DarkLord
25th November 2009, 18:00
For those of you in the know, I moved to Taupo from Dorkland back in February, only to be made redundant upon my arrival due to the job I was supposed to be starting (Sales Consultant with Orb Communications) fell through as the company was bought out on the day that I arrived, so I was made redundant before I even started the job. This made matters just fantastic (obvious sarcasm) as I still had about 2 and a half grand to pay off on my Hyobung, plus I had nothing to do during the day. When you are at home, alone, by yourself, all day, your mind wanders, and often not to good places.
However I was offered a job at the other Telecom shop in Taupo, Leading Edge Communications doing Outbound Sales. At first I thought this would be quite good as I had done similar type work regarding cell phone connections etc with my old job back in Auckland, but boy was I wrong.
It is basically a retail position, except you are expected to learn a mammoth amount of stuff, far more than any other retail job I have ever had in my life. You have to learn about all of the different calling plans, what calling plans work with what phones, when people can upgrade, when people can disconnect numbers, what phones will suit what people, as well as all of the provisioning procedures to sort all of this shit out, plus piles of other stuff (landline connections, internet connections, bluetooth accessories, and the list goes on) as well as learning about running the till, shop procedures as well as how to deal with extremely rude and hostile people at times. To top it all off, the woman I was working under (as her replacement for when she went on maternity leave) was an absolute and total bitch, and basically found something to pick on me about EVERY SINGLE DAY. It got worse as it went on due to her being pregnant. How she never got her ass fired, I'll never know as it wasn't just me she was horrible to - customers often came into that category as well.
I came home absolutely shattered most days as I am trying to deal with this woman, hit my sales targets (which are a joke to say the least) as well as learn everything about all of this crap that I could, all the while apologizing profusely for the monumental screw-ups I made in the process, due to following only 99 procedures correctly instead of 100. To top it all of, I was expected to be going out to find more business for the branch as well as having to work Saturdays. Life has basically been hell. Throughout all of this I have stuck it out, used it as a learning experience and pushed myself through some very very hard places.
As of today, I have been offered another job working at a Christian Camp in the area, doing reception/administration/project co-ordination/IT type stuff. I am a Christian myself so I am very excited about all of this. I was out there last Friday night and the environment had such a positive feel to it. The staff are awesome (I know several of them already) and the work just seems and feels so much more suitable for who I am as a person.
I just feel like this massive weight has been lifted off me and now I can really see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am grateful for the learning experiences I have had as I have grown a lot of character throughout all of this and I have worked through some pretty heavy stuff and I feel a lot lighter as a result, and now the time of trial is finally over and I am about to move into something new.
So anyway just thought I'd share a bit about what's going on with me.
Cheers and beers all,
Graham.
However I was offered a job at the other Telecom shop in Taupo, Leading Edge Communications doing Outbound Sales. At first I thought this would be quite good as I had done similar type work regarding cell phone connections etc with my old job back in Auckland, but boy was I wrong.
It is basically a retail position, except you are expected to learn a mammoth amount of stuff, far more than any other retail job I have ever had in my life. You have to learn about all of the different calling plans, what calling plans work with what phones, when people can upgrade, when people can disconnect numbers, what phones will suit what people, as well as all of the provisioning procedures to sort all of this shit out, plus piles of other stuff (landline connections, internet connections, bluetooth accessories, and the list goes on) as well as learning about running the till, shop procedures as well as how to deal with extremely rude and hostile people at times. To top it all off, the woman I was working under (as her replacement for when she went on maternity leave) was an absolute and total bitch, and basically found something to pick on me about EVERY SINGLE DAY. It got worse as it went on due to her being pregnant. How she never got her ass fired, I'll never know as it wasn't just me she was horrible to - customers often came into that category as well.
I came home absolutely shattered most days as I am trying to deal with this woman, hit my sales targets (which are a joke to say the least) as well as learn everything about all of this crap that I could, all the while apologizing profusely for the monumental screw-ups I made in the process, due to following only 99 procedures correctly instead of 100. To top it all of, I was expected to be going out to find more business for the branch as well as having to work Saturdays. Life has basically been hell. Throughout all of this I have stuck it out, used it as a learning experience and pushed myself through some very very hard places.
As of today, I have been offered another job working at a Christian Camp in the area, doing reception/administration/project co-ordination/IT type stuff. I am a Christian myself so I am very excited about all of this. I was out there last Friday night and the environment had such a positive feel to it. The staff are awesome (I know several of them already) and the work just seems and feels so much more suitable for who I am as a person.
I just feel like this massive weight has been lifted off me and now I can really see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am grateful for the learning experiences I have had as I have grown a lot of character throughout all of this and I have worked through some pretty heavy stuff and I feel a lot lighter as a result, and now the time of trial is finally over and I am about to move into something new.
So anyway just thought I'd share a bit about what's going on with me.
Cheers and beers all,
Graham.