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Call Center Boredom

Fandim

Aug 8, 2008, 9:21 PM
Anyone else out there in a call center right now? Sitting here bored, calls have slowed way down (as they normally do after about 10:20 at night...or even 9:30 on a friday).

Just curious... If so, what department?

I'm in the BEUC.
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mark477

Aug 8, 2008, 9:37 PM
yep sitting here in sbeuc. where are you located. my availiblity is like at 15 min
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Fandim

Aug 11, 2008, 1:50 PM
I'm in Mansfield.. Startek.
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mark477

Aug 11, 2008, 1:56 PM
cool im in manhattan, alorica
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gothicseraph

Aug 11, 2008, 2:51 PM
haha, so am I!! I just got back on the phone after a dispute with QA!

I won! 😁
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Fandim

Aug 12, 2008, 6:32 PM
So are you what? Mansfield or NY?
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gothicseraph

Aug 12, 2008, 11:03 PM
Im in Manhattan, KS
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Juanbyjuan

Aug 11, 2008, 2:55 PM
which center? I am in heathrow escalation
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Pious Goddess

Aug 11, 2008, 5:52 PM
Ha I'm off today Juan! But yeah I'm in BEUC, Heathrow as well.
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Fandim

Aug 12, 2008, 6:32 PM
I'm in Mansfield BEUC. Startek. πŸ‘Ώ
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Juanbyjuan

Aug 15, 2008, 4:37 PM
πŸ‘Ώ I'm sorry!
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Fandim

Aug 15, 2008, 4:40 PM
yeah yeah.
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Fandim

Aug 12, 2008, 9:47 PM
Bored again. Anyone out there? Heh.. Calls were waaay fast today here..until just now, that is.
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ccareatatt

Aug 12, 2008, 10:03 PM
i just got off work....

i get alot of iphone calls a day about the apple reps removing fan numbers and having them call us to re-add them.. no can do.
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Fandim

Aug 12, 2008, 10:24 PM
No - the apple reps actually have them call US, and we remove them. However, in the BEUC (as per mycsp) we're allowed to re-add FAN numbers if it's specifically because it was removed in order to purchase an iPhone from an apple store. But if that's not the case, either online validation tool, or to a COR store you go!

mwuahahahaa. 😈 😈
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ccareatatt

Aug 12, 2008, 10:39 PM
everyone i ever sent to beuc they pushed back adn told me to send them to a COR store so thats all that I do. I then tell them had you gone to a COR store you wouldnt have had this problem. πŸ™‚
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Fandim

Aug 13, 2008, 1:21 PM
Heh...that's because a LOT of the BEUC agents dont know their *ss from a hole in the ground.

from mycsp

Re-enrollment Process:

Only use this process for iPhone customers who removed their IRU FAN to activate in an Apple Store.


VID customer (business as usual).
In account notes, verify customer was attached to an IRU FAN, and removed so they could activate an iPhone in an Apple retail store.
Follow correct steps in Telegence or CARE to re-attach IRU FAN.
Note the account with the following: ΓƒΒ’Γ’β€šΒ¬Γ…β€œRe-added IRU FAN XXXX to this account. Customer removed IRU FAN to activate iPhone in Apple retail store.ΓƒΒ’Γ’β€šΒ¬Γ‚Β

heh...do a search for "iPhone IRU FAN Re-enrollment"
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ccareatatt

Aug 14, 2008, 9:16 AM
I dont have access to that one. It gives me an access denied. LMAO.
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Rep2Rep

Aug 13, 2008, 12:03 PM
Here in Rochester, yaaaaaawn
anyone wanna do some porting?!?! 😎
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sammy4455

Aug 13, 2008, 5:04 PM
Hehe!!! I'm with Verizon Wireless... I hear ya!!! I'm bored out of my mind!!!!
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Fandim

Aug 13, 2008, 6:18 PM
Heh...verizin in-house, or outsourced?
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sammy4455

Aug 20, 2008, 11:58 AM
Well, this is an outsource....
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Fandim

Aug 14, 2008, 9:35 PM
Hey...anyone ever notice calls coming in, in like... clumps? Like I'll have 5-6 calls back to back, with people complaining about rollover minutes expiring due to a rate plan change, etc... Then like 4 payment arrangements, then like 9 1-key VM retrieval programs...

It's... odd.

It's a conspiracy!! I KNOW ATT IS SECRETLY TESTING ME! AHHH. 😳 😳 😳 😳
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ccareatatt

Aug 14, 2008, 10:29 PM
And they are always on the phone having a problem. Then when you ask for a call back number they mumble... i then get defensive and say the system tells you several times not to be on the phone having a problem.
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Pious Goddess

Aug 15, 2008, 3:17 AM
I hate when they ask, " Why do you have to call me on a different number?"
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crackberry

Aug 15, 2008, 1:57 PM
they are actually. 🀣
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Fandim

Aug 15, 2008, 3:25 PM
πŸ‘€ πŸ‘€ πŸ‘€ πŸ‘€ πŸ‘€
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Fandim

Aug 15, 2008, 10:07 PM
Thank GOD it's friday!!! 🀀 🀀 No more "Call Center Boredom" for a weekend. Yay! 😎 🀣
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Pious Goddess

Aug 15, 2008, 10:08 PM
Thank god I work mornings!
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Fandim

Aug 15, 2008, 10:14 PM
must be nice... I'm currently not off for another 15 minutes... But it's nice not having to wake up until 1pm. 😳
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Fandim

Aug 15, 2008, 10:26 PM
I'll be back monday...same bat time..same bat place...mwuahahahaa.
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sammy4455

Aug 20, 2008, 11:59 AM
ANYONE OUT THERE!!!
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Pious Goddess

Aug 20, 2008, 12:00 PM
Yes! Back to back calls though. πŸ™‚
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sammy4455

Aug 20, 2008, 12:48 PM
Yes, Chats are coming in like crazy!!! I hate it that were closing out the other Chat Center!!!!
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Pious Goddess

Aug 20, 2008, 12:53 PM
I rather working in the chat center sometimes rather then the call center but I doubt we have one here.
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Fandim

Aug 20, 2008, 1:23 PM
I would soooo LOVE to work in a 'chat' center instead of a call center...!!!
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Pious Goddess

Aug 20, 2008, 1:29 PM
It's easier and I can type pretty damn good, and sometimes cus rush you too much on the phone so when you rush back they want you to slow down. Chatting would be easier.
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sammy4455

Aug 20, 2008, 1:43 PM
Chatting is so much easier.... I've done both.. Work on the phone and through chat... I love my job... It get's boring like now but I like it....

So where is everyone from.... ALABAMA HERE!!!
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Pious Goddess

Aug 20, 2008, 1:57 PM
Florida here. I am going to look and see if we have centers here for that I'd be glad if we do.
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sammy4455

Aug 20, 2008, 2:16 PM
LMAO! I work for VZW...
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Pious Goddess

Aug 20, 2008, 2:22 PM
Lol. I know we have chat teams.
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Fandim

Aug 20, 2008, 4:21 PM
I want to chat!! And Mansfield, Ohio here... no chat teams here, though.
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j.rankin

Aug 20, 2008, 10:08 PM
wow, i used to work in the lancaster cor store, moved to the west coast, wishing i would have stuck with att. sprint blows! πŸ˜‰
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Fandim

Aug 20, 2008, 6:04 PM
Hmmm. Just curious about other call centers QA's..

do you guys have to..

PIR? (yes for me here)
PCN? (no)
Self Service (if it pertains - if not it's bonus)
Ask a "resolution" question? (yes)

Just wonderin if everyones QA's are the same..

ours are on a 90 point scale, and 77 is considered 'passing'.
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Pious Goddess

Aug 20, 2008, 8:16 PM
Pretty much, they have not been getting on us for PCN as of recent. Self service they knock me for even if it does not assist the customer in the current issue.
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Fandim

Aug 20, 2008, 8:46 PM
Wow...they're bonus here... unless it's related to the customers issue, then it's mandatory.
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Pious Goddess

Aug 20, 2008, 8:48 PM
And I wish different call centers would/could do the qualities. Sometimes I feel our quality advisors are complete idiots. I remember getting docked on "International Long Distance" (Not International Roaming) for not setting the voice mail expectations.
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Fandim

Aug 21, 2008, 1:28 PM
Voicemail expectations? LoL. I dont even know that one, fill me in?? Our call center is new, so not many people here know wtf they're doing. 🀣

I did get docked once though for not provisioning international roaming on someones account who was calling in for the SUBSIDY UNLOCK. LoL. They thought the customer was asking to use their phone oversea's in general, did not understand they wanted to stick a different SIM in it.

Challenged that QA score though, and won.
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Pious Goddess

Aug 22, 2008, 11:54 AM
Pfft we have 3days to dispute it and they have 3days to respond. So pratically if they respond the 4th day you're out of luck depending on the circumstance.

And yeah with me it was: The guy called in and asked about calling to two countries which I don't remember; while here in the U.S. And I told him about the charges and even asked him if the other person had an AT&T cell phone that he was calling which he informed me they did not. I informed him of World Connect as well. And he said nah the charges are still too much. So he thanked me and ended the call. Two days later I saw that I got a quality on that one in which she knocked resolution. Funny thing is she even put "FYI...If you read My blahblahblah you would have known to set voice...
(continues)
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ccareatatt

Aug 27, 2008, 1:44 AM
Oh god.. that one can get ya....and you cant even do international provisioning either.. you have to transfer to the international provisioning center...lol
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Fandim

Aug 22, 2008, 3:26 PM
Pious, what VM expectations are we supposed to set?? 😳
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Fandim

Aug 26, 2008, 8:38 PM
heh.. I finally looked this up...had no idea if someone left you a VM and your phone was on while you were in a diff country you got hit for the charges!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲
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ccareatatt

Aug 27, 2008, 1:45 AM
Also per CSP customer service doesnt advise them of those... IPC is supposed to. πŸ™‚
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Fandim

Aug 27, 2008, 1:46 PM
heh...but we're allowed to provision it, but dont have to inform them of that..? 🀣
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ccareatatt

Aug 27, 2008, 11:00 PM
In my region its an immediate transfer to IPC we advise of per minute rates... IPC is supposed to set the expectation on how the charges can incur.
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Pious Goddess

Aug 27, 2008, 2:26 PM
In BEUC, we have to advised them or else you get knocked on quality and incorrect expectations they tell us to do so, and I did not see where it said BEUC did not have to or customer care.
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Fandim

Aug 27, 2008, 3:32 PM
Yeah...I've never rep failed yet..only been an agent for about 5 months, though.. Dont want to get a rep failure for that. Heh.
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ccareatatt

Aug 27, 2008, 11:01 PM
It may be different in BEUC but in consumer care we transfer directly to International Provisioning Center. (I do advise tho anyway, I was only replying that it was not required in Consumer Care)
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Pious Goddess

Aug 28, 2008, 6:48 AM
Yeah it just seemed like at the beginning you were telling him he did not have to "per a CSP customer care." And a lot of reps call BEUC customer care for some silly reason. I remember Fandim is in BEUC, so I was just stating that it would not apply for him.
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Fandim

Aug 29, 2008, 2:20 PM
Might as well be customer care...business end user care...same thing, all that's diff about me, is that everyone I talk to has a FAN attached to their account, heh..

That, and I can provision international codes... Customer care cant do that? Only time I have to transfer to IPC is if they've been a customer less than 90 days.
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Pious Goddess

Aug 30, 2008, 9:08 AM
Sometimes I wish Cus Care would not xsfr cus over to us for things they can do.
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Fandim

Sep 1, 2008, 3:47 PM
LoL. Calls are so slow today... 3-5 minutes inbetween then - NO JOKE, and plus, I'm making double time and a half today.. 🀀

Heh...the way our center works, is we get 1.5x pay for working on the holiday..but as long as we work the day before, and the day after the holiday, we get an extra 8 hours added to our paycheck at straight time.. so ends up being 2.5x pay for today..

bwuahahhahaa.. wish everyday were a holiday!!
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ccareatatt

Sep 1, 2008, 3:49 PM
Thats nice.. ours dosnt work like that.. if you work four hours you can paid the time and half @ 4 hours and then 4 hours of holiday pay. ☹️
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Fandim

Sep 1, 2008, 4:02 PM
That's not too bad... are you in-house ATT? I actually work for a company called Startek that handles a lot of ATTs BEUC.
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ccareatatt

Sep 2, 2008, 9:32 PM
Yeah I am inhouse! πŸ™‚
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Fandim

Sep 1, 2008, 4:03 PM
Ccare.. so it's like... 4 hours at 1.5x, and 4 hours at 2x?
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mark477

Sep 1, 2008, 8:07 PM
yea im in beuc vendor location (alorica) we get dbl time, but i showed up late today ☹️
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Fandim

Sep 1, 2008, 8:25 PM
Showing up late, does that void your holiday pay?? If we're late, dont work the scheduled day before, or after.. we only get our 1.5x time.. the extra 8 hours of pay is dependant on attendance.
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mark477

Sep 1, 2008, 8:53 PM
yea if were late, showed up day before and after. and taking breaks and lunches as scheduled
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Pious Goddess

Sep 2, 2008, 1:19 PM
We get paid our shift off/on/call off for holiday pay.
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Fandim

Sep 4, 2008, 4:58 PM
Has anyone even had one of these calls? We had to get lectured about it for 90 minutes, why?? I didnt get one call from the DNC, and not one yet so far from the RNC... Just wondering if anyone out there ha? πŸ‘€
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