somewhat over the rainbow
Chalk another one up to the chronicles of the pitiful job search, because I'm done with this. No more Rainbows for me.
Every time I've done one of these demos I've come home in tears because I hate, hate, hate pressuring people when I can understand why they don't want to buy one. When you only have one income or kids in college or stuff like that, I can understand why you wouldn't want to buy one, no matter how low the payment plan. I can see people as people and understand this, but I feel like an essential part of this job is getting past that and looking at people as if they were only wallets and nothing more.
I was thinking that if it were strangers, this would get easier and I wouldn't mind pushing it like crazy on them. But I'm thinking more about that, and, A)I don't think I can look at people and only care about their money, and B) I don't want to BE someone who looks at people and only cares about their money.
I didn't sell a single one (not that I expected to) but now because I did six demos and didn't sell one I have to have someone go with me until I do sell something. And that means I don't get paid as much to do the demo. It seemed like a really good opportunity at first--$600 a week, who wouldn't pass it up?--but things keep popping up that are going to make it really difficult to fulfill the conditions for that $600. If I take someone along I make less, so I have to do more demos to make that amount. And apparently I have to attend four three-hour meetings a week for "sales training," (not to mention still working at the law library) so I hardly have time to do the 12 I'm supposed to do anyway. Demos don't count if people aren't married, or if they are renting, or this, or that--it's just snowballing.
This, however, brings up another reason to quit.
Mom said this today, and I really, really do not like this, now that I've been thinking about it: their policy of only counting demonstrations for married couples is really discriminatory. Single people own homes, some people do not believe in marriage, and most of all this completely cuts out gay and lesbian couples, no matter how long they've been together. Mom asked one of the professors at Kendall to watch my demo--but since she and her partner, as two women, are not considered to be legally married in this state they technically do not count. This is despite the fact they own a house and have been together for nearly twenty years. So what, Rainbow doesn't want gay and lesbian couples to own their products? I suppose they'd sell them one if they wanted it, but they don't want to pay people to give them a demonstration, greatly reducing the likelihood of anyone actually doing so unless they knew it was a sure thing. That's BS, to my mind.
So goodbye, Rainbow job. I wish I'd figured this out before I wasted the entire week, but I guess better late than never, right? The saga continues.
I SO cannot wait for August.
Every time I've done one of these demos I've come home in tears because I hate, hate, hate pressuring people when I can understand why they don't want to buy one. When you only have one income or kids in college or stuff like that, I can understand why you wouldn't want to buy one, no matter how low the payment plan. I can see people as people and understand this, but I feel like an essential part of this job is getting past that and looking at people as if they were only wallets and nothing more.
I was thinking that if it were strangers, this would get easier and I wouldn't mind pushing it like crazy on them. But I'm thinking more about that, and, A)I don't think I can look at people and only care about their money, and B) I don't want to BE someone who looks at people and only cares about their money.
I didn't sell a single one (not that I expected to) but now because I did six demos and didn't sell one I have to have someone go with me until I do sell something. And that means I don't get paid as much to do the demo. It seemed like a really good opportunity at first--$600 a week, who wouldn't pass it up?--but things keep popping up that are going to make it really difficult to fulfill the conditions for that $600. If I take someone along I make less, so I have to do more demos to make that amount. And apparently I have to attend four three-hour meetings a week for "sales training," (not to mention still working at the law library) so I hardly have time to do the 12 I'm supposed to do anyway. Demos don't count if people aren't married, or if they are renting, or this, or that--it's just snowballing.
This, however, brings up another reason to quit.
Mom said this today, and I really, really do not like this, now that I've been thinking about it: their policy of only counting demonstrations for married couples is really discriminatory. Single people own homes, some people do not believe in marriage, and most of all this completely cuts out gay and lesbian couples, no matter how long they've been together. Mom asked one of the professors at Kendall to watch my demo--but since she and her partner, as two women, are not considered to be legally married in this state they technically do not count. This is despite the fact they own a house and have been together for nearly twenty years. So what, Rainbow doesn't want gay and lesbian couples to own their products? I suppose they'd sell them one if they wanted it, but they don't want to pay people to give them a demonstration, greatly reducing the likelihood of anyone actually doing so unless they knew it was a sure thing. That's BS, to my mind.
So goodbye, Rainbow job. I wish I'd figured this out before I wasted the entire week, but I guess better late than never, right? The saga continues.
I SO cannot wait for August.