At the end of October I was informed that my current place of employment was going under and I was to be unemployed. Two weeks later I had been hired at three places. There were jobs in collections, customer service, and sales. I was lucky enough to be in a position to choose my next step! The majority of my professional career has been in collections but I was tired of bugging people for money. Naturally the collections job was the lowest candidate. The pay was great, the perks were awesome, and the work was steady. What scared me is that this was a very professional place looking for people to embark on a career with them. Too much commitment. The customer service job was only seasonal and part time. Seeing how I'm still looking to get a place on my own, that wasn't really a smart decision. Leaving me with the sales job. I was really excited to give it a go because sales would be a challenge for me every single day. It's like playing a battle of wits on every call. So I took that job.
Training was very minimal. And the whole organization is a swim or you're fired mentality. I jumped in and managed to keep my head above water! I was feeling good about myself and then the holidays hit... Around the holidays, everyone's numbers were suffering. Management wasn't sweating it. We worked three days a week for the Christmas/New Years holiday. Coming out of that weird period, I was a little off my game and had an abysmal week. At the end of the week I was called into the conference room with the HR rep, my manager, and the big boss. They told me that I had a week to get my act together or else they'd have to send me packing...