#call centre work

[mattsmemes]

#meme #mattsmemes #memes that make you go hmmm #cats of tumblr #cats of the internet #cats with jobs #employed cat #beautiful cat #call center #call centre #black and white cat #working 9 to 5

[mishapen-dear]

i've mentioned here and there that i made a relationships/dynamic spreadsheet. i have finally put it to use. look on my Works, ye mighty, and despair.

-extra note: i am not omniscient and i cannot watch every stream. i may have missed a sibling declaration or two.

-extra extra note: i currently speak only english and used google translate for the rest. if theres a translation error I'd love to know- i wont be able to go back and fix these, but im always so curious about how accurate google translate can be

extra extra note pt 2: do. do other languages use guardian as in "legal guardian" as in "not a family member but still Primary Caregiver of child" because i am suddenly aware those translations might not be correct. on the other hand tho if google translate decided that the parents are guarding warriors of the eggs im not going to argue

#qsmp #i should have added a ??? line for fit and philza tbh #look at just how beloved forever is <3 #his dynamics have dynamics #he and richarlyson are also part of The Issue when compiling a fucking. whatever the hell this si #maybe a chart not a graph it is currently 4 am and im gonna schedule this #anyway i did legitimately consider making one of those classic family tree charts and just sticking richas in the centre so he wouldnt caus #too many lines to overlap but i think this worked out fine #absolutely delighted i thought of the columns it saved my ass #this server is Three Months Old #look at them founding those families #philever stans i see you and im sorry #if i included a heartbreak line then this would have been completely incomprehensible #fun fact to translate the silly 'king what are you doing' i made google translate #'chad what are you doing' instead so there would still be the grammar of a proper noun #but i wouldnt trick it into thinking king is an honourary title #i might not know the grammar of any non-english language but Oh Boy i know there are Traps #or maybe english's traps have just made me paranoid #either way #also. richas was added to bad's family art wall and bad baghs and forever have called each other family enough that #i made the executive decision to just adopt richarlyson out to the other two #richas called bad basically his mom tonight i can do what i want #and baghera gets to be part of that line because. honestly i wasnt thinking about him being Extra Canon Nephew #and i refuse to change it for reasons above re: it is 4 am; they are family #tho the thought of bad having three children separately attributed to him is hilarious.... maybe if i ever remake this ill do that #also note: i do know that foolish and bad had a kid called jimmy However i do not know what a jimmy is #so #scheduled post

[coffeebanana]

working for a bank has me researching stocks on a saturday night when I COULD BE WRITING

#kayla rambles #send help #to be clear i work in the call centre #in the generic first-point-of-customer-contact department #ergo i do not actually know things about investing

[hamletkin]

a coworker asked what I was into and I said "hamlet" and she stared at me for a full ten seconds and then said "oh like macbeth" and then asked which hogwarts house i was and I immediately took a phone call

#hamlet #macbeth #truly incredible #i work in a call centre

[the-crooked-library]

me, scrolling tumblr: oh huh the new season of The Witcher is airing. wow Jaskier's hair looks bad. not sure if i care enough at this point - oh wait there's a call coming in. hello, thank you for calling the place i work, how may i help you? caller: hi my name is Gerald Pankratz, i need to update my - me, back on my bullshit: ksjdkjdsghksdgh they got married

#the witcher #geraskier #yes i know it's a normal name #but it's FUNNY bc the coincidence was just too well timed #geralt of rivia #jaskier #julian alfred pankratz #just to confirm #i work in a call centre and i have spoken with a guy named james bond #a lady named melanie king #and another lady named nazgul #so names can be funny

[spandexinspace]

Fun fact: Many Swedish language call centre positions require you to take calls in Norwegian too (because there just aren't that many Norwegians who are willing to go work a minimum wage job in a country with shittier labour rights). During the intro at the one I worked at they told us we'd get a course in Norwegian before we started taking those calls.

So one day a few weeks in when it's really busy one of my managers comes up to me and goes "Hey you aren't taking calls in Norwegian."

"Yeah, we haven't had the course yet."

"Oh, yeah, we're not doing that anymore. Just put on a fake accent, it'll be fine."

And then I started taking calls in Norwegian. By speaking Swedish with a fake Norwegian accent and an accumulating number of random Norwegian words.

#personal #this has been a job story #the funny part is that it works like 99% of the time #can you imagine calling a call centre and someone just fake speaks your language to you

[fiovske]

I did not know what point nemo was so i looked it up and it is realy cool. And i love that the colosest people to that point are astrounauts on the iss and how fiting it is that the iss will chash in point nemo in 2031. From the darkness of space to darkness of ocean. I know it will probably not be filmed but it would be soo cool to se the iss chash in the ocean.

yeah! point nemo is pretty cool... i get really sad every time i remember they're decommissioning the ISS in 2031... they really don't need to, i dont think they have to,,, i love it very much bc its the one space astronauts regardless of geographical borders spend time communally watching over our beautiful planet, this marvelous blue rock, like-- that's home. it's the only one we got. and at the ISS, petty squabbles of governments and tyrants look so fucking small, astronauts have said that it is incredibly humbling and life-changing, to see the planet so.. vulnerable. it makes you want to protect it. to marvel at the beauty and terrifying endlessness of space, and know that the earth is a responsibility and one you cannot take lightly.

i feel like decommissioning a space like that is so counterproductive towards our collective growth as a species. it feels like the end of something genuinely noble, the one thing we did right and now we're stopping that too. like it's only the first steps towards capitalism in space, locking away space research that used to be done for the sake of knowledge and learning because it doesn't make money per se. its only seeing space as a means of commerce, a means of monetary gain and exploitation, putting up borders where there isn't supposed to be any, and using that as a whole jumping point for the "mars tourism for the rich!" "space walk for the rich!" nonsense and i just hate that. so so fucking much.

#sorry i feel very. strongly abt the ISS.... i've always loved it as a child and hearing that they're taking it down #really messed me up and i hate it so fucking much. #i dont think there's anything wrong with the one we have working currently. could be it's machinery is old but. #to the best of my knowledge.. if something WAS wrong they could send up parts to replace and fix on a timeline but. its all okay. #its just. they're gonna replace it with a fucking COMMERCIAL HUB CALLED STARLABS INSTEAD. #and that makes my blood boil honestly. #it just feels like we're headed towards more making it a rich people's space tour centre where ticket prices determine entry. #instead of a scientist knowledge hub -- which it SHOULD'VE stayed now and forever.

[einstetic]

i opened my thesis document this morning

"last edit made on June 3rd, 2023"

i feel like word is intentionally trying to make me avoid this whole thing bc that message does not make me motivated lmao

#it is July 10th today #a few things has happened disrupting this whole process #you know moving #training new workers draining me #passing out in the middle of Mannerheimintie in the centre of Helsinki :) #there were police and ambulance bc i did not respond lmao #all good now #but kind of took a toll on me and my courage to go out in public #getting my insulin pump and it kinda letting me down a couple weeks later so the anxiety of not being confident of not passing out is back #my nurse trying to call me twenty times and me not answering bc it was impossible due to work tasks at the moment #receiving a passive aggressiv message from her and now an appointment to her #i dont want to see her anymore #i am kind of a lil mess ranting here so don't mind me #literally no one cares emma

[nails-teeth-neck]

I had intense training in not taking things personally, and now im emotionally a kevlar.

#nails.txt #the training was an angry sister migration and work in retail and call centre

[wildwood-faun]

ok no Azerbaijan trip for me (because it would have been ON MONDAY and I doubt I'd even get my visa in time, never mind preparing mentally) BUT I've tried to be really clear about the fact I'd like to go to the upcoming similar workshop in India soooo fingers crossed for that

#although the last people who went to India for a work thing ended up spending their entire visit at a conference centre next to the airport #so not Necessarily exciting for travel reasons but the workshop seems cool #why is it called visa in English it annoys me #it should be visum #work tag

[gladfang]

i don't think my fanfiction is lesser than my original work in terms of quality but i definately think i've neglected improving my ability to create my own stories BECAUSE i've been writing more fanficition than original work since i was a teenager. like there was definately a more even balance of the two when i was in highschool but its only in the last couple of years i've gotten back into writing my own stories for my own characters (such as 'as you like' and 'litter') and its a harder transition than i was expecting, which is embarrassing in a way but also i'm still enjoying it and that's what matters. idk. these aren't vent posts really i'm just dumping all my thoughts in one place. maybe i'm focusing too much on trying to write these massive thought-provoking stories when i should start smaller and work up? i like the idea of that

#i looooved writing short stories in highschool i remember i had an original horror 'anthology' series on my old laptop with a seasonal theme #i'm forever upset i had a hashtag self hate artist moment and deleted all my old work because i thought it was cringe. i'd kill for that ba #i remember i had one original story centred on two characters called timber and clark and i actually recovered that story and rewrote- #the opening about 3 years ago to see how i'd improved and the difference was insane. i was so proud of that. maybe i'll do that again #because i'm 90% sure i didn't deleted it again and its just on my google drive SOMEWHERE #bzzt! is this thing on

[monsterkissed]

idk if my counselling sessions are actually Helping me at all but they have made me notice that i have a knee-jerk reaction to therapists complimenting me that took me ab three months to pin down

bc when my counsellor compliments me i am inclined to at least believe it is a compliment. whereas previously i have found therapists do not compliment me as a compliment, they compliment me as a gotcha. "oh, you think you're stupid? well by your own admission you have a degree and lots of other people don't have that, which proves that actually you're very smart, so you're wrong : )"

it's never intended to actually make me feel good as a person or as an expression of genuine respect and admiration, it's always a backhanded way of calling me an idiot who needs to be patronised to about my own life until i stop being so stupid. so of course that makes me feel bad bc that's frankly just fucking rude? there are objectively kinder ways to address warped thinking than this so why is this the default method (aside from like. that mental health is the ideal job to get into if you want ready access to people it's considered okay to be rude to)

#therapists will call you smart and capable the same way the job centre calls you fit for work #mental health blogging

[astrlloow]

ugh ok i'm going to try submitting a resume that presents me as a white cishet ugh i hate this i hate this

#astrlltxt #unemployment #out of work #job hunting #i'm just a queer and trans person of colour trying to live in my christian ass city #i hate it i hate it i hate it #my bachelor's degree means nothing omfg #i'm applying to a CALL CENTRE #that has nothing to do with my fieldddddd #but we keep going we keep going

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

starting a new job be like:

new job: oh hey! we have a progression wall where all our different position descriptions are available for you to peruse and "future drive" and plan your future success here!

me: ok let me peruse these position flyers etc

also me to myself: *reads the position description for front desk receptionist* the fuck you mean you require/recommend having a full ass degree for front desk reception??? get the fuck outta here. also how much more do they earn than us who out on the phones??? bizarre

#life #about me #shut up ilona #ilona's jobhunting thoughts and woes lol #ilona's work thoughts #ilona's work dilemmas #like.its good that they do have that wall at this call centre im at #but the fact that the salary brackets arent on them annoys me #like how much more would my pay go up if i was in the HR team instead of on the phones at $26 an hour??? #(ie $53;250 a year???] #like surely an extra 10 grand a at least #but anyway #it all depends if 'your team leader sees potential in you to thrive somewhere else' #according to our trainer or they just think you're good enouvh just to stay on phones and not progress out of that role #like yeah i understand its a call centre. so duh. theres not much room for growth past the phone serving customers #unless you overwork yourself and get super buddybuddy w/ your team leader #and ALWAYS offer to take people's extra split shifts or swap hours and ALWAYS take saturday work #yes this call centre runs on saturdaysas #*as well unfortunately but at least our hours got reduced til 2pm on sats instead of 8am to 8pm like in qld #so our sat times are 10am to 2pm #and theyre apparently a 'hot commodity' bc its yhe only time your pay goes up a bit by a few more bucks #bc of weekend penalty rates and weekend hour loading etc or w/e #other than public holidays #anyway like ive said i'll tough it out for a few months ans see how i go

[eggmeralda]

peak procrastination is having earlobe problems for almost a year after getting them pierced and only now contacting a doctor about it

#and then realising with horror that my friend's girlfriend might work there #but i don't know #she's at the health centre on snap maps sometimes and also my dad once got an appointment with someone with the same name as her #pain if she does work there and Pain if she's the one to call about my earlobes #bc they've been dating for 3 and a half years and i still don't know her that well bc she's so quiet so it's always awkward between us #(to clarify. this is not the friend's girlfriend i had cold war-like tensions with at uni. different friend and different girlfriend) #but anyway i don't want her to see pictures of my fucked up earlobes #ramble

[itsdelicate]

if i go out with my parents and i get separated it’s next to impossible to find them again unless i bump into them because neither of them looks at their phone?? 😭

#like WHY do you not look at ur messages or pick up if someone’s calling u shdjfj #my dad always has his phone in his pocket too and will pick up work calls but never replies to me 🤨 #and my mum literally just goes through life without caring about a phone it’s just deep down in the bottom of her purse somewhere #sometimes i have to remind her to take it along just in case and she’s like ugh not like i’m gonna use it #goals tbh imagine not being physically attached to ur phone atp #but anyway all this means is that if we go out i’m the only one with any info/tickets etc etc so if my phone dies we’re doomed #brought to you by: me walking around aimlessly in this huge garden centre for an HOUR looking for them