Subject: flabbergasted

From: "Compton Paula" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:58:35 +0100

Now that is high praiseindeed.
Amajority of them are women and they have set their own workinghours. If you would like to come, pleasetake a look at the details and thenemail me.
Certainly they can see the benefits of creating a shared operation,thereby reducingFTEs and costs - andimproving reporting, compliance and standards. It all means that the market is maturing and growing. I met the Gecis boys at anSBPOAevent earlier this year.
As Han Solo said: "I've got a bad feeling about this". On a different but related subject, I've been looking atnetworking organisations such asLinkedIn,openBC,executive-i,ecademy andSoflow. Now, sadly, the firmcannot   wait to get rid of it.
One of the main determinants of success in the increasinglyaggressive BPO market is the cost of recruiting and training staff. This has helped in containing the attrition, as these agentsare making use of the available free time to gain some extramoney. I   agreed in a follow-up comment.
I   thought that General Atlantic Partners were looking to offload   the business. Theguest speakers from Reuters and Thomas Cook shared serviceoperations particularly stood out.
I'll find out more and report back.
Theargument I gave last week stillstands. These alliances and acquisitions are anexcellent demonstration that Gecis will go far in the BPO market.
That'slargely because I find it very difficult to get firm-level datafrom the European companies for any of my research projects. Judging by someresearchI did yesterday, online networking is certainly not very well. On a different but related subject, I've been looking atnetworking organisations such asLinkedIn,openBC,executive-i,ecademy andSoflow.
On the surface then, this makes sense. Does this mean that it is more, or less likely? These alliances and acquisitions are anexcellent demonstration that Gecis will go far in the BPO market. But, the broad nature of onlinenetworking builds communities of passionate people, but not muchbusiness.
I think the lesson is clear; live networking events can and doproduce results. The Euro zone will undoubtedly be damaged by a weak Germany andthis will ultimately play into the hands of the US. We came to the conclusion that the inherent conservatism ofaccountants mitigates against rapid and substantial change.
The firm says its new name reflects both both itsGE heritage and itslook to the future.
India should introduce the home agent culture and this would go along way in containing attrition in the country's call centre andcustomer service outsourcing sectors. com describing thelatest research fromEverest. Its British business is profitable.
We came to the conclusion that the inherent conservatism ofaccountants mitigates against rapid and substantial change. In a wonderfully inappropriate start to the day, attentionwas truly distracted by the fact that the victorious Englandcricket team were staying in the same hotel. Employee churn hurts not only the provider butalso their clients and that does no-one in the industry anygood. Irecommend that you read it.
Theevent takes place in London.
The Euro zone will undoubtedly be damaged by a weak Germany andthis will ultimately play into the hands of the US. and let'sface it, that will please no-one on this side of the Atlantic.
I came up with a blog from Deepa, a PhD student at theUniversity of Texas, calledBPO Journal. The Euro zone will undoubtedly be damaged by a weak Germany andthis will ultimately play into the hands of the US.