Quit
A number of people in our Org have quit in the last three weeks. We were told that roughly 1/3 of the people we leave sales school with will quit in the first three weeks. I was nearly one of those people.
I didn’t quit because Joy and my parents talked me out of it. I am now glad that they did. Even though this sucks a good deal of the time — I am learning a lot and I will be really, really happy when it is all over. I might even come out and do it all over again next year. Also, I am really bad at nearly everything that goes into selling. This program is an intensive program that works hard with individuals to get them to succeed. I receive tons of invaluable attention from other students and managers who are working hard to make sure that I improve every week and every day. That is worth more than my time, and the fact that I will be paid in the process is just amazing.
Anyway, here are the names of the people who are still in the org. As you’ll be able to see it has gotten down to about a 1:1 ratio of student managers to first year dealers. That is kinda cool in the weekly meetings because it makes personal conferencing a whole lot faster. However, we started out with around 30 people and at the Border War 20 people were still in the org. Pretty crazy stuff.
First Years
David M.
Marcus G.
Ketan G.
Andrew T.
Dhimitraq D.
Galileo
Jocelyn W.
Rasa
Kevin S.
Andrew Gordon (starting this week — he is in High School)
Second Years
Peter Martinello
Clerison Del Castillo
Mike Yandre
Mike “TomCat”
Nick Rodriquez
Daniella M.
Jen Blanco
Marie Gilbert
Kiran G.
Dahnell Clervil
Posted by David under SouthWestern |
Wow! That sounds really intense. I bet you’re particaly glad you finally quit.
Comment by Lana — May 31, 2004 @ 10:41 am
??? I was just thinking about the people who quit…and then Lana said that you quit…??? I read the blog again and maybe I’m missing something because from what you wrote it sounds like you’re going to stick with it.
Comment by Jessica — May 31, 2004 @ 7:55 pm
Lana,
The program is really intense, but I did not quit. A number of other people did though. In fact, I am working to redouble my efforts so that I improve on my performance in the program.
Comment by David — May 31, 2004 @ 11:14 pm
I guess i misinterpreted your blog entry. That’s wonderful that you’re still in the progam despite the statistics. Sorry about that confusion i guess i was shocked by the title or something.
Comment by lana — June 1, 2004 @ 9:19 pm