Quit college for Call Center job?

Question

I am currently going to college trying to obtain my Bachelor's Degree. I only have a year left. I am currently in college but have been offered a job working for an insurance company as a Customer Care Associate in their Call Center for $27,000. per year. Anyone here work in a Call Center? If so, what's it like? I don't want to quit college but my family is suffering finanically. I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Customer service jobs in call centers are dead ends. Don't quit school for that. They don't usually require a lot of knowledge or skill, so they might be useful as a job to help pay your school bills.

Answer 2

If the company has an education allowance for their employees you may want to consider it. That way you can bring home some money and pay for school at the same time. If not I would tough it out for one more year and get your degree.

Also, you should be able to get a job paying a bit more than that without a degree doing something that has a career path. I would only take the job if I absolutely had to.

Answer 3

College degree is very important and it would give you a better future when you're ready to work. Find out if you can take on the job on a part-time basis, i.e. in the evenings or weekends. Generally, call centers operate 24/7. This way you'll able to complete our college and help your family financially.

Answer 4

I would have to say that you should talk to your school's financial aid office, and see if you can get on their work study program, to help pay your bills in school, and maybe have some money for your family - I won't lie here - the work study programs don't pay a lot, but it might free up some funds that your family might be paying for your school, or helping with your day-to-day living expenses, so that you are helping your family, and still remaining in school.

You can always see about finding a part-time off-campus position too, if you really need it, but STAY IN SCHOOL! That's probably the most important piece of information anyone can tell you.

Good luck,
JG

Answer 5

Call center jobs suck! You'll work long hours, your bosses will be fickle about you having a great "call time", so if you're like me and don't want the customer to feel like just another account and like to chat with them, then it isn't for you. Stay in school and just work part time. Your family has survived these past 3 years so you can make it 1 more.

Answer 6

If you take the job, you'll make $27,000 this year, $27,000 next year, and $27,000 the 3rd year. If you stay in school, you'll make $10,000 this year (or whatever you make), $40,000 the next year, and $42,000 the 3rd year. A degree will pay you for many years to come. The call center job is a short term gain, but long-term is a sacrifice. Try to make it through your last year.

Answer 7

You only have a year left.. Stay in school. Get a part time job at Pizza Hut or somewhere. You will be sorry you did.
Also, I know you are thinking about the right now, but honestly, you owe it to yourself. The only way to make some real money is to at least have a degree.

Answer 8

My experience with a call center (perhaps they are not all the same) is that they are sweat shops, very unpleasant, high pressure places to work with millions of rules about what you can wear, how you can look, what you can do, etc. They are basically unpleasant places to work with no prospects for promotion. That's my opinion anyway. Stay in college.

Answer 9

Don't do it. A lot of call centers are 24-7, such as banks. Ask them for a flexible or alternative schedule, or do an alternative schedule at school. (Alternative schedule = nights/weekends.) If you can't do either, take a job that will let you do so.

Answer 10

I totally agree with the previous responder.

You have one year to go. If you quit now, and work someplace, who's to say that someone with a BA degree wouldn't replace you?

Finish up your degree, and see where you want to go from there.