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<p>[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6144420"]What amuses me is the constant, common theme with 95% of the posts on this site - I hate my job, my manager blows, the company is stupid, etc. And it’s like this across the board, animal and human side. How about sitting at a desk in a cube with not a window in sight from</p><p>8-5, taking 30-40 sales calls a day and answering 150 emails, all with a manager literally looking over your shoulder? Oh, and being on 24 hour call rotating weekends and mandatory weekends at the end of lean quarters. 5 years of this between stints in outside sales gives me a little perspective most of you don’t have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe shit isn’t perfect in your world, but it could be immensely worse. Try to see the glass half full. Flex schedule, company car or allowance, autonomy, great pay - really, for the job it’s pound for pound better than about anything out there. So maybe you don’t think you’re getting a good enough car allowance, or you’re commission structure sucks, or your manager is a misguided prick. In the whole scheme of things, these excuses really don’t matter much. Change how you look at your gripes and take positive action, or move on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6144420"]What amuses me is the constant, common theme with 95% of the posts on this site - I hate my job, my manager blows, the company is stupid, etc. And it’s like this across the board, animal and human side. How about sitting at a desk in a cube with not a window in sight from 8-5, taking 30-40 sales calls a day and answering 150 emails, all with a manager literally looking over your shoulder? Oh, and being on 24 hour call rotating weekends and mandatory weekends at the end of lean quarters. 5 years of this between stints in outside sales gives me a little perspective most of you don’t have. Maybe shit isn’t perfect in your world, but it could be immensely worse. Try to see the glass half full. Flex schedule, company car or allowance, autonomy, great pay - really, for the job it’s pound for pound better than about anything out there. So maybe you don’t think you’re getting a good enough car allowance, or you’re commission structure sucks, or your manager is a misguided prick. In the whole scheme of things, these excuses really don’t matter much. Change how you look at your gripes and take positive action, or move on.[/QUOTE]
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Royal Canin Confusion
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