Chammy said:
queen81 said:
busybusy said:
I am going to cut to the chase with this question.
Is it just outgoing market research calls? Or is it cold calling dressed up as market research?
It's reading out a survey - no selling involved.
Lynnie, I don't have any experience whatsover. My CV says different though. :
As Queen said,
you are contacting customers who have at some point given the client permission to contact them. The one thing I do like that they mentioned is that if a customer says no then it's no, you don't have to try and convince them to change their minds.
You run through a survey pretty similar to the ones we fill in on places like iPoll and Yougov etc, no real selling (you ask them if they want to take part in a prize draw etc) but you read what is on the screen in front of you.
Is that explicit permission? Or just that the customer didn't click a 'don't let us or third parties contact you' box, unaware that they'll now get a survey call (which I cynically believe would then lead to a sales call)?
I'm sorry for being all negative, but I have to admit, having read about this company (not just on the green site, but across the internet, and in posts by both past workers and "customers"), I have a very bad feeling about them. Of course, I didn't apply to work for them, and so my opinion matters absolutely zilch. Just please be careful.
Right, I've said my piece, I will shut up now. And it goes without saying that I genuinely hope I'm wrong.