I'd say over 50% of all outbound call attempts were simply not answered. Some will go to voicemail and others will continuously ring. The next most common occurrence is the quick hang up. There may be a short conversation but it's usually 30 seconds or less. It could be legitimate like it's a wrong number or it could be the person realizing they're talking to a telemarketer and hang up in the middle of our introduction. Common and I never minded these either.

So actually getting to talk to someone for more than a minute was kinda rare. But only 25% of those are actually pleasant conversations, even if they don't "purchase" or "donate" or whatever it is we're calling for. That's not to say the majority were cruel or crazy. Just that they weren't happy to speak to us lol. Not an easy job.

My guess is that a harder job than cold-call telemarketing is debt collection. *shudder* less