People are afraid of things they know they cannot conquer.
There are people who are going to dislike or even hate you because they know or feel, subliminally, that you are better than them.
For a short time (two months), I worked for a BPO who had a client that specialized in DMEs (durable medical equipment). Having worked for a top-notch company for 5 years, I could not help but compare the quality of training that I was receiving from BPO #2. The foundation skills trainer did not teach me anything that I did not already know about, and the product trainer was even worse. The girl came in talking about how she was also a language trainer but seemed to make numerous grammatical on a daily basis.
My entire class ended up either laughing at the girl or resenting her, for her arrogance was so unbecoming for a trainer. I guess the resentment was palpable since I was called to sit in a four way conference with their supervisor. Being the blunt person that I am, I told her the truth. I didn't care that the trainer was in the room. If your work is substandard, I will tell you to your face that you are doing poorly without caring about your feelings. Work is work, feelings should be left at the door.
The account manager also came and spoke with our class. You would expect that someone who is holding a managerial post would have enough decency to keep things neutral, but a lot of people ended up fearing us because she told everyone about the conversation that she had with us. I know, right?
I ended up quitting after a few months partly because I did not like the working environment. The place was filled with people who were nice to your face but were secretly stabbing you when you back was turned. The only people I could trust were the people in my class. In an account of 300 people, only having 12 people you could really trust was scary.
After I quit, I heard from my friends that people had been talking about me behind my back, and that the account manager had tagged me and one other girl as people who were difficult to work with. Which made me laugh so hard. I knew from the start of training that I would not like working for the company based on the people they assigned to train us. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who claim to be good but are all talk and no substance. Being someone who can talk smack and be able to back things up, I found the company to be very lacking in substance.
It also made me realize that the company was full of people who were afraid that they might look incompetent. It was a company so full of people who were so insecure that they resorted to gossiping about the people they work with.
They were people who were afraid of mountains they knew they could not conquer.
And I was one of those mountains.
There are people who are going to dislike or even hate you because they know or feel, subliminally, that you are better than them.
For a short time (two months), I worked for a BPO who had a client that specialized in DMEs (durable medical equipment). Having worked for a top-notch company for 5 years, I could not help but compare the quality of training that I was receiving from BPO #2. The foundation skills trainer did not teach me anything that I did not already know about, and the product trainer was even worse. The girl came in talking about how she was also a language trainer but seemed to make numerous grammatical on a daily basis.
My entire class ended up either laughing at the girl or resenting her, for her arrogance was so unbecoming for a trainer. I guess the resentment was palpable since I was called to sit in a four way conference with their supervisor. Being the blunt person that I am, I told her the truth. I didn't care that the trainer was in the room. If your work is substandard, I will tell you to your face that you are doing poorly without caring about your feelings. Work is work, feelings should be left at the door.
The account manager also came and spoke with our class. You would expect that someone who is holding a managerial post would have enough decency to keep things neutral, but a lot of people ended up fearing us because she told everyone about the conversation that she had with us. I know, right?
I ended up quitting after a few months partly because I did not like the working environment. The place was filled with people who were nice to your face but were secretly stabbing you when you back was turned. The only people I could trust were the people in my class. In an account of 300 people, only having 12 people you could really trust was scary.
After I quit, I heard from my friends that people had been talking about me behind my back, and that the account manager had tagged me and one other girl as people who were difficult to work with. Which made me laugh so hard. I knew from the start of training that I would not like working for the company based on the people they assigned to train us. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who claim to be good but are all talk and no substance. Being someone who can talk smack and be able to back things up, I found the company to be very lacking in substance.
It also made me realize that the company was full of people who were afraid that they might look incompetent. It was a company so full of people who were so insecure that they resorted to gossiping about the people they work with.
They were people who were afraid of mountains they knew they could not conquer.
And I was one of those mountains.
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