Pay and conditions in call centres

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Pay and conditions in call centres

Incomes Data Services has published its 12th annual survey offering a detailed picture of pay, benefits and working conditions for call centre and contact centre staff.

The 2008/09 edition has details on 50 organisations employing over 77,000 staff in 160 call centres throughout the UK. It includes an analysis of salaries for call centre operators, team leaders and managers.

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What you will find in this report

The report is divided into six main sections:

1. Analysis of pay and conditions

  • Customer adviser salaries in named organisations, by sector and by region

  • Team leader salaries in named organisations, by sector and by region

  • Salaries for management information analysts, training managers and call centre managers

  • Bonuses, commission and profit-sharing arrangements

  • Shift and unsocial hours premiums

  • Pay reviews in 2007/08

  • Benefits

  • Hours of work

  • Holiday entitlement

  • Trade union recognition.

2. Latest trends in call centre employment

  • Sectoral and regional profile of the call centre industry

  • Call centre size and operating hours

  • Actual and expected changes in employment

  • Workforce profile: full-time and part-time employment

  • Use of agency staff.

3. Analysis of recruitment and retention issues

  • Extent of recruitment and retention difficulties, by sector and by region

  • Staff turnover rates, by sector and by region

  • Typical length of service of call centre agents.

4. Pay progression

  • Pay progression and progression systems.

5. Absence management

  • Benchmarking statistics on average absence levels

  • Comparison with absence levels across the economy

  • Company initiatives to tackle absence.

6. Directory of company pay and conditions

  • Entries by named organisation

  • Current pay rates

  • Bonuses, allowances and overtime shift premiums

  • Most recent pay reviews

  • Hours of work

  • Holiday entitlement and benefits.

Want to know more?

Title: Pay and Conditions in Call Centres 2008/09, Incomes Data Services.

Availability: To order your copy of the report call IDS customer services, tel: 0845 600 9355 or email: sweetandmaxwell.customerservices@thomson.com.

Incomes Data Services is the “leading UK information and research service” on employment issues, providing a range of publications for employers, trade unions, government departments and other agencies. To find out more visit www.incomesdata.co.uk.