Keep On Keepin On

I finished up my first week and I'm a little exhausted. I spend the majority of my day reading and studying in preperation for my licensing exam. If I don't pass that then I can't really play a part in the business. I know it sounds miserable but truthfully it isn't that bad. Insurance is a bit dry but the subject matter is not difficult. There are so many details to memorize though and that is the tricky part. The president of the company stopped by my desk this afternoon and told me that the exam isn't really difficult at all. He said I should just memorize for the licensing exam and once I pass that, then I get to learn how the business actually works. That made a lot of sense to me so I'm just doing my best to memorize. I really do like the people I work with and that is such a good feeling. While there is a certain expectation to do well which is certainly innate, there isn't a sense of "you better, or else." Everyone is laid back and happy and things just roll along. This is my kind of business.

Kristen told me about a news story today where a man had a friend shoot him in the arm so that he wouldn't have to go into work. Been there. Not literally though and I'll tell you why. The first recruiting firm I worked for was so intent on you being at work that they would send you on guilt trips if you had to go to the dentist. They would call you out publicly in company wide meetings if you scheduled a doctors appointment. They were so incredibly paranoid of people missing work that the president would leave in the middle of the day and drive by people's homes to make sure they're there. Of course, they go in and check and pray with them in the name of God but the rest of us at the office know what's really going on because we see the freakouts over the person missing work. I'm not going to shoot myself in the arm just so the boss can come check on me and pray with me. I'll just call in and say you guys have been sucking so I'm not going to be in today. Then they can come by and we'll pray about what they can do to stop sucking.