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Things are tough at one of the publishers for which I write. Like most of the publishing industry, the magazines it produces are getting smaller and smaller. That happens when formerly steady advertisers either go out of business or slash their budgets. You’d think, then, that there’d be a sense of urgency. And there is among many of the sales staff. When I’m in the office, I hear them calling potential advertiser after potential advertiser, hoping to squeeze out at least a quarter-page ad. But others? I hear them on the phone, too, discussing fantasy football ratings. Or their vacation plans. Or comlaining about their significant other. I understand that you can’t shut off your personal life completely from 9 to 5. But these are sales staffers. The bosses can measure exactly how useful they are to a company by how many ads they bring in. You’d think they’d be desperately calling every potential advertiser they can think of. I have the unsettling feeling that many of these sales staffers won’t be around much longer. And, I hate to say it, if they do get the axe? They have no one to blame but themselves. Comments4 Comments so far |
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Its a totally different world out there now. And the ones who will survive are the ones who are willing to adapt. Its no longer the world of “You didn’t pay me to do that.” Its the world of “Let me show you how great I am, let me jump through hoops to show you how you can’t live without me, and then maybe you can pay me a little too.”
I write my blog about saving money, and thousands of people a day are responding. But still, for every person who jumps on the frugal bandwagon, there are ten more who complain that they lost their job, have no money to buy food, but still that printing coupons to get free food takes too much time, or that using coupons is beneath them, or that they don’t have enough room in their 3000 square foot home to store food for the future. They come up to me in the store and in church to argue with me–even when I never said anything about it to them. I usually shrug my shoulders and say “Well, if you’re not in for doing better in this economy, that’s fine. More free stuff for me.” Some people just want to complain and think they’re entitled to things. The survivors–the ones who will thrive even in tough times–they’re the ones who will do whatever it takes to adapt and get ahead. With ethics even!
Hi, Know-it-all:
Thanks for writing. I think you’re right about the negativity and the complaining. I sometimes wonder if complaining about the economy and a lack of money has become a sort of badge of honor.
Dan
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Thank you for your sharing, i looking forward to hiring new job.
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Thanks, Jobseeker:
Hopefully, you won’t be looking for a job much longer.
Dan
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