One and a half years since I changed jobs. That's how long it took for an atmosphere to be created which can now cause me discomfort, as far as panic and anxiety go.
I used to, very rarely, think negative thoughts about this job for any extended period of time. But now they are trying to make everyone a sales person, and that is the focus now. It's not how good you are doing the job that as far as the description goes, but how the sales are going. Sales are not going good. It's very uncomfortable to press a current customer for more money when they originally thought it was just an inpsection. Occasionally I will get a customer who is only too happy to open the checkbook. Occasionally...
Basically, I work for a pest prevention company and I inspect do anual inspections with already established clients. One part of the job was to upsell these customers with either new or existing services. But now the task of selling is taking center stage because the company says so and because cancellations are coming in because of the fickle economy.
So, without going any further into the job description department, I used to really like this job because it was good money and the hours were good. But in addition to the selling, they also added a second Saturday, in which I work until about 1 or 2 pm.
These two factors are causing anxiety and a little panic.
I have decided that it's time to do what I was going to do at the time I started this job: Start taking classes toward working in physical therapy. I decided not to do so because I thought it would interere with the new job, and we really needed the steady income at the time. But I am not meant to be a termite inspector for the rest of my life.
OK, I feel like I have vented. Time for yogas :-)
