Recently there was this “Do Not Call List†program that was introduced for people who don’t want to be contacted by telemarketers. As expected, over a million people phoned in to be added on the list. With all this economy doom news going on and how jobs are going to vanish it was interesting to hear comments on how some people believe you shouldn’t add yourself to this list if you care about the economy.
The reasoning was that companies generate a lot of business through telemarketing. Not only would that mean less revenue for them, but telemarketing centers would employ less people as a result as well. I was just thinking how in cases like these most people would probably think of themselves first without a second thought.
For me personally I wouldn’t let economy factors influence me too much in these particular commercial situations because if people dislike the method so much then maybe it’s time to find new ways to market to people. Hence, maybe people will lose their jobs as telemarketers but I’m sure their skill set will be easily transferable to a new marketing method that is created to adapt to the situation. Otherwise it is kind of like having a fear of change as a reason to not want to go on.