Settling in the comfort zone

I find it amazing how I transformed from being that jittery rookie yesterday into somewhat a pro today. I don't mean to say that I'm completely an expert now - no I'm not - but it's just that I settled into my comfort zone already (well, sort of). At the start of the day, I was still a little uncomfortable and was hesitant to make my first phone call. I was just nervous and I didn't know how and where to start. But then, I got a little "push" from my boss and that got me started. I figured: "Hell, what have I got to lose?"

And so I began. My first few calls were quite a disaster but later on in the day, I just found the groove and started cranking phone call after phone call. I must've finished almost 100 sales phone calls today alone. I just burned the lines unbelievably.

So basically, that was my day today. It was all on the phone, calling up potential clients, getting turned down a lot, getting some good leads, getting duds, etc. I just sat in front of my desk and computer and just talked to client after client. Before long, I settled into my comfort zone and relaxed.

My comfort zone isn't limited only to my job duties, however. I also settled into my comfort zone with my co-employees, including that chinita whom I find cute. We had lunch together and just talked about our jobs and ourselves. We got to know each other and I think that's nice because not only does it strengthen the working relationship, it also builds a strong bond for friendship even after work.

Based on what I've seen so far, I think she's an interesting person. Though she's a bit older, we see eye-to-eye on certain things and that's something nice to build upon. I hope we can build a solid friendship even outside the office, hehe. I think that would be cool.

She wants to try my job and similarly, I want to try hers. I'm on the sales side while she's on the recruiting side, the side I originally applied for before I got this sales, account representative position. We kinda joked around about telling our boss that we wanted to swap positions, haha. It was just nice to see that lighter side of her because she seems to be serious all the time.

During lunch, we both agreed on one thing: While we're both feeling our way in the job and though it's a good opportunity, we both kinda feel like we want to find something else. I won't deny that, especially in my case, because I feel my position is just hard to do. Maybe it's because of the long hours I've been spending (hell, I got home past 9 PM again) or my disliking of sales because it annoys people or maybe my fear of rejection. I don't know but I feel this job isn't really something I want be in. But I guess I have no choice right now. I just have to take what is there and do whatever I can do. Maybe I should be thankful that I'm employed and am making decent (better) money somehow. In any case, this job is better than working at Macy's, where I get a third less of a salary annually. I'd rather have this new job still than have that, based on money and reputation alone. This is definitely more "corporate" and more like what I'm looking for.

On the way home, I got to share some time with another co-employee who rode the same train as I did. We both left at the same time after she closed down the office. During the train ride, she was telling me how I got the position, how I was originally qualified for the recruiter position I applied for, and how our boss saw the "X factor" I have for sales so I ended up there. Basically, what she said was that because I was persistent and tenacious, they felt I was a better fit for the sales side than the recruiter side. They felt that my "sales skills" (yeah, right!) would go to waste in a recruiter's spot. Oh well. They don't know how much I don't really like this position... Heh.

So that was my day, my second day at work. At this rate I'm going, I might have less and less time for blogging and catching up with friends with all the overtimes I've been doing, clearing up the backlog built up when my predecessor left. Come to think of it, I think all this has affected the way I've blogged somewhat. Now, my entries seem to be as dull as my job is. Forgive me for that; it's just that I'm too tired when I get home. Maybe when I clear up the backlogs and stop doing overtimes, I'll start posting something better and much more exciting.

Until then, bear with me.