Current Events > I was fired from my job

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So sad :[
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what was your job
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Sad!
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More time to post on CE
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Shit in a desk again huh?
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pojr posted...

So sad :[

:(. my roommate quit for good reasons some time ago. **** was going south kinda sucks wont gain unemployment from it.

however he wishes good luck to you, wont have to face the doomsday till july for myself.
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mario2000 posted...

what was your job

It was a real estate call center job
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Reason?
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Apply for unemployment asap.
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OrtegaTron posted...

Apply for unemployment asap.

i have high hopes for him, i'm sure he got fired for a BS reason. practically giving him payments each week for it too.
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OrtegaTron posted...

Apply for unemployment asap.

This. Took me like 6 weeks to see any actual cash because my pride made me hesitate. But I got a grand though
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jobs are not forever
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Wasn't your other job a call center job. Stop doing those, they are shit jobs.
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How long were you working there?
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PikachuMaxwell posted...

Reason?

I'll try to keep this short:

I have worked in a call center before, so I was very reluctant to do this new job. It was for a real estate company. Not actually selling homes, but calling home owners trying to recommend an agent that fits their needs. It's a very good business model, but not what I thought it was going to be. At the end of training (which by the way was only a week), they told me I would also be cold calling existing home owners and trying to get them to sell their property. Cool, thanks for letting me know right before I start my actual job.

When I got on the phones, it was brutal. Customers were unbelievably nasty to me (for a good reason), the call volume was unbelievable high (150-200 calls a day) and we had to memorize 10+ pages worth of scripts. Even the call center I worked at before didn't have scripts, they actually tried to develop you into being a better sales agent.

Well anyway, on day #2 of being on the phones, I told my manager I hated my job. He went over to his own manager and reported it, and then that manager fired me on the spot. It was pretty funny because it was done in front of everyone, not the normal business way. I also packed up my own stuff lol.

So definitely fair, next, although the job was pretty bad.
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pojr posted...

mario2000 posted...

what was your job

It was a real estate call center job

sounds awful imo
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OrtegaTron posted...

Apply for unemployment asap.

I was only there for a week and 1 full day.
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That does sound like an awful job. I guess that firing was beneficial to you in a way (although being fired will affect future employment opportunities.)
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pojr posted...

OrtegaTron posted...

Apply for unemployment asap.

I was only there for a week and 1 full day.

Nevermind, then. Not employed long enough (in my state, anyway). Best of luck. I've been there.
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PikachuMaxwell posted...

That does sound like an awful job. I guess that firing was beneficial to you in a way (although being fired will affect future employment opportunities.)

It was beneficial. And I'll figure out a way to make sure that other jobs don't know about this termination.
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for what it's worth, that sounded like a horrible job
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chill02 posted...

for what it's worth, that sounded like a horrible job

It definitely was a good business model. The CEO told me he had a bad experience with selling his home, so he started up the company to assign the right real estate agents to the right homes. But the execution on the employee side could be better. Sure, if I can't do the job they will find someone who can, but my point is that maybe if they had better training and more leeway, they would retain more employees. But maybe that isn't what they're going for.
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What were they paying you?

Also can you go back to your old job?
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SwordMaster13X posted...

What were they paying you?

Also can you go back to your old job?

$10/hour in training, $12/hour after training...but there was also commission. Supposedly people at that job were making over $50K/year.

No, I can't go back to my old job.
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What would you consider a sane call center call flow? Where I'm at, I usually get anywhere between 20-40 calls a day, though thankfully we don't do outbound calls.
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The plight of the proletariat
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Arcvalons posted...

What would you consider a sane call center call flow? Where I'm at, I usually get anywhere between 20-40 calls a day, though thankfully we don't do outbound calls.

nothing sane, all they do is call for useless BS. it's nothing remotely good.
have to keep my phone off because they keep calling at all hours of the night.
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REMercsChamp posted...

The plight of the proletariat

if only Bernie won
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Psycho_Poodle posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

The plight of the proletariat

if only Bernie won

Fuck yeah bro. If Bernie won, after getting fired from his job this guy could just go to medical school or aerospace engineering school or some shit like that for free and end up working at NASA
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That sucks :/
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Arcvalons posted...

What would you consider a sane call center call flow? Where I'm at, I usually get anywhere between 20-40 calls a day, though thankfully we don't do outbound calls.

In general, these things make an alright call center:

- More time in between calls, like 2 or 3 minutes
- More breaks, if that person is meeting the job requirements
- Less numbers. Call centers are all about the numbers. That should change
- If it's a sales call center, just make the rules on offering a little more lenient. This is where companies get really greedy

I'm not a business dude so I'm not saying these changes will make call centers more or less profitable, I'm just telling you what things would make me more willing to work in a call center.
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pojr posted...

SwordMaster13X posted...

What were they paying you?

Also can you go back to your old job?

$10/hour in training, $12/hour after training...but there was also commission. Supposedly people at that job were making over $50K/year.

No, I can't go back to my old job.

That's rough shit for twelve bucks an hour. My job at 16.50 as an accounting clerk is a lot better than trying to call 150 people a day to sell their homes.
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pojr posted...

- More breaks, if that person is meeting the job requirements

Well it would definitely make them less profitable because more time spent fucking around = less customers served
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SwordMaster13X posted...

pojr posted...

SwordMaster13X posted...

What were they paying you?

Also can you go back to your old job?

$10/hour in training, $12/hour after training...but there was also commission. Supposedly people at that job were making over $50K/year.

No, I can't go back to my old job.

That's rough shit for twelve bucks an hour. My job at 16.50 as an accounting clerk is a lot better than trying to call 150 people a day to sell their homes.

It's a call center. These are modern day sweatshops.
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Makeveli_lives posted...

OrtegaTron posted...

Apply for unemployment asap.

This. Took me like 6 weeks to see any actual cash because my pride made me hesitate. But I got a grand though

Maybe it's different in other states but in PA you and your employer pay for your unemployment. It's not welfare, refusing to take it is pretty dumb. I made $13,000 just from unemployment last year because I make enough to get max pa benefits. Almost $600 a week which isn't terrible
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REMercsChamp posted...

pojr posted...

- More breaks, if that person is meeting the job requirements

Well it would definitely make them less profitable because more time spent fucking around = less customers served

True. Or maybe that extra break time will give smokers that smoke-break they really need so that they don't quit on impulse.
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pojr posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

pojr posted...

- More breaks, if that person is meeting the job requirements

Well it would definitely make them less profitable because more time spent fucking around = less customers served

True. Or maybe that extra break time will give smokers that smoke-break they really need so that they don't quit on impulse.

It's a call center though they aren't worried about employee retention.
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Since your tenure was so short you could just leave it off your resume and there won't be a noticeable employment gap.
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You should have told them that you're a Gamefaqs celebrity. They would've bent over backwards to keep you.
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REMercsChamp posted...

It's a call center though they aren't worried about employee retention.

You are absolutely right, but they should care about that kind of stuff. That is why I don't want to work in a call center again, I was reluctant on taking this job from the start.

DragonGirlYuki posted...

Since your tenure was so short you could just leave it off your resume and there won't be a noticeable employment gap.

Absolutely. I just had an interview and I was able to breeze through it without talking about my termination lol.
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pojr posted...

You are absolutely right, but they should care about that kind of stuff. That is why I don't want to work in a call center again, I was reluctant on taking this job from the start.

They don't care because there isn't really a reason to care tbh. Most of these call center jobs the employees are basically replaceable with people on the street.
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REMercsChamp posted...

They don't care because there isn't really a reason to care tbh. Most of these call center jobs the employees are basically replaceable with people on the street.

Corporate America FTL. In order for me to do a job, I want to believe in what I'm doing. In the case of this job I was fired from, I didn't.
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pojr posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

They don't care because there isn't really a reason to care tbh. Most of these call center jobs the employees are basically replaceable with people on the street.

Corporate America FTL. In order for me to do a job, I want to believe in what I'm doing. In the case of this job I was fired from, I didn't.

Yeah man but the level of "caring" is usually reflected by the wage. If they're giving you $10 an hour it's probably not a high skilled job where they are concerned about employee retention. They don't care because these kinds of jobs are basically low skilled with high turnover (both from firings and resignations). The nature of the job isn't intended for long-term employment.
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I think the lesson learned is to consider the interview two way. If you realize you won't like the job you can just say no and end it right there.

I have gone into an interview where I realized it wasn't right for me. I thanked the person for their time and left to look for something better.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Yeah man but the level of "caring" is usually reflected by the wage. If they're giving you $10 an hour it's probably not a high skilled job where they are concerned about employee retention. They don't care because these kinds of jobs are basically low skilled with high turnover (both from firings and resignations). The nature of the job isn't intended for long-term employment.

I learned a lot of great things from my previous call center job, and I'm glad I worked there. But like you said, it's not meant for long term employment. Just get the experience and then get out.
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DragonGirlYuki posted...

I think the lesson learned is to consider the interview two way. If you realize you won't like the job you can just say no and end it right there.

I have gone into an interview where I realized it wasn't right for me. I thanked the person for their time and left to look for something better.

Well, at the time I had to agree to the job because I was unemployed and had bills to pay.
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