Call Center Agent Salary Astonishes Mzansi: “Must Be a Manager”

Call Center Agent Salary Astonishes Mzansi: “Must Be a Manager”

  • A salary review of a call centre agent working at an inbound call centre left SA peeps stunned
  • The amount was revealed by a content creator on her page, attracting many comments from the online community
  • Fellow call centre agents took to the comment section to share their substantial salary amounts, leaving others in awe
Mzansi peeps enquired about call centre companies after hearing of the salaries offered.
A payslip of a call centre agent was reviewed on TikTok, leaving many in awe. Image @lifereset_za
Source: TikTok

A lady whose page specialises in reviewing payslips and careers shared a video of a call centre employee working on an inbound parastatal company.

The content was shared on TikTok under the user name @lifereset_za and received 550K views, 16K likes and almost 1K comments.

The call centre salary revealed

In the video, the TikTok user shares that the agent's total earnings are R33K and the employee also gets R2 K as a living allowance. The employee only has a matric certificate.

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Watch the video below:

The call centre employees share their salary amounts

The post attracted many responses from fellow call centre agents who shared their high salary earnings, leaving Mzansi peeps amazed. Others also cautioned people not to look down on their jobs.

User @l3nnox93 bragged:

"As an agent, I took home 59k, and I say again agent #CCI."

User @motsumilebo commented:

"I work at a call centre. I have amazing benefits and a good salary. Why do people undermine us so much? Yoh sis!"

User @pmbdbnloanprovider

"No mahn, working in a call centre, we don't just take calls. It's more than that, and people think it's so easy. It's really not for the faint-hearted."

User @mel954018 flexed:

"Stop underestimating us, some of us earn more than doctors. It's no mess 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Living our best life"

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User @leboo_cooks shared an amusing story

"Worked at a call centre after varsity and the second month, I earned R32k. This is back in 2016, I felt like a billionaire 😂😅."

User @thabi5343 boasted:

"😂😂😂Sana, I work as a sales agent us outbound sana. I earn enough to afford an apartment in Sandton and a car call centres have money come to Sandton guys."

Mzansi cashier salary stuns many

In another Briefly News article, @lifereset_za stunned many after reviewing a payslip of a cashier taking home almost 12k after deductions.

The post got a lot of comments from stunned social media users who wanted to know which store the cashier worked at.

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Source: Briefly News

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Bongiwe Mati (Editor) Bongiwe Mati is an experienced reporter currently working under the Human Interest desk at Briefly News since (Aug 2024). Prior to joining the Briefly team, she worked for a campus newspaper at the University of the Western Cape (2005) before joining the Marketing and Sales department at Leadership Magazine, Cape Media (2007-2009). She later joined BONA magazine as an Editorial Assistant (2023-2024), writing for digital and print magazines under current news, entertainment, and human interest categories. She can be reached at bongiwe.mati@briefly.co.za