And the winner is....
so, i managed to narrow it down to two choices:
1) Assistant manager of 3 stores, selling cool accessories and sparkly things, and lovely wooden Buddhas.
2) Manager of an Art reproduction store selling posters and prints (mostly of flowers and kittens, unfortuneatly, but most unfortuneatly no posters of kittens inside watermelons.)
Option 1 includes the following:
Guaranteed pay scale, pay raise as I move into Assistant Manager position, the option to wear hoodies, tattoos, piercings, gum in my hair.....
Option 2 Includes the following:
Lower payscale, but commission incentive, with commission on total store earnings at managerial position, the need to purchase an entire new wardrobe of "office Professional" attire.
Option 1 means working closely with Erin, the dark haired surley alterna-rocker chick with a cool attitude (think Janeane Gorafalo, but with a bar voice and a hard luck story) who traveled the world and has lived it!
Option 2 means working closely with Erin, the "bubbly" blonde cheerleader who has done not much with her life, and considers getting engaged her greatest accomplishment to date, who has not traveled the world, and has not lived much of anything.
Well, you will be happy and probably not surprised to know that I have chosen the dark side.
Plus, my new fantastic job is right next to a Good Earth Cafe, full of delicious roasted coffee and chewy ginger cookies! That was what we in the sales biz call "the closer"!
1) Assistant manager of 3 stores, selling cool accessories and sparkly things, and lovely wooden Buddhas.
2) Manager of an Art reproduction store selling posters and prints (mostly of flowers and kittens, unfortuneatly, but most unfortuneatly no posters of kittens inside watermelons.)
Option 1 includes the following:
Guaranteed pay scale, pay raise as I move into Assistant Manager position, the option to wear hoodies, tattoos, piercings, gum in my hair.....
Option 2 Includes the following:
Lower payscale, but commission incentive, with commission on total store earnings at managerial position, the need to purchase an entire new wardrobe of "office Professional" attire.
Option 1 means working closely with Erin, the dark haired surley alterna-rocker chick with a cool attitude (think Janeane Gorafalo, but with a bar voice and a hard luck story) who traveled the world and has lived it!
Option 2 means working closely with Erin, the "bubbly" blonde cheerleader who has done not much with her life, and considers getting engaged her greatest accomplishment to date, who has not traveled the world, and has not lived much of anything.
Well, you will be happy and probably not surprised to know that I have chosen the dark side.
Plus, my new fantastic job is right next to a Good Earth Cafe, full of delicious roasted coffee and chewy ginger cookies! That was what we in the sales biz call "the closer"!
posted by mercurysmile at 1:16 PM
6 Comments:
I am slow, which one is did you choose. Your Blog is getting to be hot.
Giggles
So it's silver sense, but you're assitant manager of three locations and actually get paid properly for it?
I think I'm jealous. I know everyone hates retail and you'll find me complaining about it too, but in the end I think that's what I was put on this earth to do. That and sew.
I think you made a good choice 'cause it sounds like even though the other position is "art" related you wouldn't be able to stand it too long. But this other position sounds like you could probably do it for a good while and still enjoy it.
When do you start?
oh, I started last week, and was frantically driving from down town to market mall to recieve training at both places!
I'm just glad I made a decision. I think I have this sick need to make my life really complicated and stressful on my own in between the parts of life that really are complicated and stressful.
why oh why did you not choose bubbles and commission? your life is a vacuum without them.
You have made the right decision I think
Megan
Treacle pies all around.
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