BFTD Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, senorsoupe said: The wanking guy was not a client, even before "the incident" he was known as that creepy guy. The person in question was actually one of the two people caught enjoying extra activities in the washroom Victims of a poor training program IMO. If only they'd been told that behaviour would be unacceptable, none of this would have happened. 4 minutes ago, Shotgun said: Working in a call centre is an interesting insight into the underbelly of humanity. I saw fist fights, people crying hysterically because someone had moved their mug an inch from where they left it, drug deals and too many employees being escorted from the premises while screaming blue murder and issuing death threats. I went to college with a guy who went on to work at the Prudential in Stirling. He ended up getting the bullet for selling hash to other employees using his work email. Ended up in the papers and everything. Literal facepalm moment when a mutual friend told me about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 16 minutes ago, Shotgun said: Working in a call centre is an interesting insight into the underbelly of humanity. I saw fist fights, people crying hysterically because someone had moved their mug an inch from where they left it, drug deals and too many employees being escorted from the premises while screaming blue murder and issuing death threats. At a different place I worked there was a guy who stopped showing up to work one day, turned out he was also running a fake university on the side and had been busted for defrauding the government. At that same place there was a guy getting the sack, as they were escorting him out of the building he asked to use the toilet and ended up doing a massive jobby on the floor of the men's room as a final "f**k you" to the company 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 2 hours ago, senorsoupe said: At a different place I worked there was a guy who stopped showing up to work one day, turned out he was also running a fake university on the side and had been busted for defrauding the government. At that same place there was a guy getting the sack, as they were escorting him out of the building he asked to use the toilet and ended up doing a massive jobby on the floor of the men's room as a final "f**k you" to the company One day a girl at work "brought £800 in cash in and left it in her jacket in the cloakroom". The money went missing (if indeed it ever existed) and the work basically said that no-one was leaving until we were all searched. About 300 people. Some rammy that day as everyone went mental at the thought and in the end up nothing really happened. When a new team came in they would take their chairs off them, the managers would, and make them stand up until they go their first sale. Some people stood for 8 hours for days on end. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 19 minutes ago, Dindeleux said: When a new team came in they would take their chairs off them, the managers would, and make them stand up until they go their first sale. Some people stood for 8 hours for days on end. So they weren't allowed to sit until they sold something? That seems pretty cruel, am surprised that's legal (if it was). Another bloke I worked with, not at the company with the desk w****r, the company with the fake university guy and the floor pooper, was sacked for stealing office equipment. He was caught trying to unbolt a projector from the ceiling of the lunch room, when confronted they also found out about a training room computer he had nicked as well. Roy doesn't have a monopoly on that... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Several of my colleagues are mid to late 20's and still live at home, despite the fact they earn £30k+ and have said they could comfortably afford to buy or rent. Actually wanting to live with your parents at that age seems mental to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 So they weren't allowed to sit until they sold something? That seems pretty cruel, am surprised that's legal (if it was). Another bloke I worked with, not at the company with the desk w****r, the company with the fake university guy and the floor pooper, was sacked for stealing office equipment. He was caught trying to unbolt a projector from the ceiling of the lunch room, when confronted they also found out about a training room computer he had nicked as well. Roy doesn't have a monopoly on that... I doubt most of what they did was legal. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) Really had my whack of my job now. Since posting a couple of weeks ago, the Manager is still a w**k. Now calling him Batfink because his wings are like a shield of steel. He fiddles more than an MP but must have pictures/footage of our company owner touching kids or shagging cats. Would have been sacked multiple times for the shit he has pulled if he didn't. Assistant Manager has been suspended and subsequently reinstated pending further investigation after being dropped in the shite by our young supervisor who grassed him for misuse of company discount. Funny thing is, turns out the supervisor has been doing the same thing, so has slipped himself a dry length. Now suspended, pending his tea being out. What a fucking gang. I'd go back on the tools if it wasn't for the fact I'd probably have a nervous breakdown if I saw the inside of a travelodge or premier inn again. Edited September 8, 2017 by LincolnHearts -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 8 hours ago, BallochSonsFan said: Have you tried turning it off and on again? We outsource all of our support and server management to India. I released a shamefully dodgy app recently without telling another soul how it works or how to fix it, and some poor sod over in Hyderabad or somesuch place is probably tasked with supporting it now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 6 hours ago, senorsoupe said: In my younger days I worked at one of those shitty call centers that had very minimum hiring standards. A lot of the people I worked with were complete morons, including the girl who at the end of a 4 week training session put her hand up and said to the trainer "I can't go on the phones, I don't know anything yet", surprisingly she wasn't sacked for that, but was sacked as being one of the people on the below list. Anyways, a few people who were sacked for some interesting reasons, one for being a serial lunch thief, one for wanking at his desk while taking calls, two for shagging in the washroom on breaks, two for pretending to try to unionize, and one for having a complete meltdown and screaming at a client to go f**k themselves. And I only worked there for a couple of months.... Do they have a Lincoln branch? I'll take a PM -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, LincolnHearts said: Do they have a Lincoln branch? I'll take a PM A quick google search reveals that the company no longer exists... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 When I worked in a call centre we had two screens, one of which I would use to process whatever transaction the present call was regarding, and the other was for P&B usage (it was actually for the script but I shamefully knew it by heart verbatim). Anyway, calls used to be monitored/audited and they would also be able to see exactly what you were doing on the screens whilst the call was taking place. My manager said to me 'you're always on that website with all the floating heads and you've got a stupid username'. Couldn't really argue with that. (Just read this post back and it's very dull soz) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I worked at a place where I swear some old woman took a work break now and then from smoking fags. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Bonksy+HisChristianParade said: When I worked in a call centre we had two screens, one of which I would use to process whatever transaction the present call was regarding, and the other was for P&B usage (it was actually for the script but I shamefully knew it by heart verbatim). Anyway, calls used to be monitored/audited and they would also be able to see exactly what you were doing on the screens whilst the call was taking place. My manager said to me 'you're always on that website with all the floating heads and you've got a stupid username'. Couldn't really argue with that. (Just read this post back and it's very dull soz) I enjoyed it, if I'm honest. Would read again. 8.2/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 9 hours ago, senorsoupe said: Another bloke I worked with, not at the company with the desk w****r, the company with the fake university guy and the floor pooper, was sacked for stealing office equipment. I worked an IT support job where you didn't have to steal the equipment. Someone once asked one of the directors (let's call him Div for brevity) if they could borrow one of the company computers and got the green light, so every c**t decided they were having one too. As the only IT wonk (although I had three - three! - managers), I ended up with most of the requests, which I turned down as the only backup PCs we kept were ancient shite that they didn't want. Inevitably I'd receive an email from Div telling me to sort out one of the best machines for their employee to use at home. They never, ever, came back. Eventually ended up being called into a management meeting where Div had been moaning about our security as we had a PC shortage. The managers had naturally thrown me under the bus, as managers do, so I was called in to face the grilling. I figured Div would deny giving away all these machines, but he immediately changed the subject when I brought it up and it was never mentioned again TL;DR - Div is a arsehile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 5 hours ago, Enigma said: I worked at a place where I swear some old woman took a work break now and then from smoking fags. Fifteen minute fag break every hour seems to be pretty standard at some places. That roughly corresponds to the length of time you're supposed to take a break from your computer screen, so it must be a health and safety initiative that I missed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 A chap that worked in my old office very briefly has just been in the papers for being a beast. Other highlights were the guy that was caught taking photos up girls skirts in the office, the girl that liked to kick holes in the newly painted walls and plenty of people being escorted out by the security heavies.I'm glad I work from home or on client sites now.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Its funny how much more you hate people you work with at the weekends. It feels like there is something built into your brain that says "I shouldn't be here" and everything seems 100 times worse. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Its funny how much more you hate people you work with at the weekends. It feels like there is something built into your brain that says "I shouldn't be here" and everything seems 100 times worse. Just squirt some ketchup over them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Just squirt some ketchup over them. Ketchup -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 11 hours ago, WeAreElgin said: A chap that worked in my old office very briefly has just been in the papers for being a beast. Other highlights were the guy that was caught taking photos up girls skirts in the office, the girl that liked to kick holes in the newly painted walls and plenty of people being escorted out by the security heavies. I'm glad I work from home or on client sites now.. They really are phoning it in with these post-Larsson Dragon Tattoo sequels. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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