Subj : Re: Insurance
To   : GEORGE POPE
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Tue Nov 23 2021 08:07:06

   Cyberpope wrote --

> More like the creditor(bank) has given up & bu8lk sells a bunch of cold debts by auction & a law firm buys it & sets the newbies to work on it for strictly commission.

  One job I had, briefly, was working for a debt collection company.
  They were collecting for a hospital in the Carolina's somewhere.  The
manager here said to threaten, cajole, intimidate, etc people into paying.  
  The one's I spoke were (from their voice only) older poor people, or some
single mother with a bunch of kids (fathers probably unknown), etc.
  That lasted about two weeks and it was agreed I was not suited for that
job.
  (BTW, that company is no longer in business, at least around here).
  
> >   I try and teach the basics of the job, then give them the freedom to make their own decisions.
> 
> Perfect! 

  I have never been one to micro-manage people.
  Mostly because I don't like to be treated that way and I don't have the
time to do that and my own work.
  I am not like some managers who send people out to work in the weather
while they sit back in a warm comfy office.  I'm right out there with them as
well.
  I get a print out each day of what has been done, which includes the time
it was done.
  I don't pay a lot of attention to the amount of work done and times that
go up and down.  They could be busy doing something else, assisting someone,
etc.
  But when the graph goes down, down, down on a steady basis, then its time
for a talk.

>  > would say "That's my customer, I sold his fifth cousin, three times removed, a car in 1951" and take off aft
>  >   Thus it was rough on newbies to make a living.
> 
> No kidding, but you gotta figure a way to beat this or you'll flounder & give up.

  That dealership went through a lot of new salesmen.
  
>>   (With a used car it was "There it is, take it or leave it".)  :)
> 
> Makes sense, but I guess with new, you get a huge list of extras you can add on for bigger commissions, eh, as well as the higher sale price.

  I made slightly less on a used car, but made up for that with volume.
  
>>   I am what I like to call "the sweet spot".  I have rank and seniority and being retired I still have that on a post but none of the responsibility. :)
> 
> So you formnally retired then went back, part-time?

  The company left me alone the first three or four months of my retirement
then it was "could you fill in a day here and a day there?" and before long
it was back to full time again.
 
> Do you keep your full pension?

  Yep.  I'm what I'm calling double-dipping currently.  I am working full
time and still getting retirement.  The money I make working goes directly
into the ban.  Someday I may be old and poor and if I'm going to be poor I
want to make sure I have some money
   Plus I have some investments, etc.

>>> If you've never failed, you've never tried 
> 
> >   Totally agree!
> 
> As I would expecrt from the mod of a "Memories" echo! *G*

   Boy, its getting deep in here.  You've been hanging around with Daryl
too much.  :)
  Joe
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