Clarksville Fighting For “Non-Convergys” Call Center Agero
Wait, they want ALL THREE?
Convergys, considered by many in the area to be the worst job one can have in Clarksville, is a 3rd party call center handling AT&T’s tech support for the iPhone. Now it looks like there might be some long-needed competition.
Agero is a service company that handles calls for roadside assistance and claims. They handle calls for Ford, Hyundai, and many other auto makers. They’re looking at possibly opening a call center this year here in lil’ old Clarksville…or in Florence, South Carolina. On Monday officials from Agero were hanging out in Florence taking applications and checking interest, seeing if they could get around 500 applicants.
They also had a local news station on hand to report the potential of JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
So…yeah, they actually look pretty damn hungry for work. I don’t want to say that Clarksville is lazy by comparison, but I haven’t seen our locals yearn for anything this badly in a long time (well, outside of a Panera Bread, you fat bastards). The reporter even goes on to diss Clarksville by saying they want it more:
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“…the crowds couldn’t have been a better way to show Agero that they should choose Florence County, over another potential site in Tennessee, because folks here are ready to work.”
DAMN WHERE YOU AT C-VILLE? YOU JUST GOT BUTTSLAMMED BY SOME CRAPHOLE CALLED “FLORENCE”. THAT’S RIGHT, BRADY BUNCH MOM FLORENCE HENDERSON CALLED YOU LIL’ LAZY BITCH AND SAID YO’ MOMMA SO FAT SHE GIVES HERSELF GROUP HUGS!!!
But seriously, Agero is coming to Clarksville on January 17th and 18th at the Hilton Garden Inn, and are looking at Clarksville’s labor pool to provide some spunk to their search. Local Economy Guy James Chavez told the Chronic that this job would be ideal for college students and army wives.
…so basically everyone that is currently working at Convergys. Hell, if I worked at Convergys I’d be kicking every pregnant grandma in my way to get to this job fair. Regardless of pay or work, I don’t think the phrase “it couldn’t be as bad as what I do now” could be anymore appropriate. (By the way, they haven’t announced pay yet…It’s still under wraps as they assess the average salaries of the area.)
He's hoping you won't apply...
So I encourage any non-fuck-up in the area to fill out an application, not knowing if we’ll actually beat South Carolina. If you currently hate your job at Burger King, maybe they’ll replace you with someone that gives 2 shits about my BK Big Fish sammich. Hopefully all the people that collect massive unemployment checks from Kentucky or soon-to-be laid off army guys will actually attend.
If only our last mayor was still here with promises of hookers, drugs, and buckets of Church’s chicken…
I’m surprised Convergys isn’t campaigning to keep this center out. After all, it’s such a wonderful environment with their high ethics, values, respect for the individual requirements, zero tolerance for bullying and integrity.
But on a more positive note I hope they give the Verge a run for their business. Would be good to have a professional environment to work in and watch the Verge close their doors…
I can see Clarksville getting the pick over Florence, SC due to us already having two call centers not in use one being at the industrial park with the other out by exit 8. (Just not sure of the condition). You’ll also have the people in the Clarksville areas of Oak Grove, Hopkinsville, and Dover. One thing that is a positive for this company coming to Clarksville is that it’s a call center for roadside assistance, not an AT&T tech support / billing group. I however have never worked at Convergys, though from a few people that I know that have…it sucks.
I actually work at Convergys and its been thru the grapevine there all week since the chronicle came out and announced it, granted yes I am going to apply but I don’t mind Convergy’s honestly, its not horrible depends on who you talk to and who they deal with.
This would be great if Clarksville was chosen. Convergys is one of the top paying jobs in Clarksville currently, as far as I am aware, and there’s very few people (those under 18 and military) who have yet to have been there for at least the training. The job itself wasn’t that bad, and it could be a pretty decent job, but the lazy people they tend to hire, and the so called management that runs the place are what are going to make it topple because if this new center opens here, I can see people flocking to this job same as they do to t-mobile’s center. There really does need to be some competition in the industry as well. Right now, if someone leaves the verg or gets fired for something stupid like they didn’t make enough sales or they missed 1 of 8 items in their “things to do during the call” one too many times, there is somewhere else they can use the skills they’ve learned, because let’s face it…. If you’ve been working in a call center for 5 years,you kind of want to stick to what you know if at all possible.
The verge BLOWS.. it would be great if call center people could get a job that was about *gasp* service and not sales. The Verge LIES to their employees when hired, telling them that it is not a sales job but customer service. You quickly find out that if you don’t sell customers new calling plans, under the guise of providing customer service, you will get the axe and also the piece of crap “supervisors” have been known to make their employees cry, daily. I worked there in the days of pantyhose-and-close-toed shoes (I hear it’s changed since). We employees would often ask why we had to dress up so much when people couldn’t “see” us through the phone. The bullshit excuse was that if you “dress” professional, you “sound” professional. Such bullshit and I could only take 3 months of drinking the Verge kool-aid. To this day it’s the only job I’ve walked out of without giving notice.
The only folks whining bitching and complaining about Convergys are lazy, stupid or both. Convergys is a JOB. You are expected to show up on time? HOLY SHIT!?!?!? And get this they also want you to DO YOUR JOB! HOLY HELL WHAT A CONCEPT! I have worked at Convergys for nearly 2 years now. Sure I have some issues with my Supervisor sometimes, its called LIFE. If you want a job, you have to deal with things you dont like sometimes. BOO FREAKIN HOO. Stop your bitching and move on.
Folks who claim they are fired for not making sales or because they missed a day due to a sick child are not telling the whole story. No one, not one single person has ever been fired for a single incident like that. (Some have been fired for cursing at customers on the phone! OH the humanity!) But if you simply cannot do the job then you cannot do the job. As far as attendence, you have 12 freaking points that you can accumulate. That is missing a day per month. Honestly people have to TRY to get fired and by God a lot of em do it.
I am posting this because I am sick of the bitching and moaning. Get over yourself already. If you didnt wanna work, that is why you are not at The Verge as you losers wanna call it. I love it at Convergys and if you dont, then that is your problem. But I promise you if you get to go to Agero, they will expect the SAME DAMN THING that Convergys did.
Hey Lazy Bastards, I have a Masters Degree, graduated 1 year early and have worked nonstop since I was 15. Look in the mirror before you start calling anyone else lazy. I was not fired from Convergys, I QUIT due to their bullying and threats. I have never been fired from any job. I only stayed there for 3 months as a college job. Since getting out in the real world (out of Clarksville) it’s quite obvious that other places of employment do not operate with bullying tactics that Convergys uses, and maybe one day you will stop drinking the kool-aid.
They say you have to dress nice… I’ve noticed their idea of dressing nice is whatever you can grab out of the clearance bin at the local dollar general and cram your too fat ass into something way to small