The decision has been made…

Today I made a hard choice. I had been doing a lot of soul searching and gotten a lot of feedback from a lot of people who were concerned about what I was going to do. And this morning, I did what I think many will likely consider to be the safe and responsible choice. I got a call this morning from the Insurance company that was trying to recruit me, and they asked me to come in tomorrow for a third interview. Instead of hearing them out one more time, I told them that at this time I wasn’t ready to commit to a job like the one they were offerring. I informed them that there was no point for me to come in for the third interview because I wasn’t ready to take on that kind of job at this time.

There were a few reasons why I turned down the offer for a third interview. One of them was commitment. They were asking me to pay for books and the fee for the test to become a licensed broker for insurance. Not only that, but in order to be successful, I would have had to try to get a driver’s license and pay for a car so I would be able to get around and do all these appointments they’d have pre-booked. Since I had no intention of robbing any banks in my near future, I just didn’t have the cash to make this happen. The fact that they were also asking me to make a huge financial commitment that they themselves were unwilling to do was a major red flag. It’s a simple case of putting your own money where your mouth is… and since they were unwilling to do for me what they were asking to do for them, I backed off. This was basically the point where it was a done deal, I wasn’t going to take it.

By the time they asked me to come in again, I was getting some major bad vibes from this company. They expected me to keep working at the call center while I did all the studying and took the test, which would have been major stressful and caused a lack of sleep and other fun things. In the end, it just wasn’t worth it… and for that and the obvious reasons that were listed before, I pulled the plug on this possible job option and will stick with the call center. So here I am, working away at the center like I might be for quite a while. If something better were to come along, I’d take it in a New York minute… but this offer wasn’t better and I had no choice but to gun it down.

It was a hard decision, but the right one at this time.

Peter

HTG

March 30, 2006

random noter here, i don’t blame you for your decision here. always be wary of someone who wants you to pay to work for them! hopefully something better will come along soon.

Sounds like a good choice.

thesunnyabyss

I’m sorry it didn’t work out the way you had hoped, but as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and I’m sure there will be other opportunities, maybe even just around the corner!

(random noter) Actually sounds like a very very red flag.. Good luck… *hugs* R.

Zaphod

You made the right choice. I’ve worked for years in the insurance industry in the states, and it can be a hard life while you get yourself established. Probably a little too tough when you have a couple kids to worry about.

Brain_Tomahawk

Well you thought it out well. Trust your gut instinct! The flip side of companies like this (and other brokers, like the stock market) WILL pay for your training and what not, BUT there is an iron clad contract. If you flunk out, or you get hired and quit within the contract time, they will hit you up for many $$ fees. I agree, good move on your part.

originalsinner

Selling insurance? You didn’t dodge a bullet, you dodged a cannonball!. A friend of mine took a job as a claims adjuster, and quit in disgust a month later, because the pressure was on him to deny claims, not to make good on policy claims. The entire insurance industry is a pack of crooks. Here in Ca, where the big wildfires burned several hundred homes to the ground 2 years ago, people are still

waiting for a check to make good the loss. The two biggest scams are requiring people to have documented proof of everything they lost, or it won’t be repaid. Can you prove how many CDs or pairs of jeans you have? The other scam is that most homeowner’s policies will pay to replace the house, but not to clear the fire debris, so they won’t compensate anyone until the homeowner comes up with tens

thousands of dollars to have the debris removed. No bank will lend you money on a vacant lot, though, so they’re screwed. I also read that some policies will only re-imburse you for the actual cost of items you replaced, requiring you to have hundreds of thousands of dollars up front to buy everything before they give you a dime. It’s a rotten industry.

Liberalis Femina

Sounds like all the benefits were on their side. I’m glad you did not take the job.

Well you thought everything out well and made the best decision for you and your family. I’m sure something even better will come along soon.

lisyl

March 31, 2006

Ooh, yes, it does seem you made the right decision. Have a good weekend now. 🙂

ChitrangadaRajkumari

I’m sure you made the right choice. It’s good to go with your gut instinct on things like this.

An Atheist

Thanks for your notes. Regardless of how nice John Edwards is, I don’t think that this excuses what he does. Edwards doesn’t offer his services for free. Everytime he takes money to perform one of his bogus ‘readings’ I believe he is ripping someone off. Edwards is not a class act – he’s a joke. I have no respect for the fraudulent act that he puts on.

April 1, 2006

“I know he charges for private readings, but on the show those are free” I don’t believe that is true. I think you had to purchase tickets to get on the show, but I can’t confirm that.