Kang
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- Jun 24, 2008
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Forget about MBM for now, Outsource is not about cutting down the work force, it is about managing the work force to deliver and that is absolutely what Zain is all about. As far as I understand Zain may have already formed another entity - call it - ZainCC and this entity will be handling the "customer care/services" unit which will include all the call-centres across the Zain operations.
During the formation of ZainCC (of which Zain may be a share holder) there will be SLAs laid down, and also the KPIs for each customer care/service staff will be set and these will be used as basis for measuring the performance of ZainCC and ZainCC staff.
What will be happening now is that, these cute ladies and handsome boys will be given an option to be employed/seconded to ZainCC (and probably be paid less) OR be paid there terminal benefits and there they go!
Out of this setup - losing a job is likely if at all you have been staying idle in the previous job setup. Outsorcing or Insourcing does not keep workers because they are cute or handsome, it keeps only those who are SMART and that is it. Also there few chances in outsourced environment kuajili mtoto wa shangazi, mjomba, e.t.c au Miss Nkaka au anything of that sort!!!
In the outsourced environment you report to yourself and deliver the service globally.
This sound like some BS that management would try to shove down peoples throats.
Outsourcing is about doing things as cheaply as possible, are you telling me they couldn't set up KPIs and all that other crap at their current call center???
Just ask any American who has to deal with an Indian call center if his experience has been improved! It has nothing to do with the customer its all about the bottom line.
These jobs are probably going to end up in India, where the labor is cheap and plenty.