Saturday, June 20, 2009

Objectivity of Bank Sales Job

What I like most about this line of work is the objectivity of it.
If you work hard and achieve a high amount of sales, you are recognised as a good sales person. You can enjoy recognition from senior management, you can have freedom during office hours, and you can reap the fruits of your labour by earning the commission which is there for you to grab. And you can get to know alot of people during work.
It is quite different from an admin office role where politics play a huge part in determining whether or not senior management likes you or respects you. Cunning staff will know how to mingle with the powerful senior management people and rub shoulders with them in order to do less work and gain promotion and monetary rewards. It is almost the same at every workplace. This is the evil of office human nature. There are no 2 ways about it. Working life is like that.
As objective as it is at sales divisions, we also experience a fair bit of office politics. Some staff know how to curry favour the bosses and have an easier time even when their sales are bad, but the main thing is they cannot carry on having bad sales for long periods. If that happens, the person will eventually have to leave or transfer out as it is really very objective this environment. Each and every bank sales staff will have their sales numbers monitored and written on a big board so everybody knows everyone else's work rate and contribution.

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