Deep breath...

... and it's done!

My first official job application sent out in... I think it's been 5 years. I've been bitching about my current job but you know what? Take away the overzealous emperor dowager with the not-too-bright ideas and the job itself is pretty good. I'm on the night shift, I work close to home , no management to bug me at night, the work itself is easy in comparison to my corporate days, plus I go to work in slippers. lol.

Those are pretty big pluses, I have to say. :)

But down side? I don't do sales. And I refuse to do lead generation.

I'm a customer services professional. I can do anything that relates to account servicing, telecampaigns, event or database management and I can tweak the numbers for you too. But I will NOT go out there and push people to agree to visits from our insurance advisors. This is not like buying bread. You buy perhaps 2 or 3 policies when you start working, or when you start a family. You don't buy a policy per year. And yet we at the contact centre, who were hired to take inbound calls, are asked to do sales canvessing.

It's gotten to the point where staff are cheating on their leads. Poeple who want to renew car policies, for example, are tagged as new business. Man, that's just wrong. People are that desperate to keep their jobs and shine in our manager's eyes that they're willing to fake their leads.

And yet, no one's asking questions. No one's wondering. No one's asking WHY such things are being done.

I can't work for a company like this.

Because of the said pluses, I've been lazy. It's been this bad for a long time now but I've been superbly cushioned on the night shift. And like I said, the pluses are huge. For example, I've never worked so close to home before and the luxury of NOT having a long commute is really to be deeply cherished.

Unfortunately, I need to get out before I explode. I don't need to love my company; BUT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH AND FOR. If they're scummy integrity wise, then all my work-respect goes out the window for them. That's my bottom line. If I don't have my principles, then what am I?


So wish me luck, peoples. lol. I took a big big breath before I hit the send button on my email :))