Friday, February 5, 2010

That's All Folks...

Well, I'm upset when I say I haven't done any Aflac work in a long time. You might wonder why? I'll tell you why. One day, several months ago, I called in letting the office know that I wouldn't be able to make it in to work with another associate due to a family emergency. Were they concerned? Nope.

I had established great relationships with 4 companies and businesses and had started building one with a school. I was about to close on another and I was doing a 50/50 split on some business with another guy. All this work I put in and it was about to pay off.

However, later that day I get a voice mail from the CIT letting me know he would be taking this as notification that I no longer wish to work with the company. Wait, what???

I was fired. Laid off. Worked over for my leads. I couldn't believe the crooked and shady way I was used by this district. Around 550+ people I could have written business on. Just with what I had in my little hopper, all my warm market and referrals, everything I had yet to make money from, stolen from me. No doubt signed under the CIT or DSC's writing number within the following week of my termination.

I felt awful, I was sick. I couldn't believe it. Yet as I read online on some forums I found out that this was a lot more common that I would have believed. Aflac hires as many new associates as they can get their grubby hands on and uses them for their own gain. If they aren't making the districts money RIGHT OFF THE BAT they let them go while keeping their leads and built up relationships. Why do you think you have to work with and right along side your DSC? Why do you think you are required to share your hopper and groups you're working on with them?

Think about it. Let this be a caution to those wanting to pursue this career with Aflac. If you aren't cut out for it, you'll be cut out of it. You'll have only served the role of a tool. A tool to make other people money.