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Agent Stations
- Current capacity is several hundred seats, located in the prime business district in Makati, Philippines
- This will soon be augmented by several hundred additional seats
Redundant offshore bandwidth:
- Fiber-optic connectivity through multiple cables
- Single-hop satellite redundancy through multiple routes (Europe, East Asia)
- Scalable on demand
End-user equipment from leading vendors:
- Cisco
- HP / Compaq / IBM / DELL
Uninterruptible power:
- All systems on Uninterruptible Power Supply(UPS)
- 5 day additional power backup through diesel generators
State-of-the art Cisco IP Infrastructure:
- HSRP implementation ensures 99.999% availability
- VoIP implementation for simultaneous data and voice transmission
High security facilities:
- 24/7 facility patrolling
- CCTV monitoring of data facilities
- Multiple client data security controls
Direct connectivity:
- Redundant Fiber direct to building
- Rooftop satellites
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Rigorous QA (Quality Assurance) checks are maintained in-house, and 3rd party audits are used to verify processes and QA levels in the facilities. These 3rd party audits include:
- COPC (offshore certification in process)
- BS7799 / ISO 17799 - security standards (certification in process)
- ISO 9000 - quality assurance (certified onshore; offshore certification in process)
- Investors in People (certified onshore)
- Our offshore operations are held to onshore quality metrics and processes
High academic qualifications
- Minimum qualification is a BA
- 25% hold advanced degrees
Extremely selective hiring
- 5% recruitment rate
- Competitive, 5-step process
- Mediums of advertisement: newspapers, billboards, and televisions
- Currently 5,000 people short listed candidates in database
Extensive training includes
- Voice and accent
- U.S. culture
- Industry specific: e.g: banking / brokerage terminology and market dynamics
Extensive background checks prior to hiring
- Fingerprinting & Medical / drug testing
- Effective incentive structure
- Median agent salary base in top quartile of offshore industry
- Agents who exceed base sales or quality levels will earn monetary bonus
- Well-defined career path
- Turnover: Less than 20% p.a. overall, less than 10% p.a. voluntary
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