Day 3

They like giving us stuff.

Today, we got our badges and a lanyard. Yesterday, it was four smaller workbooks and a HUGE binder full of stuff. And a badge holder. Also today, a notepad and pen and cotton candy. And sometime next week, we'll get $25 just for showing up everyday for training. If we have perfect attendance for the first 8 weeks of training, we get $25 for each week -- for a total of $200, tax free money.

If I switch my internet over, I'll get money. Same thing with wireless, residential phone, long distance and DirecTV. If I sign up friends and family, I'll get credit as well.

If you sell certain items on certain days, you get money or gifts. And it's not one of those "hey, we'll have that for you next week." It's right now -- something that could have made a huge difference for Corporation X, back in the day. If you promise an employee a bonus and expect them to perform, it's best to have the bonus in a timely manner. Everyone did get taken care of, but some of the achievers had to wait 2-3 months for their payout.

There's a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of hype and rah-rah, go team sorta stuff. I don't have a problem with it; I'm just preferring to be skeptical and take a wait-and-see approach.

And yeah, still waiting for the humor to come of this. Maybe once we get into our software.