Benefit Busters Ch4 9pm

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

Telesales isn't something everybody can do. Maybe she wasn't meeting the sales targets, or maybe the organisation wasn't making its targets. It's good she gave it a go though. I've done it lots of times when I've needed work ... you have to switch off and just power through as it's a numbers game... and switch off emotionally too else the bugg4hs grind you down.

Goodness yes, I have done it too...such a bad experience I had put it behind a wall in my brain.

Think I only lasted 3 or 4 months or something, I found I can't lie very easily which tends to make someone a rather bad sales person! Oh and the company was !!!!! and didn't pay for any leads you did generate.

One area I know NOT to try to get into (for me) is sales...I'm carp at it, promotion of things yes, sales no.

highpark1

If you missed the first episode of Benefit Busters you can watch it via Channel 4's website. If you missed the second episode - tough. It was, apparently, briefly available but has now been withdrawn. This has, of course, fuelled suspicions in some quarters that A4e has insisted on it being pulled. Or was it the DWP? Or possibly someone who was filmed for the programme and who now objects to how he / she was portrayed? Channel 4 are not saying.
The rumour mill keeps grinding away on the idea that the FND contracts could be cancelled, or at least that one prime contractor could find itself without a contract. It seems that the contracts have not yet been signed, perhaps because negotiations are still going on. But the contracts have been awarded. And a crucial part of FND is that clients have a choice of providers. This means that in all areas contractors and subcontractors have been spending money on setting up facilities and staff. In Hull, for instance, Working Links have had to rent space for the first time. If the contracts were pulled at this stage, would they not be entitled to compensation for this expenditure? Perhaps that's another reason for the Conservatives' reluctance to spell out what they would do. This element of choice in FND also raises the question of what happens when clients all insist on avoiding a particular provider. Benefit Busters has stirred up a hornets' nest, and the DWP should get its act together and respond.

bo_drinker

highpark1 wrote: »

If you missed the first episode of Benefit Busters you can watch it via Channel 4's website. If you missed the second episode - tough. It was, apparently, briefly available but has now been withdrawn. This has, of course, fuelled suspicions in some quarters that A4e has insisted on it being pulled. Or was it the DWP? Or possibly someone who was filmed for the programme and who now objects to how he / she was portrayed? Channel 4 are not saying.
The rumour mill keeps grinding away on the idea that the FND contracts could be cancelled, or at least that one prime contractor could find itself without a contract. It seems that the contracts have not yet been signed, perhaps because negotiations are still going on. But the contracts have been awarded. And a crucial part of FND is that clients have a choice of providers. This means that in all areas contractors and subcontractors have been spending money on setting up facilities and staff. In Hull, for instance, Working Links have had to rent space for the first time. If the contracts were pulled at this stage, would they not be entitled to compensation for this expenditure? Perhaps that's another reason for the Conservatives' reluctance to spell out what they would do. This element of choice in FND also raises the question of what happens when clients all insist on avoiding a particular provider. Benefit Busters has stirred up a hornets' nest, and the DWP should get its act together and respond.

This doesn't surprise me, they showed their true colours in episode 2 :rotfl:One big useless fkn shower, not a lot between A4e and the dole wallers I M O.

shakerbaby

bo_drinker wrote: »

This doesn't surprise me, they showed their true colours in episode 2 :rotfl:One big useless fkn shower, not a lot between A4e and the dole wallers I M O.

And just how useless was the company director? I don't think she answered 1 question. :rolleyes:

NYGiants

PasturesNew wrote: »

Telesales isn't something everybody can do.

You could train chimps to do that job, and they seem to be the ones who answer my call whenever I have the misfortune to need to phone a call centre.

ninky_2

NYGiants wrote: »

You could train chimps to do that job, and they seem to be the ones who answer my call whenever I have the misfortune to need to phone a call centre.

think you are confusing telesales with call centre workers. one is active and one is passive. telesales are the annoying people who call you and try to sell a different phone package / double glazing etc etc. the type of selling that really should be banned. even if i was starving on the dole i'd rather eat my own sick.

PasturesNew

NYGiants wrote: »

You could train chimps to do that job, and they seem to be the ones who answer my call whenever I have the misfortune to need to phone a call centre.

You can train chimps to do the job, but after day 2 when you've had "no", "no", "no", "s0d off" "f3ck off", "no", "no" ... and all the time the manager's on your case about sales and targets ... you kind of stop turning up.

The_White_Horse

why are these unemployed layabout workshy dregs called "clients"??????

A4e's client is the Govt!

ALIBOBSY

The_White_Horse wrote: »

why are these unemployed layabout workshy dregs called "clients"??????

A4e's client is the Govt!

I used to work at the DWP (originally DHSS when i first worked there lol) we used to call people, claimants. We were told this was seen as a derogative term and so had to then refer to them as customers or clients, like they could take their "business" elsewhere .

Basically the JC used to run courses like this (job club et al), but these companies do the same for less costs to the tax payer (no pensions for their staff I'll bet).
ali x

robpw2

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

I used to work at the DWP (originally DHSS when i first worked there lol) we used to call people, claimants. We were told this was seen as a derogative term and so had to then refer to them as customers or clients, like they could take their "business" elsewhere .

ali x

they could take their business elsewhere thought its called getting a job ...
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: