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  1. Big Wins for Bupa, Octopus Energy & DHL Express at UK National Contact Centre Awards

    Big Wins for Bupa, Octopus Energy & DHL Express at UK National Contact Centre Awards Awards night honours…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #DHL #CallCentre #ContactCentre #DeutschePost #UKNationalContactCentreAwards
    europesays.com/germany/41854/

  2. Lloyds Expands Agentic AI Capability: End of the Contact Centre Agent?

    Lloyds Banking Group is recruiting for almost 300 agentic AI-related roles and offering one of the first Level…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #LloydsBankingGroup #ArtificialIntelligence #Callcentre #ContactCentre
    europesays.com/britain/67980/

  3. @joannaholman @gabriel @bagder @Su_G The other thing that often happens is that the customer is justified at being angry, but not at the customer service worker they're speaking to.

    Many, many years ago when I was between uni courses, I had a helpdesk job at Telstra (back when such jobs were still done in Australia).

    Under Sol Trujillo.

    There were many, many anti-consumer decisions made by management.

    The internal business systems were a broken mess that regularly had outages.

    They were significantly more expensive than other telcos. "Premium products have premium prices" was a phrase used unironically.

    There was stuff going on like outbound telemarketing call centres contracted by the company that were illegally signing people up for products they didn't order. The first some knew they were on a $79 a month plan for 24 months was when the Nokia arrived.

    There were KPIs on things like adherence to schedule, conformance to rostered hours, and calls per hour.

    And they expected 20% of calls, including for tech support or billing, to result in a sale.

    It was also incredibly siloed, so one person couldn't resolve an issue alone.

    Awful, horrible place to work.

    So you'd end up with customers who'd been transferred four or five times and being told different things by different staff.

    Complicated edge case issues often fell through the cracks.

    Needless to say, customers were justifiably angry.

    And the poor wretch who tried to fix the problem for the person who'd just been transferred four times took the brunt of it.

    #Telstra #australia #enshittification #customerservice #helpdesk #callcentre #callcenter #techsupport

  4. @joannaholman @gabriel @bagder @Su_G The other thing that often happens is that the customer is justified at being angry, but not at the customer service worker they're speaking to.

    Many, many years ago when I was between uni courses, I had a helpdesk job at Telstra (back when such jobs were still done in Australia).

    Under Sol Trujillo.

    There were many, many anti-consumer decisions made by management.

    The internal business systems were a broken mess that regularly had outages.

    They were significantly more expensive than other telcos. "Premium products have premium prices" was a phrase used unironically.

    There was stuff going on like outbound telemarketing call centres contracted by the company that were illegally signing people up for products they didn't order. The first some knew they were on a $79 a month plan for 24 months was when the Nokia arrived.

    There were KPIs on things like adherence to schedule, conformance to rostered hours, and calls per hour.

    And they expected 20% of calls, including for tech support or billing, to result in a sale.

    It was also incredibly siloed, so one person couldn't resolve an issue alone.

    Awful, horrible place to work.

    So you'd end up with customers who'd been transferred four or five times and being told different things by different staff.

    Complicated edge case issues often fell through the cracks.

    Needless to say, customers were justifiably angry.

    And the poor wretch who tried to fix the problem for the person who'd just been transferred four times took the brunt of it.

    #Telstra #australia #enshittification #customerservice #helpdesk #callcentre #callcenter #techsupport

  5. @joannaholman @gabriel @bagder @Su_G The other thing that often happens is that the customer is justified at being angry, but not at the customer service worker they're speaking to.

    Many, many years ago when I was between uni courses, I had a helpdesk job at Telstra (back when such jobs were still done in Australia).

    Under Sol Trujillo.

    There were many, many anti-consumer decisions made by management.

    The internal business systems were a broken mess that regularly had outages.

    They were significantly more expensive than other telcos. "Premium products have premium prices" was a phrase used unironically.

    There was stuff going on like outbound telemarketing call centres contracted by the company that were illegally signing people up for products they didn't order. The first some knew they were on a $79 a month plan for 24 months was when the Nokia arrived.

    There were KPIs on things like adherence to schedule, conformance to rostered hours, and calls per hour.

    And they expected 20% of calls, including for tech support or billing, to result in a sale.

    It was also incredibly siloed, so one person couldn't resolve an issue alone.

    Awful, horrible place to work.

    So you'd end up with customers who'd been transferred four or five times and being told different things by different staff.

    Complicated edge case issues often fell through the cracks.

    Needless to say, customers were justifiably angry.

    And the poor wretch who tried to fix the problem for the person who'd just been transferred four times took the brunt of it.

    #Telstra #australia #enshittification #customerservice #helpdesk #callcentre #callcenter #techsupport

  6. @joannaholman @gabriel @bagder @Su_G The other thing that often happens is that the customer is justified at being angry, but not at the customer service worker they're speaking to.

    Many, many years ago when I was between uni courses, I had a helpdesk job at Telstra (back when such jobs were still done in Australia).

    Under Sol Trujillo.

    There were many, many anti-consumer decisions made by management.

    The internal business systems were a broken mess that regularly had outages.

    They were significantly more expensive than other telcos. "Premium products have premium prices" was a phrase used unironically.

    There was stuff going on like outbound telemarketing call centres contracted by the company that were illegally signing people up for products they didn't order. The first some knew they were on a $79 a month plan for 24 months was when the Nokia arrived.

    There were KPIs on things like adherence to schedule, conformance to rostered hours, and calls per hour.

    And they expected 20% of calls, including for tech support or billing, to result in a sale.

    It was also incredibly siloed, so one person couldn't resolve an issue alone.

    Awful, horrible place to work.

    So you'd end up with customers who'd been transferred four or five times and being told different things by different staff.

    Complicated edge case issues often fell through the cracks.

    Needless to say, customers were justifiably angry.

    And the poor wretch who tried to fix the problem for the person who'd just been transferred four times took the brunt of it.

    #Telstra #australia #enshittification #customerservice #helpdesk #callcentre #callcenter #techsupport

  7. @joannaholman @gabriel @bagder @Su_G The other thing that often happens is that the customer is justified at being angry, but not at the customer service worker they're speaking to.

    Many, many years ago when I was between uni courses, I had a helpdesk job at Telstra (back when such jobs were still done in Australia).

    Under Sol Trujillo.

    There were many, many anti-consumer decisions made by management.

    The internal business systems were a broken mess that regularly had outages.

    They were significantly more expensive than other telcos. "Premium products have premium prices" was a phrase used unironically.

    There was stuff going on like outbound telemarketing call centres contracted by the company that were illegally signing people up for products they didn't order. The first some knew they were on a $79 a month plan for 24 months was when the Nokia arrived.

    There were KPIs on things like adherence to schedule, conformance to rostered hours, and calls per hour.

    And they expected 20% of calls, including for tech support or billing, to result in a sale.

    It was also incredibly siloed, so one person couldn't resolve an issue alone.

    Awful, horrible place to work.

    So you'd end up with customers who'd been transferred four or five times and being told different things by different staff.

    Complicated edge case issues often fell through the cracks.

    Needless to say, customers were justifiably angry.

    And the poor wretch who tried to fix the problem for the person who'd just been transferred four times took the brunt of it.

    #Telstra #australia #enshittification #customerservice #helpdesk #callcentre #callcenter #techsupport

  8. AI ‘accent masking’ at overseas call centres sparks union backlash in Canada

    A growing use of artificial intelligence to alter the accents of call centre workers in real time is…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #callcentre #Canada #Consumer #Tech #Technology
    newsbeep.com/us/628865/

  9. AI ‘accent masking’ at overseas call centres sparks union backlash in Canada

    A growing use of artificial intelligence to alter the accents of call centre workers in real time is…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #callcentre #Canada #Consumer #Tech #Technology
    newsbeep.com/us/628865/

  10. It's 2026 and so many business phone lines are extremely poor quality, cut in and out, have distortion and static. And many play hold music or recordings that have a bitrate in single digits.

    It quite literally scrambles my brain and makes me unable to think. Luckily for most of those businesses I will simply hang up before I get angry but it's a simple fix that can really pay off if you cared enough to bother.

    #PhoneTech #Phone #Business #CallCentre #HoldMusic #Quality #Autism #Neurodivergent

  11. It's 2026 and so many business phone lines are extremely poor quality, cut in and out, have distortion and static. And many play hold music or recordings that have a bitrate in single digits.

    It quite literally scrambles my brain and makes me unable to think. Luckily for most of those businesses I will simply hang up before I get angry but it's a simple fix that can really pay off if you cared enough to bother.

    #PhoneTech #Phone #Business #CallCentre #HoldMusic #Quality #Autism #Neurodivergent

  12. It's 2026 and so many business phone lines are extremely poor quality, cut in and out, have distortion and static. And many play hold music or recordings that have a bitrate in single digits.

    It quite literally scrambles my brain and makes me unable to think. Luckily for most of those businesses I will simply hang up before I get angry but it's a simple fix that can really pay off if you cared enough to bother.

    #PhoneTech #Phone #Business #CallCentre #HoldMusic #Quality #Autism #Neurodivergent

  13. It's 2026 and so many business phone lines are extremely poor quality, cut in and out, have distortion and static. And many play hold music or recordings that have a bitrate in single digits.

    It quite literally scrambles my brain and makes me unable to think. Luckily for most of those businesses I will simply hang up before I get angry but it's a simple fix that can really pay off if you cared enough to bother.

    #PhoneTech #Phone #Business #CallCentre #HoldMusic #Quality #Autism #Neurodivergent

  14. It's 2026 and so many business phone lines are extremely poor quality, cut in and out, have distortion and static. And many play hold music or recordings that have a bitrate in single digits.

    It quite literally scrambles my brain and makes me unable to think. Luckily for most of those businesses I will simply hang up before I get angry but it's a simple fix that can really pay off if you cared enough to bother.

    #PhoneTech #Phone #Business #CallCentre #HoldMusic #Quality #Autism #Neurodivergent

  15. ‘Dhurandhar 2’ actor Mustafa Ahmed who played Hamza’s aide Rizwan, started his journey with Rs 10,000 a month as a gym trainer |

    Celebrity trainer turned actor Mustafa Ahmed got a lot of love for his role in ‘Dhurandhar 2’. He…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Movies #AdityaDhar #callcentre #Celebritytrainer #dhurandhar2 #dyslexia #Entertainment #fitnesstrainer #HrithikRoshan #Indianfitnessindustry #MustafaAhmed #Rizwan
    newsbeep.com/us/539163/

  16. ‘Dhurandhar 2’ actor Mustafa Ahmed who played Hamza’s aide Rizwan, started his journey with Rs 10,000 a month as a gym trainer |

    Celebrity trainer turned actor Mustafa Ahmed got a lot of love for his role in ‘Dhurandhar 2’. He…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Movies #AdityaDhar #callcentre #Celebritytrainer #dhurandhar2 #dyslexia #Entertainment #fitnesstrainer #HrithikRoshan #Indianfitnessindustry #MustafaAhmed #Rizwan
    newsbeep.com/us/539163/

  17. ‘Dhurandhar 2’ actor Mustafa Ahmed who played Hamza’s aide Rizwan, started his journey with Rs 10,000 a month as a gym trainer |

    Celebrity trainer turned actor Mustafa Ahmed got a lot of love for his role in ‘Dhurandhar 2’. He…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #AdityaDhar #AU #Australia #callcentre #Celebritytrainer #Dhurandhar2 #dyslexia #Entertainment #fitnesstrainer #HrithikRoshan #Indianfitnessindustry #MustafaAhmed #Rizwan
    newsbeep.com/au/557525/

  18. ‘Dhurandhar 2’ actor Mustafa Ahmed who played Hamza’s aide Rizwan, started his journey with Rs 10,000 a month as a gym trainer |

    Celebrity trainer turned actor Mustafa Ahmed got a lot of love for his role in ‘Dhurandhar 2’. He…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #AdityaDhar #AU #Australia #callcentre #Celebritytrainer #Dhurandhar2 #dyslexia #Entertainment #fitnesstrainer #HrithikRoshan #Indianfitnessindustry #MustafaAhmed #Rizwan
    newsbeep.com/au/557525/

  19. Call centre operator that won major Centrelink contract paid no corporate tax for two years

    The Perth-headquartered company, Telco Services Australia, generated more than $185m in revenue in 2024-25 but reported no taxable income, new financial documents show.

    The year before, it reported $130m in income and also paid zero tax.

    The two-year reporting period coincides with the company’s multi-year $90m-plus contract to run call centre operations for Services Australia, the agency responsible for social security.

  20. "We are currently experiencing higher than usual calls" (on every #callcentre I have dialled in the last year) loosely translated means "we have got rid of lots of staff and you suckers are paying the price"

  21. "We are currently experiencing higher than usual calls" (on every #callcentre I have dialled in the last year) loosely translated means "we have got rid of lots of staff and you suckers are paying the price"

  22. "We are currently experiencing higher than usual calls" (on every #callcentre I have dialled in the last year) loosely translated means "we have got rid of lots of staff and you suckers are paying the price"

  23. "We are currently experiencing higher than usual calls" (on every #callcentre I have dialled in the last year) loosely translated means "we have got rid of lots of staff and you suckers are paying the price"

  24. "We are currently experiencing higher than usual calls" (on every #callcentre I have dialled in the last year) loosely translated means "we have got rid of lots of staff and you suckers are paying the price"

  25. A new many-headed monster #AI to deal with but we haven't killed the corporate #callcentre monster yet 😩

  26. A new many-headed monster #AI to deal with but we haven't killed the corporate #callcentre monster yet 😩

  27. A new many-headed monster #AI to deal with but we haven't killed the corporate #callcentre monster yet 😩

  28. A new many-headed monster #AI to deal with but we haven't killed the corporate #callcentre monster yet 😩

  29. A new many-headed monster #AI to deal with but we haven't killed the corporate #callcentre monster yet 😩

  30. #Cambodia deports 119 Thai #callcentre workers
    🤦‍♂️"The #Thais admitted to entering Cambodia illegally to engage in #onlinecrimes, attracted by #highwages, the statement said. They said they were not deceived into joining the organisation and were not being held against their will. None of those arrested have sought assistance from the Thai or Cambodian #governments" #greed #scammers #zerotolerance #corruption #lawenforcement
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  31. #Cambodia deports 119 Thai #callcentre workers
    🤦‍♂️"The #Thais admitted to entering Cambodia illegally to engage in #onlinecrimes, attracted by #highwages, the statement said. They said they were not deceived into joining the organisation and were not being held against their will. None of those arrested have sought assistance from the Thai or Cambodian #governments" #greed #scammers #zerotolerance #corruption #lawenforcement
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  32. #Cambodia deports 119 Thai #callcentre workers
    🤦‍♂️"The #Thais admitted to entering Cambodia illegally to engage in #onlinecrimes, attracted by #highwages, the statement said. They said they were not deceived into joining the organisation and were not being held against their will. None of those arrested have sought assistance from the Thai or Cambodian #governments" #greed #scammers #zerotolerance #corruption #lawenforcement
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener