Sooo..Orientation was yesterday. And it was a lot like school. There was a presentation and a lot of information fed into our heads. Then we were led out to the main room and guided through a fake ‘interview’. Following that, we were actually put on the phone with real people…We were on the phone from around 11AM all the way to closing at 4:30PM. Well, except for lunch and break. Everybody takes lunch and break at the same time, if they’re not in the middle of a survey with someone.
It’s also very frustrating work, I went through almost 100 responders before I got my first completed survey. About three others got halfway through before deciding it wasn’t for them. The rudest of people hung up on me while I was making my introduction. I’m not a telemarketer and it’s very frustrating that that market has kind of messed up the phone business for survey takers. All in all…It was interesting. I have a job, though. I got my schedule around 4PM and it said that I’m working the 9-4:30 shift today through Friday and Monday through Friday of next week. We have unpaid lunch, sooo…It’s approximately about seven hours a day. For five days a week. That’s not bad.
The only thing that sucks is that I have to get up at 6AM for the next two weeks just to catch the bus to catch another bus to catch a third bus in order to ride a bike almost three miles to work. The things I do for money.
In any case, after that two week mark, Jessica will be working there too (I hope). And she’ll be doing Morning shift as well, so I can move back down to getting up at 7AM. Yay!
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Momma | May 12, 2009 at 9:46 am
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I’ll grant you that the job is a very frustrating thing. Just remember the hang ups are not to be taken personally. I find myself interrupting people to say I’m sorry but thank you for calling and I hang up. Just remember to keep a positive attitude with each attempt and the sound of your voice will reflect that. I hope you can do something about the travel arrangements though because I know from personal experience (for me it was only two buses and a walk to arrive at work when I was younger) it is difficult. Later in my career it was a train from Pontiac to Detroit, then a bus to the Bell building to get to work but as you say it is a job and that is what is important. Love and miss you Gram