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H was let go from dream job, not sure I can cope.
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 605854"><p>Thanks Janet. H is actually in the sales end of a niche type of commercial construction materials. He went to school to become a draftsmen but his first job was working on architectural specifications for these niche products. He never actually worked as a draftsmen (stroke of luck there). He's really good at what he does but the industry has become cannabilistic. He worked for a rep firm originally, then got snatched up by a competitor who was a distributor. Stayed there for 10 years- was supposed to buy the business but when the deal went south-he opened his own distribution business. After 9/11, the manufacturers started skipping the distribution step, and many customers went to consolidated vendors - so he became an independent mfg's rep. That worked out well until 2009 when the manufacturers started pulling lines and customers in house once they became lucrative and cut out the reps. Last August, one of his lines asked him to work for them directly & he bit and here we are. In 27 years, he's worked for just 4 companies including his own for 12 of those years. He dropped many lucrative lines to go work for them & exceeded his 2013 sales quota last month w 4 more months to go in the year.</p><p></p><p>He made bad financial choices unbeknownst to me to keep his company alive 08-12 & we were finally making good on them & I thought I had gotten past it and WHAM. Scab off</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 605854"] Thanks Janet. H is actually in the sales end of a niche type of commercial construction materials. He went to school to become a draftsmen but his first job was working on architectural specifications for these niche products. He never actually worked as a draftsmen (stroke of luck there). He's really good at what he does but the industry has become cannabilistic. He worked for a rep firm originally, then got snatched up by a competitor who was a distributor. Stayed there for 10 years- was supposed to buy the business but when the deal went south-he opened his own distribution business. After 9/11, the manufacturers started skipping the distribution step, and many customers went to consolidated vendors - so he became an independent mfg's rep. That worked out well until 2009 when the manufacturers started pulling lines and customers in house once they became lucrative and cut out the reps. Last August, one of his lines asked him to work for them directly & he bit and here we are. In 27 years, he's worked for just 4 companies including his own for 12 of those years. He dropped many lucrative lines to go work for them & exceeded his 2013 sales quota last month w 4 more months to go in the year. He made bad financial choices unbeknownst to me to keep his company alive 08-12 & we were finally making good on them & I thought I had gotten past it and WHAM. Scab off [/QUOTE]
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