Subj : Re: Insurance
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : George Pope
Date : Fri Nov 26 2021 10:34:04

 >   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).

Good riddance to bad rubbish, eh?

 >   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.

My thinking exactly!

 >   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.

As it should be; If I'm shopping & I seew long lines at thetills, but I see
managers in their offices, I tend to stop going tthere, but where a nmanager is
quick to grab a checkout lane, or a mop, I like to go there.

It's all about respect. My dad was a corrections officer, in a work camp.  He
could've say in the truck cozily drinking coffee with the othert guards, but he
preferred to grab a chainsaw & join in the day's labour, alongside the cons.

Kept him physically healthier, gave him a close-eye on the cons to be aware of
problems before they hapened, & earned him much respect from the cons.  He had
far fewer, during his 30 years, of the usual problems the guards dealt with.

I was into collaborative style of management before I learned there was such a
thing!  Even if I'm not a manager, I'll lead my workmates from within to ensure
none of us look bad on the stats.

 >   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.

Nice way to do it & quite simply & effectively.

 > > 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 picked this up in sales, quite naturally -- the money's in volume; since
learned it's an old success tool.  I forget which corporate giant said he'd
rather sell 100 $10 items than 1 $1,000 item.

 > > 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.

You're on the payroll, or they pay you cash per requested shift?

 > > 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

:D Nice.  Do they automatically stop deducting for SSN or do you still pay at
the same rate as everyone else?

We have Emplyment Insuranmce up here you pay into from each paycheque.

If you make it to age 65 without having ever made a claim, you get a nice lump
sum payout(not 100%, I think).

 >    Plus I have some investments, etc.

I've just begun suchj; mostly jusat learning & playing. Had one I got for
$100/1M sares tank to zero value for a couple years, hen soar to $6/share, & I
had srtoped checking on it by then, believing it to be utterly dead, & missed
out on a nice payday! (it's tanked again, but I check every so often now); when
it was still $0.20/share, I sold some & invested in other stocks I heardtell
of, & they're holding moderately strong still)

The first was a US pharmaceutical chain investing in Cannabis farms, now I'm
into some Canadian gold mining, too. . .

 > >>> 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.  :)

Is he in the Mutual Admiration Society, too?

As to hanging with Daryl -- he started it!

Your friend,

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