Griffs Jobs

They were looking to fill multiple Account Manager positions for their
branch in the City of Industry. I had a nice meeting with the General
Manager and he invited me to a personal interview at his office the
next day. Well the next day arrived and I met the GM at the office and I
was offered the position of Territory Account Manager for Crown Lift
covering the Rancho Cucamonga /Ontario area which was not far from
my home. The pay was $600 a week which amounted to $2598 a month
or $31,176 a year which was a bit of pay cut from my Sales Manager
position but it was the best I could find at the time. Crown upon my hire
put me through a 2 week in house training program and then sent me to
New Bremen OH for a 10-day intensive training program. I had never
been to Ohio so it was nice experience and refreshing to be learning
something new and meeting new friends and getting paid. Sometimes
in our work lives we never know where we are going to be at. My career
had been derailed due to my own career choice mistakes and I felt that
I was on my way to some stability with Crown although it was probably
still not my passion but more less something I had to do to keep afloat.
I ended up being successful at Crown in my 2 years and made some nice
commissions and even led the company in sales for Pallet Jacks selling
over 100 in one month to customers in my assigned territory.
After a period, I started to feel burned out being in the field every day
and making calls to the required 25- 40 accounts a day. I also was not
overjoyed having to meet with my no personality sales manager at a
monthly meeting I dreaded where we met in the field for breakfast to
go over activity accounts etc. The Managers of course were lining their
pockets with gold due to our hand to hand combat fieldwork and I felt
I had done my time since I did not see myself going up the ladder at
Crown. Lacking direction and not knowing my future I decided it was
time to leave Crown and I would start my own business as a Printing
Broker (mistake). It was more of an out than a burning desire as I just
wanted to get away … I resigned from Crown Lift and gladly told my
sales manager I was leaving to start my own business It felt good to say
goodbye to a job I was not longer enjoying and feeling like I was being
somewhat used.
Let’s just say my venture as a self-employed Broker was not successful it
was more less just a way to disengage from Crown. I was never feeling
the urge to succeed at this point in my life in my chosen jobs or career
path. I was searching for something and job hopping had now become a
full-fledged addiction. Not a good addiction I might add.
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