[OT] Call centre locations

Or sheep.

But, anyway tell them, it ripples through. :(

DG

"Ronald Raygun" wrote

That's another problem, though, isn't it?

UK call centre workers being paid less than average (UK) earnings, tend not to be the most well-educated staff.

AIUI, Indian call centre staff are paid around double average (Indian) earnings, and so every one is (at least) a Graduate - they attract the very best of the Indian workforce...

"Ronald Raygun" wrote

Really? AIUI, the overseas call centre workers get around a tenth (in absolute terms) of what a UK call centre worker gets.

Is the difference between dole & UK call centre wages really less than 10% of those wages?

What a pity their very best is not good enough to be unleashed upon the great British public. Maybe the university education they get out there is not very good. Certainly not as good as the dross we churn out of our own polyversities.

Hmm. I'll take your word for it. I had no idea the factor was so huge (or small, depending on whether you're measuring the thickness or thin-ness of the pay packet).

I was guessing. Don't call centre jobs pay approximately NMW? Isn't NMW approximately what you get on the dole? Both are (I'd have thought) at the subsistence level.

Depends on the circumstances of the employee. If they are supporting a family of

NMW full time is about 3-4 times what a single person living with his/her parents would get on the dole, but well below what a family renting would get.

"Andy Pandy" wrote

Obviously, dole for that situation is far too high!

"Andy Pandy" wrote

What stops every "single person living with his/her parents", going out and renting a place, subsidised by the general taxpayer?

This includes things like housing benefit, child benefit, child tax credits etc.

Gnerally I'd agree - the benefits systems is generous to families whereas the tax system penalises them, the combination of which results in many families being hardly any better off than on the dole than working, even with a reasonably paid job.

Mainly finding a place to rent that doesn't specify "no DSS". So called "tenants rights" are probably the biggest obstacle to people on benefits getting housing.

Otherwise, not a lot. There are some restrictions on HB, like if you're under 25 I think you can only have a room in a shared house rather than your own flat etc. They would have to pay the bills like gas/electric/water etc which they may not have contributed towards at their parents.