I’m pretty sure that’s actually a Drew Carey line. I remember it very well from his old stand-up and he also used it on his sitcom show.
What entry level customer service job on earth requires 3 months of classroom training?
Also curious what kind of company it is where you get hired and then wait three months to find out what your job is.
Are they paying you while they train you?
Then who cares? Look, if they’re willing to invest 3 months in training you, even if the training is completely worthless, that’s actually a good sign.
Of course if you’ve only been there 3 months then angling for your next position is a little silly. How about you do the work they need doing for a while, and then see what happens? If the company turns out to be really shitty you can always quit. The problem with quitting is that your next job is likely to be equally as shitty.
If the problem is that a CSR job is unbearable to you, then you’ve got a problem. I honestly would quit after a week if I had to do that, because I’m too introverted and talking to people all day is my idea of hell, I’d literally rather clean sewers.
I’m not even supposed to BE here today…
I’ve decided to quit but not yet. I need to stay there till the next semester starts. I’m going to go back to school to get into a new field.
Once you’re there, you never get out because no one wants to be in customer service. They won’t let you leave because they need people to work the phones. As long as you have a pulse, they don’t care.
I’m not really doing myself a service here but insulting my position, but it’s just how they do.
And me too!
Why not brush up your résumé under a fake name and submit it to other positions in the company. When they inevitably contact you to hire you for the other position show up and say “yeah! It’s ME! Kno’msayin’?”
Just a word to the wise- if your company voicemail says “whaSUUUUUUP This is DJ EZ Money’s All Request Line! Layin’ Down tha Flava like wikkawikka Whiiiiitneeeeey in the cafeteeeeeriiiiiaaaa sup grrrl! Leave yo request at the beep, if I was already plannin on playin it anyway then now I’m playin it FOR YOU!” then you probably don’t want to use the name “DJ EZ Money” on the fake resume.
[Jules]English, motherfucker! Do you speak it?![J]
It sounds like the OP works in a call centre; I’m guessing something insurance related?
He’s probably that shit-head who was stupid enough to give me his personal extension number. I call him half a dozen times a day to tell him I’m fucking his wife, then hang up, just to make his job a living hell.
BTW, I really am fucking his wife.
And who does she call to complain?
I suppose I doubt this post will make a difference, but just in case,…
From my study & experience, what works is changing how you think about things, so that you are no longer upset with them. You might currently believe this is impossible. My study, experience & application seems to show it’s not.
It seems to me, each of us is practically ALWAYS creating however we feel, by how we think ABOUT things (our circumstances, what others say or do, or don’t say or don’t do, etc.). So, we then always have the capacity to change however we’re feeling.
Since learning and becoming good at applying this skill (of improving how I feel) I’ve had countless things work out easily in my life, e.g., job raises, bonuses and promotions I didn’t even ask for, relationships problems dissolve, new opportunities out of the blue, etc., etc.
Consider the following:
“Your thoughts can imprison you, or set you free.” Susan Smith Jones, PhD
“With your thoughts you make your world.” The Buddha
Here’s what I seem to be experiencing: When we feel bad – about pracitcally anything (including ourselves) we pigeonhole and blind ourselves to ideas, oppurtunities and “coincidences” that could happen. When we’re feeling good – about almost anything – we open ourselves up to receive things we want (better relationships, opportunities, ideas that work for us, etc.).
Couple of things to remember:
Most of us start at the bottom and work our way up. I builds experience and character.
Not sticking it out at jobs is really telling on a resume. Prospective employers like to see longer terms because turn over costs money. Stick it out as long as you can stand or as long as they’ll have you.
A good attitude goes a long way. I’ve seen some of the most dumbshit mouth breathers do well in the work place because they know how to nod, smile and kiss some ass.
I’ve worked steadily, hell overlapping jobs at times, for the last 37 years. I now own my own business. Not one fucking day did I ever wake up and want to go to work. That’s why it’s called work. As long as the paycheck clears and no one is waving more money in my face for the same or less output, I go to work.
I love my job. It is the most CAKE job I have ever had in my life, and it pays exceptionally well. After 12 long years of nowhere jobs, I’m back making real money and, this time, doing something I enjoy.
That being said, I still very much despise the entire idea of waking up to an alarm every fucking morning and having to go to work. If I got a job where I got a blowjob the moment I walked in the door and spent the day looking at beautiful naked women for $1 million a year, I’d still be cursing the fucking alarm clock.
This! I’m in an organization I’ve worked in for 40 years, I’m 5 years past the point where I could have retired on a full pension, and I enjoy my work. I STILL hate getting up and going to work in the mornings.
Alrighty it’s time for me to be *that *guy. I like my job. I enjoy the work, I like my coworkers, my supervisor is awesome, and overall I just love everything about it. It’s not that hard to find a job you love. If you hate your job, quit (which it looks like you’ve already decided to do). People who whine and complain about their jobs get very little sympathy from me because I know from experience it’s not hard to enjoy the job you have.
It’s been getting better. I’m getting along with co-workers, even meeting them for drinks after work. I get paid a decent salary.
I think he needs some cream for that burn!
(I just didn’t want this to go unnoticed).
I worked as a CSR for some years…it was a wholesaler, so people were calling because they wanted to, and it still sucked. Very stressful job.