Right on, my stock answer to these guys is "I don't conclude a sale that I haven't initiated myself"
Sunlife employee tells me to F*** off then
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Right on, my stock answer to these guys is "I don't conclude a sale that I haven't initiated myself"
It's simple to lose these people. If they call from Sunlife, tell them you work for Canada Life, Manulife, or London Life, vice versa.
You will be taken off their list............
Why? In all likelihood the guy's already been fired. Telemarketing is a horrible job, odds are he was either told to get his sales counts up or he was history or he simply sucked at the job from the get go.
This is the reason why I don't answer the phone if I don't recognize the number.
And I think a job with a short future. I'd really be surprised if more than one in a hundred calls results in a sale and then I believe the sucker has 72 hours to reneg on the sale. -
As much as telemarketers annoy the hell out of me, I do try to look at it from the other side of things too. It's an absolutely thankless job and their turnover is astronomically high. I always think that people going out for those jobs are absolutely desperate for work, can't help but feel a little sorry for them.
But I still don't answer the phone, then I don't have to be mean to them.
But how do you know the number is that of a telemarketer and not someone calling about an emergency?
As much as telemarketers annoy the hell out of me, I do try to look at it from the other side of things too. It's an absolutely thankless job and their turnover is astronomically high. I always think that people going out for those jobs are absolutely desperate for work, can't help but feel a little sorry for them.
But I still don't answer the phone, then I don't have to be mean to them.
Actually you don't even have to be mean, just say "hold on a minute, there's a call on the other line" and then once they hang up your phone will start beeping.
Any competent telemarketing knows that there is maybe a 10 percent yield of successful calls, the faster you process the other 90 percent, the more time you have for the real calls. The annoying sales pitch where they talk and don't shut up is actually quite effective at screening the 90 , some of the 90 would waste an incredible amount of time if you spoke to them like human beings. True you might covert more of the 90 but the cost would be too high
Wise decision I don't pay many compliments!
Yep, easier I bet than flogging snake oil!
The telemarketers from India are likely not the ones to tell the customer to f*** off when they don't make the sale though. That smells like desperate North American college drop out to me.
The only one who ever swore at us was from India or somewhere equivalent. Very, heavy accent. When I told him no, take me off your list, he started telling me how sexy I sounded. I simply passed the phone to hubby while laughing. he lost his ever living **** on hubby, started swearing and calling him an *******. It was totally bizarre.
Sounds about right, such a "suave" individual probably wouldn't qualify for many jobs!-
You'd be surprised.
I could never handle being a telemarketer.
I'd end up depresed and would have to put stupid affirmations on post-it notes in my cubicle...
I wish I were a glo-worm
A glo-worm is never glum
'Cause it's hard to be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum
Very bizarre! Everything I've ever read or saw on the subject suggests that call center positions in India are highly desired positions.