I did not seek out this job. The agent I went to for a different role asked if I wanted to give this job a shot and I thought why not, anything would do. I feel now that that wasn’t the wisest thing to do in the long term. If my mind and heart weren’t tuned to it, I’d be a wrong fit and that would mean a whole lot more effort is required for me to slot right in. Anyway the “why not” is now fully answered, I think. I’m afraid it takes a lot more to teach an old dog new tricks.
I cannot live by marking time, in terms of six minute units, and billing them on a series of Wills and Probates, moms and pops shops (or some other backyard recording industry), conveyancing, and small debt collections. A 1-minute phone call is charged on the basis of 6-minutes. A 5-minute letter is charged on basis of 2 units – that’s 12 minutes. If it actually took 12 minutes, it would be billed 3 units, or up to 18 minutes. They all add up, and these suburban clients pay them. Most do without too much grudge, but many unhappy albeit not expressed.
It is different if they are corporations, especially large ones. I have no qualms to make them pay because it is a cost of doing business. They squeeze others and accept that others squeeze them.
Well, it has come to a boil. Things have not worked out. I will not be here for long, I believe. Boss and I had a talk 2 days ago and we both said what we thought and felt. Things haven’t been the same since. I am dusting off my resume now. Maybe re-work some business plans I had at the back burner.
Ante 