Exhibit Number 10.01

                          WEST TELESERVICES CORPORATION

To:    Tom Barker

From:  Troy Eaden

Date:  December 9, 1999

Re:    2000 Compensation Plan
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The compensation plan for 2000 while you are employed as President and Chief
Executive Officer for West TeleServices Corporation is outlined below:

1.   Your base salary will be $450,000.00. Should you elect to voluntarily
     terminate your employment, you will be compensated for your services
     through the date of your actual termination per your Employment Agreement.
     This will be reviewed on an annual basis and revised, if necessary in
     accordance with the consumer price index.

2.   Effective January 1, 2000, you will be eligible to receive a performance
     bonus based on year-to-date growth of profits over the same period of the
     prior year.  This bonus will be calculated by multiplying the year-to-date
     growth in profits for each quarter by the corresponding profit growth
     participation factor from the table below, minus bonus paid year-to-date
     for the respective calendar year.

          Profit Growth              Profit Growth Participation Factor
          -------------              ----------------------------------
            0% - 12%                                     0
           12% - 14.99%                                 .0125
           15% - 16.99%                                 .015
           17% - 19.99%                                 .0175
           20% - 22%                                    .02
               22%+                                     .025

     Please note that a negative year-to-date profit calculations at the end of
     any given quarter will result in "loss carry forward" to be applied to the
     next quarterly year-to-date calculation.  All bonuses will be paid within
     thirty (30) days of the end of the quarter.

3.   You will be eligible for a bonus of $50,000.00 for every net new analyst
     that initiates coverage with a report on West TeleServices in the year
     2000.  This will include new analysts as a result of a secondary offering.
     The maximum bonus to be earned as a result of new analysts' coverage in the
     year 2000 is $250,000.00.

4.   For the purposes of this Exhibit A, profit shall be defined as pre-tax
     profit growth of the Company on a consolidated basis.



                                                       Exhibit Number 10.01

Exhibit A - T. Barker
December 9, 1999
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5.   At the discretion of management, you may receive an additional bonus based
     on the Companies' and your individual performance.

6.   Your Compensation Plan for the year 2001 will be presented no later than
     December 1, 2000.

                    /s/ Tom Barker
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                    Employee - Tom Barker