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      Cyberpope wrote --   
      
   > More like the creditor(bank) has given up & bu8lk sells a bunch of cold   
   debts by auction & a law firm buys it & sets the newbies to work on it for   
   strictly commission.   
      
     One job I had, briefly, was working for a debt collection company.   
     They were collecting for a hospital in the Carolina's somewhere.  The   
   manager here said to threaten, cajole, intimidate, etc people into paying.     
     The one's I spoke were (from their voice only) older poor people, or some   
   single mother with a bunch of kids (fathers probably unknown), etc.   
     That lasted about two weeks and it was agreed I was not suited for that   
   job.   
     (BTW, that company is no longer in business, at least around here).   
        
   > >   I try and teach the basics of the job, then give them the freedom to   
   make their own decisions.   
   >    
   > Perfect!    
      
     I have never been one to micro-manage people.   
     Mostly because I don't like to be treated that way and I don't have the   
   time to do that and my own work.   
     I am not like some managers who send people out to work in the weather   
   while they sit back in a warm comfy office.  I'm right out there with them as   
   well.   
     I get a print out each day of what has been done, which includes the time   
   it was done.   
     I don't pay a lot of attention to the amount of work done and times that   
   go up and down.  They could be busy doing something else, assisting someone,   
   etc.   
     But when the graph goes down, down, down on a steady basis, then its time   
   for a talk.   
      
   >  > would say "That's my customer, I sold his fifth cousin, three times   
   removed, a car in 1951" and take off aft   
   >  >   Thus it was rough on newbies to make a living.   
   >    
   > No kidding, but you gotta figure a way to beat this or you'll flounder &   
   give up.   
      
     That dealership went through a lot of new salesmen.   
        
   >>   (With a used car it was "There it is, take it or leave it".)  :)   
   >    
   > Makes sense, but I guess with new, you get a huge list of extras you can add   
   on for bigger commissions, eh, as well as the higher sale price.   
      
     I made slightly less on a used car, but made up for that with volume.   
        
   >>   I am what I like to call "the sweet spot".  I have rank and seniority and   
   being retired I still have that on a post but none of the responsibility. :)   
   >    
   > So you formnally retired then went back, part-time?   
      
     The company left me alone the first three or four months of my retirement   
   then it was "could you fill in a day here and a day there?" and before long   
   it was back to full time again.   
       
   > Do you keep your full pension?   
      
     Yep.  I'm what I'm calling double-dipping currently.  I am working full   
   time and still getting retirement.  The money I make working goes directly   
   into the ban.  Someday I may be old and poor and if I'm going to be poor I   
   want to make sure I have some money   
      Plus I have some investments, etc.   
      
   >>> If you've never failed, you've never tried    
   >    
   > >   Totally agree!   
   >    
   > As I would expecrt from the mod of a "Memories" echo! *G*   
      
      Boy, its getting deep in here.  You've been hanging around with Daryl   
   too much.  :)   
     Joe   
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