Just business

I got my second online job 17 months ago. That was November 2004. At the time when my virtual employer gave me the go signal, I was one month pregnant with my second son. So you can imagine how I felt, sick all the time. But then online jobs are hard to come by so I persevere. Four days after my operation ( I had emergency C-section ), I was in front of the computer doing my job. My lower abdomen hurt because of the operation and I felt weak, but there is such a thing as being responsible.

To my dismay, my employer told me one year after working for him that he wants to include telemarketing in my line of work. Take note, I was a customer service rep for his website and now he wants me to do telemarketing for his other website. After three months I quit, it was horrible. I hated it. I told him I would prefer continuing my work for the first website.

Guess what? He must have gotten mad about it. He agreed to let me continue my work with the first website BUT….I was asked to look for link exchange for the second website. When I didn’t get much result, he added more pressure until I couldn’t stand it. So I told him that I never claimed to be a SEO expert. When I started working it was as a CSR, therefore if he wants me to work both as a CSR and as a SEo for his second website, I am resigning from both sites.

What do you think happens? Of course he took my resignation happily. What an utter ass!!! ( sorry for the language mom ) After all my loyalty to him, this is how he repay me? I turned down another online job from a friend because his company was my priority, because I have been working for him for a year already and because he is my first boss.

The lesson here? Companies don’t consider loyalties to their employees, specially one that is virtual. They can kick you out anytime they want. So if you are working virtually, and you are able to find something better than your present job, go for it. It is a practical world that we live in. As my college history teacher used to say, in politics there is no permanent friends but only permanent interest, so it is in the business world, nothing personal, just pure BUSINESS.