Gimme Money!
May. 30th, 2004 12:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orikesWell, I guess the new job is going okay. I don’t exactly like it, and I keep having to remind myself that I have to keep it until I find something else or I won’t even be able to buy groceries.
The job is essentially calling people and asking for money. The company I work for now is a telemarketing firm that works for colleges, universities, hospitals and other non-profit organizations running their annual fundraisers or capital campaigns. They only call alumni or other people already associated with the organization, so it at least feels a little less horrid.
First off, they trained us Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights in what essentially boiled down to classroom work. We mostly were lectured about what the company does, fund raising basics, and how they differ from other telemarketing companies. It was all fairly boring, but helped remind me of the time I did this work when I was in college.
Today was the first full time day. The first half of the day was just focused on learning the computer system. It was horrendously boring. The computer system is just an ancient dos thing that was probably old about ten years ago. The woman showing us how to do it sounded like that lady who used to be on Romper Room and was putting me to sleep since it was all easy for me, but others in the training class were picking it up a little slower.
Then, finally, the second half of the day put us live on the phone actually calling people. God it was horrible at first. I sat there thinking, “Oh my god, I can’t do this. I don’t want to do this. I hate this.” By the end of the day, though, I was a little more comfortable with it. Still not happy, but I guess I can survive.
Tomorrow, I go in for a whole eight hour shift. Part of me is dreading this, but if I do this I’ll actually be able to buy groceries next week in addition to paying the bills I MUST pay with this first check.
I… think I’ll survive.
Maybe.
The job is essentially calling people and asking for money. The company I work for now is a telemarketing firm that works for colleges, universities, hospitals and other non-profit organizations running their annual fundraisers or capital campaigns. They only call alumni or other people already associated with the organization, so it at least feels a little less horrid.
First off, they trained us Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights in what essentially boiled down to classroom work. We mostly were lectured about what the company does, fund raising basics, and how they differ from other telemarketing companies. It was all fairly boring, but helped remind me of the time I did this work when I was in college.
Today was the first full time day. The first half of the day was just focused on learning the computer system. It was horrendously boring. The computer system is just an ancient dos thing that was probably old about ten years ago. The woman showing us how to do it sounded like that lady who used to be on Romper Room and was putting me to sleep since it was all easy for me, but others in the training class were picking it up a little slower.
Then, finally, the second half of the day put us live on the phone actually calling people. God it was horrible at first. I sat there thinking, “Oh my god, I can’t do this. I don’t want to do this. I hate this.” By the end of the day, though, I was a little more comfortable with it. Still not happy, but I guess I can survive.
Tomorrow, I go in for a whole eight hour shift. Part of me is dreading this, but if I do this I’ll actually be able to buy groceries next week in addition to paying the bills I MUST pay with this first check.
I… think I’ll survive.
Maybe.