It's worse than I thought.

[shirenomad]

Okay, boss? I'm your tech guy. My job is to do tech things. I handle webmaster duties. I make and edit digital art. I scan, I print, I deal with email, I tell you how to do things in Excel. I keep the files organized. (I can do that with non-computer files too; same skill set, really.) I even write your advertising copy; it's outside my original job description but I enjoy writing, so hey, why not?

What I neither signed up to do nor enjoy is SALES. I did it for two summers and I left because I realized it was NOT a field I wanted to make a career of. I don't like acting like I know better than my customers what they need, which is what any objection counter seems to involve, and I suck at improvisation, which is what a good sales rep needs when dealing directly with an unpredictable customer. So I did not appreciate being sent out today.

No, I don't care that I had the best results of the three reps sent. That just means two things: due to my efficiency I saw more potential customers than the other two combined, and you've got a potentially sucky sales force. That doesn't mean I enjoyed a moment of it, or that I'm impressed with the $10-a-sale commission. And in the meantime, at least two issues I should have been dealing with back at the office were ignored. If you want another sales rep, hire another sales rep, because if you keep throwing me out there I'm going to start looking for someone who actually wants a damn tech.

Comments

[chibiakki.livejournal.com]

Somehow, your job seems a hell of a lot better than mine. Wanna trade?

[tomax.livejournal.com]

Dude.

[tomax.livejournal.com]

Show them how good you are at sales by offering to sell them passwords for all those critical files that have mysteriously become protected.

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