jade's Blurty

Job-ness
Yesterday was exhausting. I went through 2 interviews, which lasted 3 hours in total. BGAH! Both interviews went well, really well. I apparently interview marvelously...getting job offers are not the problem.

I am in quite the quandry. Damn opportunities and the decisiveness that they require!

Interview 1: was with one of the head honchos from the Ways and Means Committee. It was my 3rd of who knows how many interviews I'll have to go through. That place is incredibly beurocratic, and they can't hire anyone without the sign off of practically everyone in the state, which is ridiculous considering how low on the totem pole I'll be. The job is obviously very secure with a regular salaried paycheck, kick ass benefits (health, vision, dental, and more vacation than I can mention without feeling somewhat embarassed), and crappy hours during part of the year and awesome hours during the rest of the year. Also, I could walk to work. Excellent! I would not be able to take spring classes, which would delay the completion of my mba. Hmph.

Interview 2: was with Allstate. They are offering me the chance to start my own business in one of two manners.

Manner one: I have a base salary and all expenses are paid for 18 months. I would make 5% commission on sales, which sucks. Also, all sales would be made by telemarketing. Since I wouldn't have my own business, I wouldn't be in the phone book, and people looking for quotes and stuff wouldn't be able to reach me. I hate telemarketing with a passion that is hard to really express in words. No benefits. 30 days paid leave. I think in total, my pay would be about the same as it is now, which sucks. After 18 months, the regular base pay would go away, and I have a book of business, which would enable me to make money off of renewals, which means I would have a source of income when I spin off into my own business. At this point, there would be some bonuses and stuff, and the commission rate would be 10% instead of 5%, and there would be some production bonuses and stuff. In order to start the business, I would have to show that I had dumb loot and not go out of business. I'm not exactly sure where two 25 year old students surviging on one income are supposed to get this kind of money? Business loan? Armed robbery? Oh, and it can't be credit. It has to be cash, and not like...if I sell all my shit on ebay cash, they mean actual cash.Good times. I would be able to take spring classes.

Manner two: I pay for everything. All the training, the lease, everything. (Of course after the 18 months in manner one, I'd still have to pay everything to set up the office and such, but I'd have that book of business as a form of income) I get thousands and thousands of dollars in the form of bonuses, which would help. I would still have to show them the nonexistant cash, just sooner. The difference? For that first 18 months, the commission rate is 55% instead of 5%. Yeah. Oh yeah, and if I had my own business from the get go, I'd probably never have another day off in my life since you don't get to make company hours up...unless I had an employee..I do have my friend Liz in mind. She's licensed and everything. She's on my top 8 and is pretty cool. I've worked with her. If I start a business, I'm hoping I would be able to trick her into working with me since she says she wants to, but I don't know if we could afford to split the meager income and both not die of poverty because that would suck.

One other caveat: I can't afford to make a dime less than I make right now.

Opinions?

I hate money. In all honesty, neither of these jobs is my dream job. I think my dream job consists of writing, painting, drinking wine, noshing on fancy salads, shopping, blogging, and hanging out with cool people. I think I need a trust fund to do that though. Anyone have a trust fund they're willing to part with? Anyone?

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