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I'm considering a relocation... I currently do fairly generic office work, but it's kind of specialized to my current employer. Many people I know from college are working in call centers, but most of them seem to be making between $12-15 per hour... a serious drop from what I am currently making. I am wondering, since I know call centers exist everywhere, does well-paying non-sales call center work still exist? I know that when I was a kid my mother worked in a call center making well over $20 per hour for a period, are those days gone forever?
I'm considering a relocation... I currently do fairly generic office work, but it's kind of specialized to my current employer. Many people I know from college are working in call centers, but most of them seem to be making between $12-15 per hour... a serious drop from what I am currently making. I am wondering, since I know call centers exist everywhere, does well-paying non-sales call center work still exist? I know that when I was a kid my mother worked in a call center making well over $20 per hour for a period, are those days gone forever?
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I'm considering a relocation... I currently do fairly generic office work, but it's kind of specialized to my current employer. Many people I know from college are working in call centers, but most of them seem to be making between $12-15 per hour... a serious drop from what I am currently making. I am wondering, since I know call centers exist everywhere, does well-paying non-sales call center work still exist? I know that when I was a kid my mother worked in a call center making well over $20 per hour for a period, are those days gone forever?
My wife also made that much in a call center in the mid 1990s, as the supervisor. Brutal job, not worth it even at $20 back then, worse now because of the advanced employee performance monitoring technology. Entry level in my office is at about $25 now, but it's been about a year since the last opening.
My wife also made that much in a call center in the mid 1990s, as the supervisor. Brutal job, not worth it even at $20 back then, worse now because of the advanced employee performance monitoring technology. Entry level in my office is at about $25 now, but it's been about a year since the last opening.
There are help desk jobs that pay mostly that much but in a high cost of living area like California.
Here its mostly at 20$ to 25$ an hour.
The answering service jobs used to pay more than that, because of the increased responsibility, but I think those jobs have all but disappeared due to autmation.
Depends on the state you're living in. All tied to the COL in that area. I don't see a regular employee making that, but maybe a superevisior or manager.
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