I need to decide which way to jump pretty soon. It is possible I will have a little spare to time to dink around at another job before deciding to ditch this one or not. That is part of the freedom of working from home as a independent contractor. I can pretty much come and go as I please and with this company it is even easier than most because I can put myself on hold and then take it back up later without much of a hiccup. BUT – and this is a big concern – I am getting tired of the way they run this company.
Emotionally it is far more satisfying because it is isn’t just CSR or order taking or telemarketing. I believe in the projects for the most part and I do a darn good job for them. Unfortunately, all the commitment is entirely on my side and none on theirs at all. I have to submit a schedule for the coming week and I have to work it once I do. They accept my commitment to that schedule, but do not commit to me that I will actually have work for that time.
The other aspect is their habit of taking on big projects and hiring a bunch of people for them and then having more people than they need, sometimes before the new hires have even started working. This creates an atmosphere were we have to fight for our jobs every day practically. It sets up this boiler-room, fly by night way of competing and no matter how long you work here, you have no more assurance of a job that someone who got hired 2 weeks prior, so long as they can beat your stats. There does not seem to be any allowance for the difficulty of the project either – at least no that they tell us about. It is adding stress to my life that I just don’t need and they don’t pay enough to make it worthwhile. I could do this forever really – and do a very good job, but these ancillary conditions are just burning me right out.
If I can make the same money [potentially even more actually] selling time shares, taking orers or doing low level tech support, why not do it?
