Friday, February 04, 2005
Unemployed!
I went to Taco Bell for lunch, and on my way back into the building, I saw two guys from my row. They had photos, cups of pens, and other personal belongings in their hands. They told me we had been fired. I went inside to my desk and set my lunch down. Then a lady that I had not seen before today, came to me and said not to log into my phone. I put in my time that I had worked today and stood by my desk.
Apparently the call volume has been so low that Dell decided that all of our contracts had been cancelled. (Or something like that.)
I can't say that it's been easy working at Dell. I've learned a lot about being a salesman. If I go back, then I won't be going into home sales. It's to hard to be in home sales. Just about any department has to be easier. I can't compete with any of the other departments. And there are many. Employee purchase program, business, online sales. All of them had advantages over me. And to fight back against them was against the rules.
Oh well, I'll find another job. I'll take the weekend off and figure something out. I can re-apply for Dell in 100 days if I want to do so. I've always noted the high turnover rate. I'm just surprised they did it in February. It was extremely slow in January and it's been picking up for the past few weeks.
I've plan to buy a paper and peruse it, but first, I'm going to curl up in the sock drawer and sleep for days.
I went to Taco Bell for lunch, and on my way back into the building, I saw two guys from my row. They had photos, cups of pens, and other personal belongings in their hands. They told me we had been fired. I went inside to my desk and set my lunch down. Then a lady that I had not seen before today, came to me and said not to log into my phone. I put in my time that I had worked today and stood by my desk.
Apparently the call volume has been so low that Dell decided that all of our contracts had been cancelled. (Or something like that.)
I can't say that it's been easy working at Dell. I've learned a lot about being a salesman. If I go back, then I won't be going into home sales. It's to hard to be in home sales. Just about any department has to be easier. I can't compete with any of the other departments. And there are many. Employee purchase program, business, online sales. All of them had advantages over me. And to fight back against them was against the rules.
Oh well, I'll find another job. I'll take the weekend off and figure something out. I can re-apply for Dell in 100 days if I want to do so. I've always noted the high turnover rate. I'm just surprised they did it in February. It was extremely slow in January and it's been picking up for the past few weeks.
I've plan to buy a paper and peruse it, but first, I'm going to curl up in the sock drawer and sleep for days.
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