u/rellller

Recently left a solid steady job in retail to return to the insurance world. After renewing my life and picking up my health license, I recently joined a major company that has a lot of bad reviews and a high turnover rate in the health sphere. It's 6 days in the office, working 70 hours a week, no base pay, dialing 500 people a day, and just feel like I'm spinning my wheels going nowhere fast.

I was super eager for the first 2 weeks, and now it's been 5 weeks and I have one made one issue (despite having 6 runs). The management is rarely in the office. The training was decent at first but after not gaining much headway and being there for a month, it's basically jusy been "figure it out like we had to when we started," and "you need to grind and out work everyone in the office everyday like I did." They expect that to "be successful" you have to work thru breaks and after hours.

I want to stick it out because there's people making crazy money like I've only dreamt of in the past. Wondering if it's all worth it to stick it out. Personal finances are beginning to pile up, and I'm responsible for paying a lot of hidden fees that I wasn't expecting: Have to pay for good leads (though they won't tell me how to set up the campaigns.) Have to pay for the dialing system. I feel like the leads I'm working with aren't that great since they are being blown up like 80 times a day (someone actually told me that). Everyone in the office is saying the same script and it just feels super fake and old school sales-like. Thought the whole point was to help people, but it just seems like bullying them into something they can't really afford.

I know it's a steep learning curve and I am trying to stick it out, but I can't wait till open health enrollment with only making a little bit each month. Been considering joining a major company for the P&C side of things since at least they have a base and seem to help invest into newer agents. The other side of me doesn't want to start all over and risk more time not bringing in money. I am looking for guidance in my position. Again, I've made equivalent of one week's pay in my last brick-and-mortar job, in five weeks, and 100 more hours total so far. I'm staying in high hopes of the high earning potential but the leads are weak.

Thanks for any and all input.