A Letter to a Workaholic

To my beloved workaholic self,

Please be reminded that you have to change your lifestyle or at least take a breather once in a while. Work is not the most important thing in your life and you know it. You have got to remember how it feels like to go to a party and just let those ounces of responsibility off your shoulders. One of these days, I’m going to lead a rally with a campaign against overtime.

Just because you can easily clear a night shift unlike other call center agents in the office, doesn’t mean that you should blow this nocturnal crusade out of proportions. Remember, there are a lot of other agents working on night shifts in any Philippine call center. Clearing five consecutive nights doesn’t make you any tougher because insomniacs can do ten without them even trying. I do believe we still sleep.

There is nothing wrong with being proud of what you achieve; in fact it is a healthy sign as you are energetic. You should be proud of your salary considering that other people are already satisfied just getting through the day. However, your work is about talking to the voices of random people while facing the front of a monitor for eight hours, with you usually not taking a break. You may not break a sweat but you’re also not blinking enough, or so the optometrists says, and that is why you have to wear those wonder specs that would make even the blind see. The world is not created by three blue squares, a wooden desk and a headphone. It’s not made up of an agency or any Philippine call center for that matter. There are your parents, your sisters, your friends, your co-workers, your cats. You wouldn’t want to say on your deathbed that you wish you could have joined that family dinner at Gumbo or that weekend party with friends at Dolce’s. Besides, who would take care of the cats if you’re in the hospital?

You are not a soldier at war. Therefore, you deserve a lot of peace of mind and hours and hours of relax time. Don’t you think? Don’t we think? We don’t want our friends to forget us nor do we want to be left out of the group. We don’t want a divorce in the future and we don’t our cats to die unattended and alone on their deathbeds. You wouldn’t want to be forgotten. You wouldn’t want the only attendees in your funeral to be your co-workers, who couldn’t attend because there’s work to do. There’s still a lot in store for us. Let us live life to the full.


Yours,
Yourself

How to: Affordable Barbados Travel

Barbados Apartment Hotel

Is it even possible to get an affordable Barbados travel vacation? My friends and I have always wanted to go to Barbados since one of our friends spent their honeymoon in that island paradise and has been constantly gabbing about how wonder the place was. We couldn’t stand her gabbing actually. We just want to shut her up by going to the island ourselves and experiencing everything she keeps bragging about.

The problem was of course, the money. But it seems to us that the word expensive and Barbados would always go hand in hand. But we were wrong. Through careful research and planning, we were able to formulate a great way to save a ton of money.

First of all, we booked out tickets super early. Lots of airlines give away cheap tickets for people who book early. We made sure to book it directly at the airlines and not through some travel agency that would add their cut to the ticket price. Also, we chose a low cost airlines which saved us half the price for the usual airlines that had stopovers and a lot of in flight frills that we didn’t really even want or need which made this an affordable Barbados travel.

Next, we decided to rent out twin condo units. This was one of the biggest factors that helped us save money. Booking a hotel though great for honeymooners is extremely expensive especially since there was no kitchen. We couldn’t believe how much money we saved. And since there were many of us, we were able to split the pay. Also, we just bought food from the market or from seaside fishermen and cooked our own food since we had our own kitchen. If we had bought food from restaurant or from a hotel, our bill would have been astronomical. This is the key to affordable Barbados travel.

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The Edge of Philippine Call Centers

The BPO industry is one of the most profitable business ventures in the Philippines. While the rest of the world is experiencing the pinch of the recession, Philippine call centers continue to flourish. In fact, in a recent business survey, the call center industry in the country has shown a 22% to 30% increase in terms of growth and expansion rate.

Philippine call centers have learned to capitalize on flexibility to keep the industry alive. By implementing higher standards on service quality and marketing strategies to acquire new clients and keep existing clients, call centers have been getting by the economic downturn unscathed. The growth is coming from the flux of new client referrals and existing clients.

The industry also remains a good standing in the global business arena because of its strong professional workforce. Known in Asia as the one of the leading nations in terms of English proficiency, Filipinos are fit for the telemarketing profession. It is also a lot easier for Filipinos to adopt an American accent compared to other call center workforce in Asia. Aside from skills, Filipino agents also have commendable work ethics that clients appreciate.

Working with Philippine call centers gives investing companies the edge of global quality and this is irreplaceable. There is no substitute for excellent customer service so it is not a surprise that many companies in the US, Australia, and other parts of Europe outsource their telemarketing business functions from the Philippines. They get global quality for a competitive price, something that all businesses need at this time of the economic downturn.

Business experts are saying that the future is bright for the Philippine call center industry. Through the help of the government and private business sectors, the industry is expected to generate more revenues and bring more sophisticated call center solutions to companies around the world.

Before I got my California Car Insurance

I love getting a new car. It feels like having a new friend that you will soon get to know. Yes, it may sound a bit wonky but I think of my cars as friends. They are really helpful. They get me around to where I need to go. Sometimes when I am feeling some inexplicable need to get away from it all, I just take my car out and drive to no where, having a reliable car by one’s side feels like having security and assurance. The only thing I hate about getting a new car is looking for California car insurance.

But other than that, it is all good. Whenever I get a new car, I always make it a point to test drive it and put it through a long distance drive test. That’s what I did to my new whip. I drove it out from California to Las Vegas. I did not even say goodbye to my wife. I just drove. In hindsight, it was as if I was possessed by some kind of spirit because I was really driving the car so fast. It was as if I wasn’t even shifting out of fifth gear. And I was really driving recklessly. Even when the traffic was slowing down near the towns with pedestrians and crossing cars, I was still driving recklessly fast. The other cars where already swearing and giving me the finger. I really do not understand my behavior myself.

When I got to Vegas I just looked at the bright city lights while I parked my car in the city fringes, right at the dessert. That was all. Then I drove back and finally got my car a California car insurance since in this state, everyone needs to get car insurance as stated by the law, and this is why the auto insurance industry is booming well.

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