the call centre. The one I worked for looked after its employees well, and was inbound calling so we were able to read. and play psp's etc like mentioned in a previous post.

    However as for it being safer, one guy found out were another department in the company I worked for were based and managed to get his walk stright into the building. Security was tight for a while after that .:rolleyes:

    If I were going to compare chuggers and call centres, it would be outbound callcentres and chuggers. I'd still pick the callcentre.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Dord wrote: »
    That's only if you're weak.

    Em, no

    Ever do tech support? People roarin at you like you went with a hurl to their house and battered the shíte outta their satellite/box/modem

    And i didnt say i let them do it through the duration of the call i let them get the first two minutes out of the way then take control of the call

    Would still be a chugger over call centre anyday


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Zangetsu


    Call center, you get paid to be abused and apolagise for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,565 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Will wrote: »
    usually crusties too

    +1

    Definitly a worse job.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Chugger has to be worse.

    In a call centre, you get to sit there, dry & warm, drink free coffee when you want, go for a pee without having to go to the nearest McDonalds. You also get to surf the web constantly, and when there are no calls coming in, you can sit back and relax.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    GAAman wrote: »
    Em, no

    Ever do tech support? People roarin at you like you went with a hurl to their house and battered the shíte outta their satellite/box/modem

    And i didnt say i let them do it through the duration of the call i let them get the first two minutes out of the way then take control of the call

    Would still be a chugger over call centre anyday

    Yes actually, I have.

    I stand by what I said, if you're weak you're going to have to put up with a lot of shyte on the phone. Two minutes is a long time on a call! You need to take control from the beginning.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,776 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    GAAman wrote: »
    Call centre by far is the worst one, when dealing with customers on the phone you are basically their anger management verbal punchbag for whatever a local call costs

    Horrible work i would never go back to it would rather be a chugger and i cant stand them either!

    Funny... in three and a half years, this only happened once. And I managed to calm him down by being firm and threatening to dsicontinue the call if he persisted. You're gonna wind up dealing with conflict no matter what job you do.
    GAAman wrote: »
    Em, no

    Ever do tech support? People roarin at you like you went with a hurl to their house and battered the shíte outta their satellite/box/modem

    And i didnt say i let them do it through the duration of the call i let them get the first two minutes out of the way then take control of the call

    Would still be a chugger over call centre anyday

    Two minutes?!! I wouldn't give them five seconds! If the customer is so right, why's he rigning for support?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,568 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Wagon wrote: »
    Chugger. A lot worse. I'd take the call centre, at least you can take abuse sitting down and not risk being punched.
    ...and stay dry when it rains.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I'd rather put up with an earful of abuse on the phone than become one of those chugger bastards.
    Still though, I chose the face-punching option. I worked in a call centre (outgoing) for a week - it was horrendous. And it wasn't even sales, just asking people to do surveys. And it was only for a three-hour shift a day. And the hours were flexible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭Cool_CM


    I worker in a call centre(incoming customer service for an internet retailer), was a great job. Also we operated the three strike system when it came to abuse. Three warnings and the phone would be put down.
    A chugger can be identified when they are not "working". Work should not follow you wherever you go, as a few friends of mine who work club security have found out all too often


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    Chugger - they have to seem happy, stay outdoors (in Ireland) and people hate them! That and they have to act convincing...

    🤪



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Cool_CM wrote: »
    I worker in a call centre(incoming customer service for an internet retailer), was a great job. Also we operated the three strike system when it came to abuse. Three warnings and the phone would be put down.
    I'd say incoming is bliss compared to outgoing. Sure you'll get some arseholes ringing you up to get all abusive but at least you're not impinging on their time by making unsolicited calls when they do not want to take them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    I'd like to be a chugger in a call centre. Kill two birds, as it were, or be killed, which is more probable.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Having done both, Chugger is the worst!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Having done both, neither is fantastic. I probably hated the mindnumbing boredom of the call centre less than the physical and verbal abuse of being a chugger. And no, I'm surprisingly not a crusty.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 950 ✭✭✭EamonnKeane


    What's the worst job - Chugger or Call Centre Worker??
    " Which is the worse job - Chugger or Call Centre Worker?? "

    Grammar nazi. The hours are awful. The days even worse.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Was talking to a guy who worked in a call centre about a week ago.

    Said biggest problem was these lowlifes ringing in and speaking in guttural,unintelligible Dublin/Limerick/Cork etc etc accents dumping all their shiite on him.

    he said they obviously perceived him as the lowest in the hierarchy of jobs and felt free to unload on him big time.

    he said the cnunts never wrote anything down as he felt they couldn't read write or spell. Everything was "Puh me bleedin' threw dere Bud".

    Sounds like a good career to have:mad:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,776 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Was talking to a guy who worked in a call centre about a week ago.

    Said biggest problem was these lowlifes ringing in and speaking in guttural,unintelligible Dublin/Limerick/Cork etc etc accents dumping all their shiite on him.

    he said they obviously perceived him as the lowest in the hierarchy of jobs and felt free to unload on him big time.

    he said the cnunts never wrote anything down as he felt they couldn't read write or spell. Everything was "Puh me bleedin' threw dere Bud".

    Sounds like a good career to have:mad:

    Jaysus, these are feckin jobs, not careers! No one opts for a career in a call centre! And the people who perceive you as doing "the lowest in the hierarchy of jobs" are quickly put right. I never had to put up with that sh1t because I never chose to put up with it. If someone chose to unload, they got one warning. If they persisted they either got disconnected very sharpish or put through to the Samaritans.

    Chuggers don;t have that option.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    I'd much hate to be a chugger. Having to keep that fake smile would make my face crack and head fall off. And all this trying to get eye contact with people. *shudder*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    How did this even warrant a thread/poll?

    Working in a call centre can be a crappy job (though I worked in one and it wasn't too bad tbh) but it's nowhere near as bad as being a chugger. I'd have no problem taking a job in call centre for a while if I needed to, but I would not take a job as a chugger. I'd far prefer to be emptying people's bins or cleaning toilets than doing that. Chugger = Knobhead.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 j-bone


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    I'd like to be a chugger in a call centre. Kill two birds, as it were, or be killed, which is more probable.

    haha,,you do actually get call centre chuggers,,if you sign up (yes ive been stung) they ring you a couple days later to confirm direct details etc...upon reflection this may actually be a blessing in disguise as you could then deny all knowledge of any such sign up and threaten legal action...damn hippies...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,971 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Who would ever take a job as a chugger? Scum of the earth they are.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Who would ever take a job as a chugger? Scum of the earth they are.

    A title i personally preserve for rapist, murders and soccer players.:pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,274 ✭✭✭Monty - the one and only


    Im actually a supervisor for a major US phone companies broadband department, the pay for it is well above the average job... especially after throwing in bonuses(making $200-400 extra a week) and benifts...

    Average chugger job here earns less than half of what i make a week...Which do i think is worse...well i get a nice comfy area to work in, great co-workers, when its raining, snowing etc, im still inside...


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