The Rise of JonasParker and the Decline of Penisoft
I guess I fucked up on that test, because I haven't received anything back from them in the last few days. Whatever.
The great thing about sales is that if your coworkers like you, they won't forget about you. I had lunch with a couple of guys from the old job on Monday. When I won my stereo system, the management had broken into it and stole the instructions and the remote control. I never though much of it because hey, I already knew all I needed to know about the thing (except that there was a remote). I got an email from Ned, my counterpart at the old job. (By the way, I'd mention the company's name at this point, but they search Google regularly for their name to see how well Google is working for them. What the hell, I'll call them Penisoft.) He said that the controller mentioned that they had my stuff there. We and a very disgruntled employee that we get along with proceeded to have lunch in Côte des Neiges.
Apparently there have been a lot of defections from Penisoft. The development team is down to three people where before it was at least seven. The common theme is lack of respect, recognition and revenue, the three R's of the job world. Pancho, the disgruntled guy, is fed up and about to blow a gasket at all the bullshit they have him doing, although I think that he is more talk than anything. Ned says that he is fairly happy with things right now. Penisoft has sold some major stuff in the last few months. However, the stars in Client Services who used to rely on a particular development guy to do their work, won't be able to now. He left. Now they have to deliver, and it doesn't look good. On the other hand, they will hopefully be exposed for the fucking kiss-ass frauds they are, and I will feel good about that should it ever happen.
During the course of this, Ned told me where Rick, the guy that got cut at the same time as me who made all the sales, and Employee #1 ended up working. It's in an office building downtown. I've always wanted to work downtown. Everything that I could want is there. It's perfect. And I don't have to spend an hour getting to work every day. I could be there from my door to my desk in under half an hour. Sweet.
Yesterday I had lunch with Procrasto downtown, two steps away from Rick. Afterwards, I decided to stop in and say hello to him, just to see what's up. Apparently his fourth quarter was very turbulent. He lost his job, got another one; finalized a divorce, then got married; sold his house, bought another one, and a lot of other things. In any case, when I saw him, he looked better than I had seen him in a while. I think he lost a few pounds (I m not surprised, with all that stress). Anyway, he said that he was going to call me that same day because they are looking for a few inside sales guys to start next week. What a coincidence. What's more is that Ned is slated to start Monday. He never mentioned this to me, but then, I wouldn't expect him to, especially in the presence of Pancho.
Rick introduced me to the sales team, including Seamus McPotleaf, the guy I replaced at Penisoft. Employee #1 works in Marketing, and is possibly now a Marketing Woman. We'll have to see. It's a Penisoft ex-pat party. There's also the classic "Top Sales Guy", or TSG. Rick asked TSG where I was coming from, and TSG "guessed" that it was Penisoft. Rick told everyone that I was thinking of joining them. I guess I was, or I wouldn't have even gone over there in the first place.
Rick told me that I could have an interview this week, and likely start Monday. I'll let you know how the interview goes.