Any expats

[captcraig2 120]

Hi guys,

The company I work for in the States is looking at some options in Asia to open a call center for their sales team, do any of you guys have any information on this? I think they may lean more towards Manila due to the English language but I didn't know if this could work in Thailand? if it could I would be in line for a nice expat postion. Thanks guys...your help is appreciated!

 

 

This forum could sure use a business and classified section!

[captcraig2 120]

Well...I guess nobody has any info, I did have a chance to look into operating such a center however it's located in India...anybody ever been there or have any knowledge on the place?

 

Thanks again!

[Owen` 2]

Bangalore is the focus of most outsourced call centers from the US. Friedman's The World Is Flat talks extensively about how they train to speak English in the accent correct for the area of the US from which they will handle calls. It's a big deal there.

[elef 0]

Some swedish companies have call centers in the Phillippines and India. Some also have construction departments with civil engineers in same countries. Forget Thailand if you want cheap labour cost, Thailand has 4 million illegal guest workers from countries around. In Cambodia many under 25 speak very good english so if you can arrange satellite communication maybe that's the optimal country to set up a call center.

[aussiedoug 0]

If you want the job then push the Phillipines. Yes, they are all educated in English, but the accent is less noticeable than the Indians, and you sure as hell do not want to live in India,or do you? English would be a problem in Thailand, and the other places where english is widely spoken, HongKong and Singapore are just way too expensive. Mainila is not so bad a place to live either, so I am told, never been there. I have occasion to talk to a call centre in Manila almost daily, and the girls are heaps easier to understand than the indians I have encountered on other calls.

[don_dadda 0]

Besides the accent the other problem with India is that it is getting expensive.

 

I would look into the phillipines

[sabang 0]

Hi guys,

The company I work for in the States is looking at some options in Asia to open a call center for their sales team, do any of you guys have any information on this? I think they may lean more towards Manila due to the English language but I didn't know if this could work in Thailand? if it could I would be in line for a nice expat postion. Thanks guys...your help is appreciated!

This forum could sure use a business and classified section!

 

Unfortunately for all of it's good points, spoken English is far from a strong point of Thailand.

Firstly, you have to pay over the odds for the few that speak decent English, secondly even then it's heavily accented and would be hard for your countryfolk to understand.

Filipine's is a much better option- cheaper, and most people speak decent English with an Americanised accent. India is good too, but the English there is British English, with a unique Induan accent.

[don_dadda 0]

Unfortunately for all of it's good points, spoken English is far from a strong point of Thailand.

Firstly, you have to pay over the odds for the few that speak decent English, secondly even then it's heavily accented and would be hard for your countryfolk to understand.

Filipine's is a much better option- cheaper, and most people speak decent English with an Americanised accent. India is good too, but the English there is British English, with a unique Induan accent.

agreed. the other thing is even the most uneducated filipino has enough mastery of english to be able to communicate.

[sinkorswim 80]

Philipines. English is their second language. Forget Thailand half of them cant even speak Thai correctly never mind english.

[captcraig2 120]

Thanks guys for all the info posted, I have been in contact with a center in Manila. I've never been to PI and not sure if it's a good a move as Thailand would of been.

[captcraig2 120]

One more quick question, does anybody know if there is such a thing as unlimited long distance phone service available for calling the States?

[aqua4 2]

Is it is boiler room? Flips making sales calls....I don't see that.