Call Centers and Salaries

[EarlZ]

A lot of my friends who accepted some job transfer in manila tells me the same, the cost of living is higher no way its comparable to cebu especially the rent and the food, public transpo is just P1 higher but everything else is higher, then again I would believe their word since they currently work in manila as compared to some random poster. Not really pertaining to anyone.

If indeed the random poster is right about manila having the same cost of living in cebu, why does manila have a higher basic salary as stipulated by the law compared to cebu, if everything is 1:1 then what the government is doing in cebu is illegal.

[pinoybb]

Gasoline is the same. Transportation cost is the same. Utility costs are the same.


how about the other costs? are they the same in manila?

Its more expensive in cebu to maintain a car because of the markup price they add to the parts. Same for pc components,equipment, etc. Sometimes the prices here are ridiculous because its imported from china, hk, etc and it has to go through manila first then to cebu. So how is living in cebu any cheaper? Its no different and sometimes more expensive. Talking non-hillbilly lifestyle here and not living like a farmer tending the land.

You eat at TGIF in manila and cebu are the prices different? No. Same for fastfood 40-150php. Same for classy food 600php -1500php. You want to shop cheap go to colon,carbon,etc. In manila go to roxas blvd, pasay, baclaran. Yes I know my way around manila and lived there more than 10 years and not just a random poster.
The only reason one would say its more expensive to live in manila or anywhere around the world is because they need to live on their own and not rely on their combined family income. I lived in the UK for quite a long time and could buy stuff I want with money to spare on an average salary. The prices of GBP are expensive compared to peso so yeah one dumb@ss would think its more expensive to live in the UK. But the buying power is what counts. Here the buying power of peso is so low that less than 20k a month you can't really buy stuff with money to spare. Well you can if you don't enjoy the good life.

pretty_jasmine is correct.

EarlZ - your friends probably lived a hillbilly lifestyle in cebu, the laid back lifestyle. Tell them to aim higher or if they want they can live a hillbilly lifestyle in manila as well and be satisfied with salaries ranging 12k below over there. Or tell them to go back to cebu if its tough for them. Tsk tsk.
You know the Philippines is not federal. The law governing manila is no different than in cebu.

Not sure if Ambergris has an office in cebu but I asked my friend over there how much the starting salary is and its 17k plus plus.

[justinuy168]

this thread is good for those who are interested to apply in a call center...

[Fincon]

post call center salaries here...para hibaw-an nato asa mang-apply!

[Poor_Prince23]

Gasoline is the same. Transportation cost is the same. Utility costs are the same.


how about the other costs? are they the same in manila?

Gasoline is definitely not the same. kada adto naka manila, tanaw jud ko sa presyu sa ila gas stations. mas barato sila by a few pesos, which is a big difference na. Energy costs sa Cebu is much more expensive than didto.

[langdo]

dako jud sweldo call centers. pero stable ba kaha ni indtry noh?

[BloGgerGurL]

Lingaw man ang call center oi.. Work load is not that heavy. Desiplina ra gyud na sa lawas. Dako jud og sweldo. Makatigum ka.

[BloGgerGurL]

bai @jeff ayaw pud tawn anang "all for the sake of money" oie
ma hurt pud tawn mi
in one way or another we have learned to love our job
and my job has continually provided food in my family's table
and sometimes a little more...
when you say "normal bodily capacity" this is subjective
some people are just competitive and love to work in a fast paced environment
the CC is the perfect place for this
since all your hardwork gets rewarded with incentives
kung ganahan ka fly by lang
just meet all the minimum stats required then you just get the basic pay
but then
if you want the plus you have to work for it
for me this is fair ra man pud
wherever you go or work stress will always be there
its how you cope up with it that matters

Couldn't agree more bro. Magbuot diay na sila kung we really need to earn more for our families.

[teleconmax]

Call center agents are well compensated in terms of salary. The most relax job, with a very good pay.

[masakiton]

ni trabaho ta aron maka kwarta