Here is a little about me:I'm a 23 year old college WCU graduate
Living in Chicago with my dogs
When I graduated from my little mountain school in North Carolina and moved to Chicago I was filled with excitement for the plan I had laid out for myself. I was going to start my job at a marketing firm, make tons of money, make tons of new friends in the city, and meet and amazing guy. I firmly believed that as long as I worked hard good things would happen to me, but it didn't take me long to figure out that wasn't always going to be the case.
Having grown up in the suburban south I always thought the best of people, and that if I was good to them, they would be good to me. Once I moved to the third largest city in the country I realized some people were just out to make a quick dollar for themselves. (That's a story for another time)
When I interviewed for jobs in October, I was offered what I thought was an amazing position at a consulting firm but they
wanted me to start right ASAP, so I was going to start work the Monday after graduation. Because of how quickly I needed to start work, I had to pack up my apartment at school, and be ready to start the road trip to Illinois right after graduation. All the packing, work, and worrying all seemed worth it with the promise of my new career starting.
At work on Monday I quickly realized the company was FAR from what I had believed. I started the day by filling out some tax forms and getting to meet a bunch of the people in our office. Then we all went into a room where edm music was blasting and we started out morning meeting, and that was where things started getting a little odd. They had me learn all these sales terms and methods, which made no sense to me since I thought was doing marketing for major sports teams, which is what the job posting had said. Before I knew what was going on, I was walking down Michigan Avenue with some other employees in the negative ten degree weather, with a wheeled suitcase full of phone. I had to buy a train card, when I learned we had to take the train to where we would be selling. On the train they taught me about the sales pitch, which wasn't really sales considering people didn't have to pay for the phones, just qualify.
As I learned about how they went through the sales process, I realized all they ways the employees at the company were being taken advantage of. Then I got just plain angry! About all the time, energy, and money I had put into uprooting my life for a job that was a complete scam.
So what am I doing about it?I'm trying to take charge, and figure out what I really want to do with both my life and career. Taking the time to find an honest position, that is much closer to what I want to do.
