jsto330
New Member
Hi all,
First off I apologize if this is being posted in the wrong section. I am new here to the forums. But a little background, I'm 22 years old with a background in Law Enforcement / Public Safety. I've worked as a dispatcher for 3 years and I'm starting to get burnt out already. The stress and schedule of this job is making me have a poor outlook on life (and people, in 3 years I've dealt with enough stupid to last a lifetime) as well as have bad work/life balance and I'm really considering heeding others advice (people I work with, my bosses, etc) and getting out while I'm still young enough to make a career change. While my job would be considered by some to be a "good job", and yes it does "pay the bills", it does just that: Pay the bills. And honestly as a dispatcher, thats probably all it will ever do. It would be very hard to make a living and support myself being a dispatcher for a career. I'm realizing that I need to start advancing myself and building something that I can support not only myself, but a family in the future and provide a good life for me and them. My goal was to move out of dispatch and become an officer, however with the schedule I currently have now and most other schedules in this line of work, it would be impossible to attend a police academy and still work full time, hell even part time. I figure if I get into a more normal "9 to 5", I can attend an evening police academy should I still wish to be an officer.
My best friend is a sales manager at an agency for Allstate here in Ohio. He does very well for himself, especially only being 22. He's worked in insurance for about 2 years. His success is definitely making me consider this line of work.
Currently I have an interview scheduled a local State Farm for Wednesday. My buddy says SF does not have as good as commission as Allstate. Is this true? Working for SF starting out selling P&C what should I be making in commissions? What about Allstate or other insurance agencies? My buddy also told me to consider going to an independant agency because thats where you make the most commission.
Also, I know some may comment on my reason for getting out being stress, and you will probably tell me insurance sales is also stressful. I understand that, but the stress of someone's life in my hands vs. making sales is very different, and I'm sure most can agree they'd rather have the stress of making sales vs. someone's life. Every job has its own stress that comes with it, that's the nature of being employed.
Many thanks in advance for your replies,
Jeff
EDIT: after searching the forums some more, I've realized this should maybe be posted in the "Getting started selling insurance" forum. Is there any way a moderator could move this for me please? My mistake.
First off I apologize if this is being posted in the wrong section. I am new here to the forums. But a little background, I'm 22 years old with a background in Law Enforcement / Public Safety. I've worked as a dispatcher for 3 years and I'm starting to get burnt out already. The stress and schedule of this job is making me have a poor outlook on life (and people, in 3 years I've dealt with enough stupid to last a lifetime) as well as have bad work/life balance and I'm really considering heeding others advice (people I work with, my bosses, etc) and getting out while I'm still young enough to make a career change. While my job would be considered by some to be a "good job", and yes it does "pay the bills", it does just that: Pay the bills. And honestly as a dispatcher, thats probably all it will ever do. It would be very hard to make a living and support myself being a dispatcher for a career. I'm realizing that I need to start advancing myself and building something that I can support not only myself, but a family in the future and provide a good life for me and them. My goal was to move out of dispatch and become an officer, however with the schedule I currently have now and most other schedules in this line of work, it would be impossible to attend a police academy and still work full time, hell even part time. I figure if I get into a more normal "9 to 5", I can attend an evening police academy should I still wish to be an officer.
My best friend is a sales manager at an agency for Allstate here in Ohio. He does very well for himself, especially only being 22. He's worked in insurance for about 2 years. His success is definitely making me consider this line of work.
Currently I have an interview scheduled a local State Farm for Wednesday. My buddy says SF does not have as good as commission as Allstate. Is this true? Working for SF starting out selling P&C what should I be making in commissions? What about Allstate or other insurance agencies? My buddy also told me to consider going to an independant agency because thats where you make the most commission.
Also, I know some may comment on my reason for getting out being stress, and you will probably tell me insurance sales is also stressful. I understand that, but the stress of someone's life in my hands vs. making sales is very different, and I'm sure most can agree they'd rather have the stress of making sales vs. someone's life. Every job has its own stress that comes with it, that's the nature of being employed.
Many thanks in advance for your replies,
Jeff
EDIT: after searching the forums some more, I've realized this should maybe be posted in the "Getting started selling insurance" forum. Is there any way a moderator could move this for me please? My mistake.
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