New Job, Week 1: Complete

So I survived my first week of my new job at “Large Telecommunications Provider” that shall, for purposes of job preservation, remain nameless and heretofor shall be referred to as “Work”.

But I did in fact make it out alive. I’ve had a decent ramp up, though. My first day was actually July 17th on which we started 3 weeks of training. Then followed by 3 more weeks of getting our feet wet with actual on the job training in a reasonably controlled enviroment. Which brings us to Tuesday, August 29th also known as my first real day on the job.

Honestly things weren’t all that bad, but the first bump in the road is that my main manager was out on vacation that first week. My core job function is the set-up of new customers with focus on upselling features and add-on products in addition to core services. While this would be both great and profitiable in a perfect world, these aren’t always the types of situations we face though we are still expected to try and find a sales opportunity in all customer interactions. I had my fair share of customer service situations, as well as general complaints, and not to mention enough things that I hadn’t learned about yet to make me wonder if it was all worth it.

But to spare all the gruesome details that I really can’t remember anymore, I did make it out alive. Not with quite as many sales as I would like, but if I’m looking for redemption in it I did lead my team in sales one of the days. Beginner’s Luck I guess! We’ll see how things shape up in Week 2…

Note: Post started 9/3, finished early AM 9/8 - Labor Day, head cold, and appointments delayed completion.