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One Night at the Call Center
One Night at the Call Center
Author: Chetan Bhagat
Press 1 for technical support. — Press 2 for broken hearts. — Press 3 if your life has totally crashed. . . . — Six friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. appliance corporation. Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running. Yet behind...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345498328
ISBN-10: 0345498321
Publication Date: 5/1/2007
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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A quick read. Ending is different than what I anticipated. The author describes the inside of a call center in India through the character of Shyam (or Sam to the Americans). The journey of Shyam and his co workers takes place during the American holiday of Thanksgiving. Each character can be both selfless and narcissistic. Although I recommend this book, the characters in the book appear to be anti American. As many Americans dislike the outsourcing of call center positions to India, it appears from this fictional story, the Indians dislike providing service to Americans for what Americans would consider an extremely low wage.
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A really enjoyable light read. Anyone who has been in customer service will recognize the group's frustrations with work, and it'd be a rare person who didn't sympathize with at least some of their personal issues.


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