DONE!

I hit my fucking numbers!

Good Lord, I am exhausted. But once I get my bounuses it will all be SO VERY worth it!

Happy Dance!!!

Pissed

Two posts in one day.....clearly I won't post again until Labor Day.

I was promoted about 4 months ago. I am a trainer for our district in addition to still being an agent. I like my job and my new duties of training new agents. I love my new agents. They all are working really hard and are meeting their milestones.

Today another districts agents came up to me and asked if I could help them with something. I said sure, figuring they needed to find a form or help navigating our corporate website.

They said they needed to know how to do an employer presentation.

(The employer presentation is really the key to making money in our business. It is how you get new accounts. Every new agent should have the employer presentation nailed to the wall by the end of week one. These guys have been in for three weeks.)

I asked if their Coordinator had showed them how.
No.
I asked if they were sure they had not covered it in New Agent Sales School.
Nope. Haven't been yet.
I asked if they were SURE they didn't know how.
Not a chance.

I grabbed a conference room, a presentation packet and both the new guys. We passed their coordinator in the hall. He wanted to know where we were off to. I told him I was off to train HIS agents. And said that I would be charging. (Not that I actually could)

He asked if he could come watch.

SERIOUSLY!!!! You want to watch me do your job?

I just looked at him and said, "Sure, then you'll know how to train your next new agent".

I don't mind helping people out. And these new guys are GOOD. They work hard and have a lot of promise. But they are new. They need guidance, direction, assistance and constant motivation until they know they can do it on their own. The learning curve for new agents is HUGE. They need every bit of help we can give them.

Seeing as how coordinators and trainers get a commission override on every dime agents tied to them make, it is in his best interest to help them succeed. And since I DON'T get an override on agents NOT tied to me, it's not in my financial best interest to help them.

I am livid that he would risk the financial stability of these two young guys by not giving them all the training we can offer. I can't believe that he is just haphazardly letting them float along with not a bit of direction or help. And then has the audacity to let me train them!

What an ass.

Busy

It is end of quarter and insanity has set into my office. We are so close, yet so VERY far from several significant milestones. I personally need to produce an additional 9K this week or I lose out on a Spa Trip, $900 in bonus and my new mixer. (Y'all know the mixer is desperately high on my want list at the moment.)

At any rate, I find myself so busy the following has happened:

I can't return a phone call to save my life. (Yes mom, I know it's been over a week)

I have no clean clothes that I like to wear. (Seriously, I haven't worn this shirt in over a year.)

I over drafted my bank account. Twice.

Dinner consisted of chips and salsa and a piece of toast. (Protein? Green Leafy Veggies? Balanced meals? What's that?)

I almost ran out of gas because I actually didn't have time to fill up.

Seriously, I can't wait for this week to be over. And if I can hit my goals it will all be worth it!

Cosmicaly Unfair

My workplace is very close knit. More so than any other place I have ever worked. Most of us are like family rather than co-workers.

Thursday at 5am I got a call from one of my co-workers that her father had a brain aneurysm and was in surgery. His chances of survival were less than 50%.

The next call was that he made it out of surgery. He was in ICU, but awake and talking. The doctors were optimistic.

By 6pm I had not heard back and placed a call to get an update. 3 hours later I got a call back. He had had a heart attack. He was on oxygen and only getting 60% saturation. The doctors had decided to intabate. His kidneys were also shutting down. Dialysis was next on the list.

Forward to Friday morning. His body continued to shut down. His heart was weak and irregular. The decision had been made to take him off life support that afternoon when the whole family could get there to say their goodbyes.

At 1:30 they shut everything down. By 1:37 he was gone.

Death is inevitable to all of us. Sometimes we get advance warning with a long term illness. Other times, it comes like "a thief in the night". Stealing away loved ones with out warning or a chance to say our final words.

This just seems particularly unfair as my friend was so very close to her dad and today is her birthday. And tomorrow is Fathers Day. Death is inevitable. But to loose him the day before her birthday and on Fathers Day weekend just seems particularly cruel.