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I'd love to say more on this one but probably best not to becasue of work. |
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If you dont need the money and your just in it for the crack to keep you occupied so you dont bore yourself to death then go for it I suppose.
Territory/Field sales people get paid very good money for a reason....not many people want to do it. A friend from uni went to mars on their graduate scheme and earned £28k from the word go plus a fully expensed Audi A4 S-Line. I guess you have experience from what you have said in the past so your probably worth even more than that. I know I would enjoy it, the pressure and interaction keeps me motivated and I can sell anything I'm passionate about....whether its the right time to be in the motortrade/sales at the moment if you actually need money is a different question. So thats what swing it... Because you enjoy it and your bored - Then yes Because you could do with some rainy day money - Then no
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I don't NEED the money, even though I'm being offered very good money to go back to full-time. Over the past few years I've been a bit clever with what I've earned and I'm sitting quite comfortably at the age of 46 with no need to go out and earn any more. But, I'm bored - I'm too young and too active to be sitting at home biddling about fixing my mates bikes for the very good hourly rate I charge. It's not challenging enough and I miss the interaction and hassles I had when I was repping. Some weeks it was the wave of stress that kept me going strong, but inevitably that wave of stress caused me to have a mild stroke aged 42, which is one of the main reasons I packed in working.
I'll arrange another meeting with the more favoured of the offers and see if we can come to some sort of agreement where I don't work as long as they expect. I'm sure that won't be to too much detriment to my figures as I consistantly over-acheive whenever I'm given a target to hit. In my last full-time position my sales area was pretty dire and historically the worst area to be selling anything within the bike trade, yet I still got it into and kept it within the top three most profitable areas over the 2 1/2 years I was with the company. I know I can do a good enough job as most full-time salesmen even when I only work part-time |
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Have you thought of the psychological aspects of not working at all at your age? From what you are saying the effects are starting to show
![]() If these companies are ready to offer you a FT job then I would go back with a counter offer of a PT job. The amount of hours shouldn't be a lot lees than the FT job requires and both (you and the company) get the best out of a deal. Best of luck whatever u decide |
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do it for a year or two to line the inside of your matress then retire fully?? just dont go putting it in banks....
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Oh bloody fantastic.
This morning I called the preferred pospective employer and accept his offer of a full time job. Not an hour later another one joins the fray and calls me up to say I've been shortlisted and can I attend a final interview. This one is doing something more hands on and practical, rather than sales, so I may skive a day off work and go for the interview. So, having made one employment decision, I'm more than likely going to be faced with another one very soon. I say more than likely because I have sufficient experience of working in the field the new one is in, and I have had the necessary security clearance to do it too, which isn't something every applicant would. I know from experience that it takes quite a while to get that level of clearance too. |
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i would kill to be in your situation right now
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No you wouldn't, I am actually not looking forward at all to going back to full time work.
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