Month: March 2022

I’m in the UK (probably tell that by the name) I have 11 years of sales experience mainly in business development and field sales. I was made redundant Christmas Eve 2021. I found a job on indeed that a recruiter was advertising. Business development executive £25 to £30k a year, selling via phone email and occasionally visiting clients. Great! Sounds right up my street! At interview I stated I’m looking for £26 to £28k. I get offered the job, the recruiter said they are willing to offer £25k. Okay, I asked for the very least £26k could you go back to them and counter offer that. The recruiter goes back and the response…..we can’t offer more than £25k as it would upset the office environment….. okay, so why advertise at that top end of £30k I accept the £25k. I have a young family and we can’t live as a…

Why do people think a company can just raise prices? Usually it’s said as an excuse for low wages. “If a company has to raise its wages, it’s prices will go up!” But like, that’s not how that works right? Just think about it for a minute. Do you think if any company could raise profits just by raising prices, they wouldn’t have done that already? If I’m selling X product for 4$, but could make more money for 5$, I’d sell it for 5$. If I’d lose too many sales to make more profit selling it for 6$, I won’t. How does raising any business expenses change this at all? It’s still not going to be any more profitable to raise the price. Raising prices isn’t just some magical way to increase revenue every time cost goes up. The only wait to actually increase revenue, is to perfectly balance…

I have been in my current job for 9 years. I have always worked alone and have not had anyone report to me. This changed a month ago when a small section of two people were moved under me. So for the first time I am a Manager. I spoke to my people today and told them that although their job puts the food on the table, but that it should NOT be their Nr 1 priority. Their families and themselves are the number 1 priority. If they or their close family are sick or they have a crisis, it has priority over work.

End of last year, I quit my corporate job which sucked my soul dry. Beginning of this year, I'm a union man and the company just increased pay to every worker because the union said so! God bless the workers of the world. God bless the unions. May we all lay down and rest when our bones get tired and may we all take the leisure stolen from us by the worthless dregs who call themselves 'boss'!