Difficulties of being an INTJ salesman...
Jun. 14th, 2007 08:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athenaltenaI'm still "Rosemary-sempai" at least for the time being down at The Plant, though our three new people are getting better. I'm working mainly with an older girl named Ana, who's fairly nice and talkative. She also caught onto how to sell stuff really fast, though one thing keeps irking me (that's not in anyway her fault):
She's better at it than me, and I've been doing this for almost exactly a year. I don't really mind, it just bothers me that I'm lacking in that area. I hold myself to a pretty high standard.
One problem I have with that job is that I'm such an introvert that branching out and "selling up" as it's called is really hard for me. I'm not an especially confrontational person, and especially when I sense that someone's annoyed, having a bad day, really not wanting to spend more money I tend to not try to sell them up unless they really need it. Most of the time I'm pretty quiet and reserved, and while I think some people who go through like that I know that I don't do so well as far as sales go.
My strength is more in being the reliable person who does what other people (read: The Chump) don't and general upkeep. Jon has essentially said that I'm the most reliable person he has, but that might not be enough. I admit to being a bit nervous that the higher ups may decide that despite my merits I'm just not bringing in enough in terms of money, which would follow their usual pattern. I really hope not. I really don't want to have to look for work somewhere else. With any luck my role might shift to be less about sales now that we have more people. Maybe I'll bring that up next time I see Jon.
*sigh* I guess there was a reason that "salesman" was not listed on the ideal careers for INTJs page.
She's better at it than me, and I've been doing this for almost exactly a year. I don't really mind, it just bothers me that I'm lacking in that area. I hold myself to a pretty high standard.
One problem I have with that job is that I'm such an introvert that branching out and "selling up" as it's called is really hard for me. I'm not an especially confrontational person, and especially when I sense that someone's annoyed, having a bad day, really not wanting to spend more money I tend to not try to sell them up unless they really need it. Most of the time I'm pretty quiet and reserved, and while I think some people who go through like that I know that I don't do so well as far as sales go.
My strength is more in being the reliable person who does what other people (read: The Chump) don't and general upkeep. Jon has essentially said that I'm the most reliable person he has, but that might not be enough. I admit to being a bit nervous that the higher ups may decide that despite my merits I'm just not bringing in enough in terms of money, which would follow their usual pattern. I really hope not. I really don't want to have to look for work somewhere else. With any luck my role might shift to be less about sales now that we have more people. Maybe I'll bring that up next time I see Jon.
*sigh* I guess there was a reason that "salesman" was not listed on the ideal careers for INTJs page.
