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I am fed up of my job? |
Have about 8 years of work ex and this is the first time that i am exasperated of my job- the sales pressure is unbearable, the supervisor is political and the timings long. i have no job in hand as of now, though am searching. i am no longer kicked to go to the job any longer and drag myself to work. even holidays are restless, as am thinking about office only. i want to ask a couple of questions: 1. does all sales sucks. 2. is it advisable to move out of the job, without a job in hand. i am miserable and want some advice as i am on the verge of a breakdown. I have probably at least 20 years on you, (i'm older than dirt, so please understand that while my answer is generic, i'm trying to answer it in a way that the wisdom of my years affords me. I have owned a very profitable business since 1998. I had 5 employees working for me, the part-timer was taking home about 1000 after taxes. I was the book-keeper, adverstising agent, the sales agent and everything else. I need the employees to do the physical labor involved with my service company. Here is some of the things I have learned about that and my constant deployment through the reserves since the arab community decided to attack us. First, every job, if you work for someone else or you own it, is like an albatros about your neck, or an unwanted lover that won't move out and sucks your energy from you. If you do not learn to thrive in the adversity you are in right now, you will not do well eslewhere either, but you might be distracted enough to not notice how miserable you are. A guy I respect told me that working for his employer was like being in a prison where he was tortured every minute of every day while he was there and he would bring the pain home. His wife almost left him over his anguish but he pulled himself together and learned to deal with the problems in a mentally constructive way. you need to work to make the job something that happens in your life and not the focus of your day. Currently my business is on hold, after trying to build it back up following 3 mobilizations takes a year and I keep leaving at 1 year. I can't keep sinking money into and not getting my investment back before I leave. My last income for the year, 04, was 700 when I had sunk about 13,000 to start it up again. Am I in dispare? No, I live my life the way I want, I do what I want and I like doing what I am doing, but it is a real drag to start it up just to see it go down the tubes with another mobilization. All sales don't suck. But you have to enjoy something that makes your attitude a good one. People want to business with successful people. Trust me when I tell you that I would tell the folks it might be a month before I could show up, they would be thrilled because I was that good, word of mouth adverstiing mostly, and they knew I was busy. I also used my sales time to educate the customer on what needed to be done and why. In one case I told the guy I could deal with everything he needed except one specific problem and he needed a specialist and I told him I only trusted one man in the city to do the job right, as this required an engineer to fix his problem, not a plumber. people liked doing business with me, as my word was my bond. I hope this helps, but remember, whereever you go, you take your attitude and your thoughts with you. Change your way of dealing with things now, and you will find what you need and might even be grabbed up by a competitor and given better work situations just because you are good, and employers want good people. I hope this helps. Go find another job! Read information in my storeonwheels group in yahoo groups. I've been in sales for 15 years. Not all sales sucks, but the pressure is there. Sounds like you need a vacation!! It will give you a fresh perspective. I've left jobs without jobs in hand, but in this crappy US economy, I would not advise it. Perhaps you should start a business of your own, and then gradually phase out your job. Good luck! http://www.homebizhelper.com No ever think about starting your own business being your own boss Mary Kay is a great way to do it. You control when or how much your work and they provide the product your buy for wholesale ($1.00 ) and sell for retail ($2.00) it is a very reputable company established in 1963 and has been the #1 best selling brand of skin care and color cosmetics for 13 years. Not all sales suck, some products sell themselves. Like cocacola. Does this company REALLY need advertising? It's the way the company operates that sucks. Coke for example wants you to sell a certain amount that is near unreachable each month just to get your bonus. Fine, you did that. The next month, you have to beat your sales score from the year before to get your bonus. A can of coke costs 4 cents to make and a 2 liter bottle costs 2 cents. go figure. You can take some sick leave for mental health reasons. they can't deny you that. you can always try to find a job online, but most people out here are trying to scam you. The hard part is figuring out which is which. all i can recommend is you research for yourself. Trust me, they're out there. If I can find one, anyone can. stopinternetscams .net researches it and posts it for you. It costs and sells you nothing, while saving you tons. |
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