(Almost)Getting fired was the best thing for my career (employment, average)
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Earlier this year I was working for a local company that thought that wages and benefits from the 1980's were still great and treated their sales reps terribly. But because I had just relocated to the area and I had ten years of experience in what this company sells, it was about the only employment that I could find. I knew it was a bad fit when I went through some of my client's files and saw that they have had 5-6 sales reps in the past 5 years, this place could not keep their reps for longer than 6-12 months on average. I was working twice as hard as I had ever worked and was making half as much as I did before. So after 6 months I really started to slack off, I figured that I will make the same amount of money if I slack or if I bust my butt. My boss did not like my new attitude and gave me 45 days to shape up.
What a great kick in the pants that 45 day period was, the first thing I did was go home and start cranking out resumes. I eventually landed a job with a national company that has great benefits and an incredible commission structure. I just figured out that my commission check for next month will be worth about 4 months of commission checks from my last job. I am almost tempted to drop in to see my old manager and wave my commission check in front of his face.
Earlier this year I was working for a local company that thought that wages and benefits from the 1980's were still great and treated their sales reps terribly. But because I had just relocated to the area and I had ten years of experience in what this company sells, it was about the only employment that I could find. I knew it was a bad fit when I went through some of my client's files and saw that they have had 5-6 sales reps in the past 5 years, this place could not keep their reps for longer than 6-12 months on average. I was working twice as hard as I had ever worked and was making half as much as I did before. So after 6 months I really started to slack off, I figured that I will make the same amount of money if I slack or if I bust my butt. My boss did not like my new attitude and gave me 45 days to shape up.
What a great kick in the pants that 45 day period was, the first thing I did was go home and start cranking out resumes. I eventually landed a job with a national company that has great benefits and an incredible commission structure. I just figured out that my commission check for next month will be worth about 4 months of commission checks from my last job. I am almost tempted to drop in to see my old manager and wave my commission check in front of his face.
Exactly too many disfunctional companies - that never get the message - and wonder why turnover is so high - then they have go out and spend money and hire new people.
Exactly too many disfunctional companies - that never get the message - and wonder why turnover is so high - then they have go out and spend money and hire new people.
Agreed. Good for you, OP!
My company went through a merger a couple of months ago and we have a lot of management that agrees to project timelines that are impossible for the workers to meet without working insane hours. I worked 70 hrs last week and felt like I had to do it to remain employed. But I am going to leave the company when I get something better - so now they'll be down another person. It's a cycle of dysfunction.
Unfortunately there seems to be way too many people who would just complain and never do anything to fix their situation. Good for you for actually helping yourself.
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Good for you!
