Goodbye Corporate World - Week 2 What will I do?

 

Goodbye Corporate World - Week 2

What Will I do ?

Well Sami was as good as her word and phoned me on Monday, only problem was I was the passenger in the car with my stepdaughter who is a learner driver.  Anyone that’s been on white knuckle rides with learners, knows you need your wits about you despite desperately wanting to answer Sami’s call, I just couldn’t risk life and limb.

Its ok all was not lost Sami sent me a message and call set up for tomorrow.  I’m normally the one making these types of calls to chat to prospective employees and now yes, I’m nervous, how on earth do you make the right first impression over the phone? The call went well, a Zoom call was arranged to speak to the other MD Stuart Powell on Thursday.

Quick update on the running…. I actually quite like it, my knees don’t, however I’m not giving up.  I enjoy the energy it has given me, I can do some of my best thinking whilst trying to shift lockdown pounds, well stones!

So on to the studying, how’s that been going?  I’m on the second read through of the study text now. I’m learning lots and have found it really reassuring that before rushing in to advising a client to take Equity Release, that all alternatives should be discussed with and discounted by the client. I am scared by the thought that the government has estimated approximately 2 million people currently have interest only mortgages and have no way to repay the capital due. 

Back to Thursdays Zoom call.  Is it a chat is? Is it an interview? What do I need to prepare?  Anyone that knows me I must be prepared in order to be comfortable walking into any type of meeting.  So, I turned in to Miss Marple and started my research into the parent company Ocean Mortgages and wrote a list of questions.  Great they have a dog on their website, well that’s a massive plus point in my book.  They have an impeccable reputation and customer is key, two more points to them.  Thank goodness I’m so used to Zoom calls, it was a really interesting call which started with me showing them my garden!  I was impressed by the openness and honesty of both Sami and Stuart.  They answered all my questions and I know that I can learn so much from them.  Stuart even said that if I didn’t go with them that I should go with another large corporate firm that he had connections with and who I also had discussions with.  That meant so much to me, that he was so open and transparent by endorsing another company other than his own. At one point during the call we were discussing the sales funnel and OMG did I really say “I call it my Womb”?  I wished the ground would swallow me up, I was so embarrassed.  They took it in their stride and even laughed and said it was a female led company helping ladies.

After the call they sent me an informative pack which was very professional and had everything that I would have expected from a large corporate company.  They also said that they would give me time to make my decision!  What does that mean, they want me? Once I got over the shock that I am actually wanted, I have to think, do I go with a small well established family firm, or do I stick with what I know and go with a large corporate? Big decisions for the weekend! ….and a large prosecco.