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

sarah-bear

Its a toughy.....

Dudess

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

Harpy

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

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

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.

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!

sarah-bear

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

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

Wagon

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

hopalong85

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

Mossy Monk

Chuggers are the spawn of satan himself.

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

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...

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.

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!

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.

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.

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......

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.

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

Zangetsu

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

Cookie_Monster

Will wrote: »

usually crusties too

+1

Definitly a worse job.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

Sabre0001

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

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.

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.

January

Having done both, Chugger is the worst!

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.

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.

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:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

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.

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*

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.

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...

Xavi6

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

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:

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...