Well, from great news to not so good news.
Have a sprained ankle, spent about 4 hours in total at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit at the hospital. First waiting about an hour and a half to be seen, then sent for xrays as they thought there could possibly be a fracture, which they saw on the xray, but then later said it wasnt, then had to wait to be re-seen and finally had to wait 30 mins for a cab to take me home. Been told to rest this week, so therefore I cannot go in to work, as all my job involves is walking up and down streets doing door to door sales.
The other thing that has come to my attention is the fact that, after working a full 12 hour day on Monday with the company, realised exactly how it isnt the ideal starting job for me. Because pay is based on commission, there r gonna be days where you will work 12 hours and not earn anything because that day, no one bought any packages. This could happen for a day, 2 days or even 3 days...and u wouldnt get anything from it, rather all you would be doing is spending more as you have to pay your own travel and lunch and dinner expenses. We get sent out all over london in the morning and we are there untill 8 or 9pm. Its a great job for someone who is settled and stuff, but as a starting job, not so good.
So, once again, will be looking for a new job, something that pays while i work, so I can at least start earning money while I work long hard hours.
Will keep everyone posted.
Have a good week!!
Cardiff Snow- Feb 09
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Officially has a job...
AWESOME NEWS!! I start work on Monday!!!
Got called in for an interview on Friday for an Advertising company. They deal with sport/entertainment based direct advertising and have recently just opened in London. basically its a entry level management training program. There are 4 phases. 1. Distrubutor-just door to door sales and marketing 2. Leadership-training others as well as door to door sales/marketing and building ur own team 3 Assistant Manager 4. Manager. Each phase takes a certain time period to get through and in each there are specific criteria that one has to meet in order to get promoted. The more effort u put in, the faster u will move through the program and reach management. That is exactly what they are looking for, managers...as they are expanding and opening various offices and they need managers to run them. They take on big clients and make those clients a heck of a lot of money!!
So anyway...I had a great interview on friday and was called back for a second interview which i had all day today. Staring at 10 30am, was paired with Aidan, who is in the leadership phase of the Program and Mark who has just been promoted to Leadership from distribution. Spent the whole day with them out in the field, doing door to door sales for Sky Television (One of the companies big clients). Was a great day and had alot of fun. Getting to chat to strangers and just have a conversation, or sometimes, like what happened twice today, u get invited into their home for some tea or lunch. Its really great. Got back to the office around 7 30pm!! Had to fill in a short questionairre to test how much i had payed attention to and how much i learnt. After that, had a final interview and was offered the job right there. I start on Monday.
For now, salary is based on commision and bonuses. As u move throught the phases, of course pay increases as u have more responsibilities. Had an awesome day with Aiden, he a great guy and is so motivated to work, was assigned to his team now, so it is going to be awesome!! i cannot wait!!!
Have to be there 9 30am Monday morning to sort out the paperwork and once that is done, ready for the 3 days of training to get myself started with the sales. Work hours are npredictable, depending on how things go and what area we are sent to for the day, etc. But generally they say like 9 or 10am till 9 or 10pm......so very long hours on ur feet. But from the way it went today, very well worth it. Great people, lots of enthusiasm and fun in the office, everyone high fiving each other b4 they go out and when they get back, loud music playing in the mornings to get everyone pumped up to go out and do their thing. And the company backs everyone up very much, really invest in you. The more u put in, the faster u will get thru the program and start earning the big bucks as a manager in ur own office.
Gonna go rest now, so overwhelmed and tired from the last 2 days. Will write again soon.
Love to my friends and family.
XOXOXO
Am really excited and cannot wait to start.
Got called in for an interview on Friday for an Advertising company. They deal with sport/entertainment based direct advertising and have recently just opened in London. basically its a entry level management training program. There are 4 phases. 1. Distrubutor-just door to door sales and marketing 2. Leadership-training others as well as door to door sales/marketing and building ur own team 3 Assistant Manager 4. Manager. Each phase takes a certain time period to get through and in each there are specific criteria that one has to meet in order to get promoted. The more effort u put in, the faster u will move through the program and reach management. That is exactly what they are looking for, managers...as they are expanding and opening various offices and they need managers to run them. They take on big clients and make those clients a heck of a lot of money!!
So anyway...I had a great interview on friday and was called back for a second interview which i had all day today. Staring at 10 30am, was paired with Aidan, who is in the leadership phase of the Program and Mark who has just been promoted to Leadership from distribution. Spent the whole day with them out in the field, doing door to door sales for Sky Television (One of the companies big clients). Was a great day and had alot of fun. Getting to chat to strangers and just have a conversation, or sometimes, like what happened twice today, u get invited into their home for some tea or lunch. Its really great. Got back to the office around 7 30pm!! Had to fill in a short questionairre to test how much i had payed attention to and how much i learnt. After that, had a final interview and was offered the job right there. I start on Monday.
For now, salary is based on commision and bonuses. As u move throught the phases, of course pay increases as u have more responsibilities. Had an awesome day with Aiden, he a great guy and is so motivated to work, was assigned to his team now, so it is going to be awesome!! i cannot wait!!!
Have to be there 9 30am Monday morning to sort out the paperwork and once that is done, ready for the 3 days of training to get myself started with the sales. Work hours are npredictable, depending on how things go and what area we are sent to for the day, etc. But generally they say like 9 or 10am till 9 or 10pm......so very long hours on ur feet. But from the way it went today, very well worth it. Great people, lots of enthusiasm and fun in the office, everyone high fiving each other b4 they go out and when they get back, loud music playing in the mornings to get everyone pumped up to go out and do their thing. And the company backs everyone up very much, really invest in you. The more u put in, the faster u will get thru the program and start earning the big bucks as a manager in ur own office.
Gonna go rest now, so overwhelmed and tired from the last 2 days. Will write again soon.
Love to my friends and family.
XOXOXO
Am really excited and cannot wait to start.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Not too much News...
Been a while since I had something to say again. The weather has improved drastically here, this weekend in particular is very hot!! Dying without my fan or aircon!!! Cannot wait for the winter!!
Not been up to too much. Had another interview last week, but I didnt get the job. Joined the leisure centre down the road so gonna be visiting there alot, plan to do lots of swimming. Been spending alot of time with my friend Mark, as well as with some other guys Iv met. Going pubbing, etc. Otherwise, spend my other time during the week searching and applying for jobs.
Not been up to too much. Had another interview last week, but I didnt get the job. Joined the leisure centre down the road so gonna be visiting there alot, plan to do lots of swimming. Been spending alot of time with my friend Mark, as well as with some other guys Iv met. Going pubbing, etc. Otherwise, spend my other time during the week searching and applying for jobs.
Played softball again last Thursday after not having played for 2 weeks. Was a great game and we gave the other side a whooping! Next week is our last game of the season and we are on top of the Log at the moment, so we just need to win this last game to seal it. Muppets will win the league and be put back into the First Division next season. Looking forward to that!!
Miss my family back home very much, miss the company and support and all the laughs. Been here a month already and there have been some good days, some really great days but also some really really bad days where I question why I gave up the comforts of home to come here, but I have some friends here who talk me through it and help get my head back in the right place. If I didnt think I could do it here, I wouldnt have left in the first place. So I just keep plodding on, knowing that when i least expect it, I'll get the break I need and things will get better.
Otherwise, not much else to say.
Going to have yet another shower now because it is just too hot!!
Will write again soon. Take care!
XOXOX
Will write again soon. Take care!
XOXOX
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