Finding Success

As Brett's job at IU athletics fizzled out when the pandemic started, he wasn't quite sure what to do next.  It wasn't his dream job by far, but it did provide a nice paycheck.  After giving himself some time to do some deep cleaning both to his apartment and to his piece of mind, he decided that his next step would be to pursue an office position and leave food service management behind.  He set up a few interviews in early March, but the stay at home order postponed those indefinitely.  Thankfully, he never stopped working at Bell Trace while he was at IU.  They were more than happy to hire him full time and we were glad that he had something to focus on while waiting for the coronavirus restrictions to be lifted.  We were also proud of him for not just sitting around his apartment drawing unemployment.  It would have been easy to do, but Doug and I knew that living off of the government would never feel as good as working, especially in a retirement community.

Once May arrived Brett started looking extensively for an office position once again.  He had some good interviews, but none seemed to pan out as he didn't quite have enough time at his political internships to count as a full year of experience.  He started to branch out and try other fields and soon two pharmaceutical companies were interested in him.  One offered him a position with a large pay increase from Bell Trace.  Brett went to the hiring meeting and was ready to accept the job when Storage Express Management contacted him about taking a position in their customer care department.  Brett spent some time thinking about the two jobs before making a decision.  The first paid more, but the second gave him office experience that he desparately wanted.  The latter also had a sales component to it that would give him ways to earn a monetary bonus.  After deep consideration, he chose Storage Express and has been completely thrilled with the decision.  He just finished his third week on the job and already met his monthly sales quota for July.  He has learned a lot, met some great people and has found some success.  We couldn't be happier for him.