By: I'd Really Really Rather Not Say!!

I'd Really Really Rather Not Say!! — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:17:06 +0000

I too, am really sad to hear that Dial America has closed it’s doors. I started working days in 2002 and then eventually switched to working evenings until I left in 2004. Just around the time the new telemarketing laws took effect which totally changed the work environment and the opportunity to make great commissions. For the most part the people were great to work for and with.

By: I'd REALLY rather NOT say!

I'd REALLY rather NOT say! — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:02:14 +0000

I worked at DialAmerica on and off for quite a few years, and was one of the best in the company. They started out really well, with things like National Geographic in the evenings; various other wierd products for business to business which people did want–like the “Corporate Controller’s Handbook of Financial Management” –seems like they had to have one of those expensive books every year. and others. They even ended up getting Intuit and Turbo Tax on days. The commission was pretty low on “Geo”, but you got a lot of them! On the Intuit products, commission was as high as $13 a sale on some, if I remember right! Then the new “telemarketing laws” started kicking in. Things went from bad to worse. There were huddled talks between Mike and some of his managers. One dialer that had started up (136) ended up closing. Programs started dropping like flies. Then came the “Zero Tolerance Policy”. Then people started getting fired for “a complaint about you made to corporate”, selling to “someone underage” (we HAD verification for that), and other seemingly made up stuff. I heard that several people ended up filing a ‘class action” lawsuit against “the Dial”. Finally, in the end, all they had were some books in the evenings, and a $300 handless headset on business-to-business. So the famous “Dial” ended up going the route of Transcom, TeleServices Direct, JAK, and a few others in Bloomington. Now there are just a couple of “fund-raising” companies, where hiring and firing is just a sneeze away, and the “charity” gets a whopping 15% of the donation (IF THAT)! Charities are still able to get around those telemarketing laws and “do not call lists” for now…but soon they will have their day as well. I’m not so sure about the “survey research” companies. There are a couple of those left as well, but none of those seem to pay commissions like “the Dial”. Lots of people made a decent little living doing this kind of thing just part time, and of course annoying the heck out of people, but like the typewriter–it will all soon be a “thing of the past” I think, for charities, surveys, and all the rest. Movies like “Boiler Room” gave telemarketing a horrible image, but it really wasn’t like that. It’s hard for students and people who needed a job that paid well, though. There’s not much else left in Bloomington, and I.U. isn’t the big job market it portends to be either. .

By: RATHER NOT SAY

RATHER NOT SAY — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:28:47 +0000

THEY DID THE SAME TO US YESTERDAY

By: Tyler Cobb

Tyler Cobb — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:49:38 +0000

this was great place to work while in school and i feel for the many great people i got to know while working there that lost their jobs…I wish you all the best

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