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New guy; new job?


Demetz

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So last night I had this guy come over. We go out to dinner at applebees for their 2 for 20 special and have nice and ranging conversation... then we go back to my place and for the next couple hours our hands are all over each other but we keep our pants on...

 

Actually... I could give a very thorough and exciting description of all the foreplay that went on between us, but instead I'm going to skip all that and say that at about 2am I asked if he wanted to spend the night or head home... he wanted to spend the night so we dispensed with pants and snuggled up together - he slept happily in my arms and that was very nice... surprisingly I didn't really have trouble sleeping that way.

 

Also, his neck is now covered in hickeys. Both sides of it, and there could have been more... so many more >_>

 

He's a music major at the University of South Florida, he plays violin, and he is also studying to become an interpreter for the deaf. He comes off as a little shy and he blushes in this really cute way. So far, I like him :)

 

This morning I cooked us some eggs for breakfast and I take a shower and get all dressed up for an interview I had this morning. Instead of me taking a bus to my interview we made out on my bed for an extra half hour or so. Turns out me in a suit and tie was huge turn on for him.

 

Eventually I get to my interview and I make a very good impression and I get offered the job. Now I just have to decide if I want to take it... the newspaper ad said 6-800/wk for pay, which I could live off okay. Turns out they're basing that off expected sales commissions. I'd be working for something of a subcompany for ADT doing door to door sales for them. Apparently its a $225 commission for each sale I make. If I were to do even two a week I'd be much better off than I am now... and the lady who interviewed me was very imressed with me. She's convinced that I have a level of charm that will go very well with the job and apparently I look like someone people can trust. It would be a big decision for me to take this job because there's no guaranteed pay when its commissions based... but then I'm also eligible to go into the manager trainee position which does get a base pay.

 

The operation of the business works something like this - the sales team meets at the offfice, everyone gets in a bus and we head off to the community we'll be selling in at around noon and we're back by around 8pm. I've got to think in 40 hours a week in door to door sales I'd have to come up with at least two a week (which would practically double my current pay)... but I still hesitate because of the lack of guarantee.... yet, i'm not making much working at the restaurant right now anyway.... gaaaaaah! You can see I'm torn on it.

 

So...okay, here's the plan. I'm going to go ahead and accept the job with a couple conditions - I'd start out part time, just two or three days a week - the days I'm not already working at the restaurant. After seeing how it goes and if it goes well, I'll switch gears and work full time for the security company and work only a couple days a week at the restaurant, that way if things fall through I'll still have my job with the restaurant to fall back on.

 

*plays with spreadsheet budget*

 

Come to think of it....even 2 sales a week would mean i could afford my current standard of living plus a car. And the three sales a week they say is what their new employees normally make would give me a good 900/month extra.

 

Here's to hoping this will be my big break!

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You have a good plan about this. Starting out part time is a good idea and it's never bad to have your current job as a fallback. Commission based jobs make me weary as well, because I'm one of those people that need the guaranteed stability. It's a risk, but could be a good one because there's an option to make a lot more money.

 

Good luck with this!

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Wow, I didn't know that your boyfriend is learning to be interpreter for the deaf. That's awesome! My gf is deaf, but she can talk since she has a cochlear implant. She knows sign language, and I learned sign language from her. It's awesome to learn about sign language. :)

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I definately think that you have the right idea in keeping your current job until you have tried the other one out. Cold calling is very chancy... it might help to thoroughly research the product you are going to be selling and see if you can find out any demographics. There may be statistics you can find... the company should be prepared to give you theirs... for example what areas most of their sales come from... what rate of pick up there is etc etc.

 

The Best of Luck... with the job and the man.... althought if you don't want him could you send him over the pond to me... doesn't even need to be gift wrapped :)

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I've been hired once by such ADT co, they didn't say it was door-to-door sales. It seems to be 100% commission.

 

They have a fifteen sales per month quota. You have to do a training class thats during a Th Fri Sat Sun of which you will have to do a practice sale on several people who will listen to your sales pitch.

 

Its up to you if you're into sales.

If you not sell anything you make nothing - but then you not meet your quota ...

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