Telemarketer Makes 20k

Salary.sg · #1 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 09:59 AM

Flip to page 8 of Sunday Times and read about an ex-telemarketer making $20,000 every month working for Citibank and DBS:

Quote:

“From 2000 to 2003, he was a telemarketer for Citibank and DBS Bank and earned a monthly salary of $20,000. He thought nothing of splurging on high-end labels like Louis Vuitton…”

I’m not sure if telemarketers earn this much today, but if they still do, it sure is a very lucrative job given that you only need to make nuisance calls and pester people

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Next time you meet a telemarketer, think about the possibility that he could have a net worth higher than yours (if he’s not a big spendthrift).

Reference: Sunday Times, July 19, 2009

http://www.salary.sg/2009/telemarketer-makes-20k/

#2 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 10:02 AM

I’m a tele marketeer but I don’t even make 5k. Where do I get a job that pays 20k? 10k also ok.

#3 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 10:03 AM

1 in a billion ?

#4 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 10:08 AM

i have a friend who is a telemarketer and he’s earning like 6K average and the best part is that he doesnt even an O levels. Oh well.. DONT COMPARE

#5 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 10:09 AM

We should COMPARE!

It’s basic economics, if there is an opportunity, we should all go there….

Why stick with !5k or less when you can make $20k!!

#6 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 10:10 AM

It’s always “I know someone” or “I read in papers”… Who knows if it’s only a ploy to get people into sales? I for one know with first hand experience that this is a tactic to lure people into MLM (only the top earns a lot; the rest loses money).

#7 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 10:11 AM

Has anyone scolded a telemarketer before? Slammed the phone? Threatened to report? Vowed to get him/her fired?

Maybe not, then again, it’s hard to compare.

#8 (**permalink**) 21-07-2009, 10:12 AM

my boss scolded me and slammed phone on me, but he pays me only 3k

. I rather be a rich telemarketer and get worse treatment.

#9 (**permalink**) 29-07-2009, 04:17 PM

tele: hello, would you like a new credit card?
me: is it true you guys make 20k a month?
tele: no lah…
me: but i read online that you guys do!
tele: you sure?
me: yes, visit salary.sg for more info and ask your boss to pay you more. now stop calling me again.

#10 (**permalink**) 29-07-2009, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Has anyone scolded a telemarketer before? Slammed the phone? Threatened to report? Vowed to get him/her fired?

It’s hard to deny it’s a comparatively easy job considering what you need to do… no meetings, no complicated reports, no office politics.