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Work, the Great Four Letter Word Yeah just not real interesting in reporting these days. Too much internal conflict to discuss. Mostly I'm just fighting my urge to say fuck cold calling and throw it all down the drain. Of course, its getting colder and winter is the big pest control sales killer. Yay. Always good to get into the muck right when its cooling off. I must be doing something right though because I've been recruited by a couple other sales agents to sell various other things. The best one so far is becoming a leasing agent for condo communities. I'm sorely tempted to do it too. I don't have to get full real estate training; I get a higher commission, and I wouldn't be doing the territory thing. Problem is, I'm guessing the higher commission means sell or starve, which I don't like. I appreciate being able to eat when things aren't going well. I'm also having a huge crisis of conscience about turning my back on a company that promoted me two months into the new gig. Frankly, I like the people I work with even though the job has its downsides. I also don't want to blow a decent reference. After a year, I could see leaving claiming it was an experiment and still get a good referral if I sold pretty well. Two months though, it seems like I'm jumping ship too fast, and I don't want that impression. But I'm also horribly stressed about the pricing game. I don't know if I'm underbidding or, more often, overbidding contracts. I get a lot of rejections that tell me its just too high. Problem is, I don't want to go lower because then the service techs get lazier because the job isn't worth as much work because we bid our jobs by time. I also don't want to have people give referrals to other businesses telling them that my first quote isn't going to be my best quote. Thus, future businesses will be motivated to talk me down, like haggling, and I don't want to get into bidding to the bottom. I'm not that desperate to make a sale. Yes, I know I won't survive unless I keep selling, but I also don't want to be a pushover. Its hard to find a balance. I'm probably going to ask my boss about this tomorrow, even though I really hate asking and reasking these questions. But I just don't know where I stand so I'm lost. I just hope he doesn't think I'm a dumbass. On a good note, I did sell $1200 last month. I'm getting a whopping $180 out of all of that. I also never realized how hard it was to get a shit job these days. I'm trying to get a second job to earn some of my money back, but everyone is being insane about prescreening, references, and not letting me know who actually does the hiring. Arrrghhh. All I want is a plain pizza delivery job, but they're acting like I'm going into the Secret Service or something. Hell, I'm probably never going to get called back because I listed my degree on the education section of the applications! Oh well. I just want something simple to do that won't be super stressful but will earn me some extra cash. I didn't think that was so hard to ask. Hell, I'm mostly sober, awake, and I can add, why wouldn't a place hire me? I think we've just got to move. The economy sucks out in Michigan. Us locals are just staying until the last jobs go to Mexico, Hondurus, or Guadala-whothehellcares. After that, we're truly fucked, Granholm programs or not. Slight good news. I might repost the whole Funny Signs collection and some sexier shots on Flickr sometime soon. I haven't done any personal photos in a while, but after surfing the site I feel almost inspired. Could be hella fun if I ever find the time. Oh, and please pray Dan out of his funk. He could use some happiness. Daphne |