Comments | cancerat: First day at the new center

cancerat

First day at the new center

Jun 22, 2006 03:30

OK, well today wasn't as boring as I thought it'd be. When I got to work and found my way to the parking for the new call center, I heard loud noises when other agents went in the door. "Oh lord" I thought to myself, and braced for the wave of enthusiasm...I opened the door, and was nearly flattened by the screams of cheering employees. I was ( Read more... )

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anonymous June 22 2006, 09:16:35 UTC

...gameroom, exercise room, Tv nook....you're supposed to WORK at this place? And lots of windows...windows are definately good, I'd say!

That's generous of you to help out your co-worker so much. Seems like he's not having very good luck with cars and tests working together, though. I'm also curious as to the lesson you sense.

Ah, life's synchronicities.....

rettiger June 22 2006, 10:48:59 UTC

This sounds like what my old callcenter job was like when it was still a cool place to work.

Unfortunately, it's degraded into corporate stupidity now, but c'est la vie.

cancerat June 22 2006, 13:41:16 UTC

Which company do you work for?

rettiger June 23 2006, 03:57:47 UTC

Myself?

I worked for CoreComm/ATX Communications. They were big, but you probably never heard of them.

cancerat June 23 2006, 06:18:47 UTC

I cannot say I've heard of them. For shame.

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fenrir_wolf June 23 2006, 02:26:37 UTC

pleasant hues? No "gold" (baby shit brown) and grey?

I know what you're trying to do..You're just trying to rub in the fact that it sucks for the rest of us.

cancerat June 23 2006, 04:41:10 UTC

Hey, hey...nobody made you read it :P. I don't have anyone I can talk to about it directly, and I'm really excited. Last time I tried with a former co-worker I was threatened with bodily harm.

And for the record...training is booooooring. We got to go over the acronyms relating to GSM today. And yes...we did have to read them out loud.