district manager

senior sales consultant

senior data scientist

sales team leader

Avbob

With every deah of a family member it is AVBOB's responsibility to give the family the best care, condolences and sympathy and the best products and services that will be helpful in their needs. This business is a hard stressful business and are not always fun to be in this work atmosphere. There are times for happy and times for sadness. Administration gets sometimes hard and full of pressure with receiving payments, funeral cover explanations/writing, paper work, switchboard answering all on the same time is the hardest part of the job. This job is a total eye-opener that death is not something you can get away with and that it can happen so quickly. The most enjoyable part of the job is that there is time for functions, sport and entertainment that comes my way that I may get permission to attend it on weekends or sometimes during the week. There is laughing times but also seriously working times. Help each other as a team in the business makes the working environment so easier and enjoyable. During the week-of-work, the branch handles funeral arrangements, running around to get all paperwork done, doning administration etc. A sad point of the business is that the manager has to pay his workers out of his salary. if there is no funerals, no salary can be provided to the employees. That is the reason I need to start a new career at a new business as the manager cannot provide me a salary anymore due to 4 quiet months in a row in 2016.

Limited room to initiate methods or ways to run an operation more cost effective to minimise liabilities. Lack of support and reasorces from management to maximise productivity.  Inability to have interventions as comunication is usually more directive rather than participative (eg. Staff retension as we tend to loose good manpower to our competitors due to lack of benefits for staff members) Limited room for growth. No job security as the usual method which magement apply in of dealing with challenges is threatening your positions.  No sense of belonging. The challenging part of the job is opening of new sources as support and reasorces are usually not available however the exiting part part of the business is interacting with diverse individuals from different backgrounds with different belive systems and to be rewarded based on what you put in. The greatest excitement is making the most of a terrible situation like closing a deal with a huge company.

What I believe I learned: I learned how to deal with highly sensitive, grieving clients with extreme patience and emotional intelligence. I also strengthened my skills in multi-tasking, active listening, and operating in a high-pressure office environment. 
Management: They are generally professional and very goal-driven. While they do not micromanage your daily schedule, they expect strict targets to be met and can apply heavy pressure when branches fall behind. 
Workplace culture: There is a strong, friendly, and respectful atmosphere among colleagues. People are professional, and everyone tends to mind their own business, creating a calm working environment

The job I am currently working at is versatile because you are working as your own boss as you have to manage your time, manage your diary to make sure you honour clients appointments.  I have learnt to be more resilient, patient, to manage time wisely as often times you make an appointment with a client only to find that upon arrival the client is either at the meeting or has changed his mind about taking up a policy.  The challenges that I have come to realize is that you have to use your own petrol and airtime to make appointments and visit clients, also getting rejections from potential clients.  The biggest challenge are the lapses when the client can no longer pay the premiums. This challenges have built my character.  The most part I enjoy about this job is that you get to meet different clients and build enduring customer relationships

Formal and normal working day with dedicated individuals willing to assist all clients to their satisfaction and always doing their best to go an extra mile in order to maintain and promote the company name    taking it to the top. Harmony amongst staff members and working together as a team to do more. Doing as much work as can be done during work time and encouraging the reaching of set goals and targets each day. Celebrating victory at the end of each day, week, month and year. It always seems hard until you start doing it and the more you do it the more it gets simpler and doable (that much i've learned). Management should be more of leaders than "Bosses" in my opinion. Co-workers are not freind's but coleagues and it should therefore stay like that, we talk about work and leave private matters private and never take thing personal as we got to be all in one place because of work and business.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The Company Value it's employees and clients 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part is when it's difficult to make sales and reaching targets 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The working environment at AVBOB is amazing and professionalism is the priority of the Company. As an employees we need to show respect to the brand and making sure that we contribute positive results to make Company reach its targets. In this we are working together as a team because the culture of the company requires a team player,I mean someone who can cooperate with others.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The typical day at the company it is difficult to close sales and reach targets that part is most stressful one .

you have to work out source clients from company to company,i have learned more about the insurance industry and their rules that binds us sales reps and clients FAIS and FICA.Managers go all the way out to help with the production and they are very kind and helpful.co-workers allows u to find yourself in the field and show you how to outsource.hardest part of this job is that you work wilth client and outsource them and promote your product to them they might be interested or not and that is only based on commission only.the enjoyable part is the team building they have and good communication they have with managers co-wokers

*Have to make sure systems and network is up and running
*Log calls if anything can't be resolved over the telephone
*Handle any new projects e.g new failing patches, service packs and updates
*Learned how to troubleshoot more complex desktop and network issues
*There's still more for management to do in terms of project planning and personnel handling e.g to how properly handle queries and conflicts and also salary scales compared to national standards
*Learned and developed a great relationship and team with colleagues
*Enjoy Networking with users and doing project as a team makes the job enjoyable and fast
*There isn't any hard part anymore really, this is why I need a new challenge

Towards month end it use to get quite bussy with the scanning and ensuring business to go through before closing for commission for reps.
Learned to work with all kinds of people and to respect them and treat them with respect and in exchange to be respected by them.
Mangement: The Area Manager are very open minded and treated us with respect and dignaty.
I had a good understanding with them and again the way you treat them is how they treat you.
Handling the representatives when meetings were held when it is month end.
Once I scanned the business and the business issued for reps to get paid at the end of the month was the most rewarding. As they do not work on a basic salary.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not being afraid of the maneger,she is not a bully.she sit us down and address issue in a polite and peaceful manner.she respects our opinion as well..our office environment is not toxic,we are always looking forward to go to work on Mondays because everyone is happy to go back to that office.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being at the office during loadshedding, there water is always not Aveilable for bathroom use.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment it's healthy and good for our mental health

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Go to the office clean before everyone arrives then for the rest of the day I.ll be helping around with office task in exchange of gaining experience.

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