I’ll try to keep this short and sweet with giving as many non identifiable details as I can.
I shut my direct marketing business down earlier in may and decided to do some small business social media/ sales consulting on the side, nothing too serious.
While searching, i ran across the number of an old customer I had sold product to before. He asked me to come see him, and when i got there he laid it on the table- he had a cool gig running a cannabis delivery service, and that he needs some serious help, someone more tech oriented to help him with his day to day. He mentions it’s full time, asks what I want to be paid, and I jokingly say my skills could pay me $50 per hour, but i’m cool being an employee for 20.
“Everyone wants 20, let’s do 18 for now and if you’re great within the week i’ll instantly bump you up”
ok cool, in my head i’m the hardest worker on the planet, and my effort is unmatched. i agree to his terms, and we agree for me to start the next monday.
that monday comes and goes, and it was terrible, in the first 3 hours i witnessed
-This man yells and barks orders at all his “unskilled” workers (baggers, drivers, etc)
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His staff is treated like complete garbage, constantly being belittled
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any small minor mistake was blown out of proportion
So I do the best I can do to perform and gtfo. I begin sending out email flyers and posting on his sm and we’re seeing results almost instantly. (week prior he logged a total of 24 sales, after a full week and tracking metrics I was able to say confidentially Iwas a solid factor in my first week being 45+ orders.)
by the end of the second week, i could tell something was off in the vibe. more yelling than usual, and he stopped being as vocal and friendly with me. I knew it was dr jekyl mr hyde time, but before i could even get a notice to him, i get a text
“your services are no longer neeeded, check will be here saturday”
cool, so i feel as if i dodged a bullet
the following few days i see he try’s to recycle my ad posts and email flyers. they look like trash 🙂
I asked a friend i made while there how things are, and he told me after he let the team know he chopped me, they walked out.
jerk face.
idk, guess i wanted to get it off my chest, always be aware!