Rich Sommer Quotes

I was a telemarketer for exactly one week in 2005. I could not take 'no' one more time. I could not take the rejection.

The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.

I was a pizza delivery boy at the Pizza Oven in Canton. I wanted to get fired so bad, I actually wrecked the delivery car, but they wouldn't fire me because I was the only person they had working there.

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore.

Wishing of all employments is the worst.

When telemarketers call me now, I won't get the blow-horn. I'm more polite than the average person.

I've sold a lot of different product. Very briefly, I sold Time Life Books on the phone.

Occupation leads to alienation.

I had this job where I had to cold call people, and that was terrifying to me, and that was on a far different level than invading their space.

I was fascinated to see that if you knew what you were doing, you could sell a $3,000 computer system over the phone.

I was a bellman - a great hotel, five-star hotel in Boston. I made great money. I made cash every day. I had good benefits. We had 401k. All the things you could ask for in a great job, I had. You know what I didn't have? I hated my job.

I was actually really good at telemarketing.

Oh God, I've done telesales. It doesn't get much lower than that, really. That's the job I enjoyed the least.

When 'Titanic' came out on VHS, I was working at a Sam's Club, which is already the worst. I don't know what you know about working for the Walton family, but it's horrific.

The worst job I ever had was working in the call center of an electric company. I sat in a tiny cubicle getting yelled at every day so I could earn minimum wage.

I'd rather be dead than work in a warehouse.

I worked in a dining hall in college and I worked at UPS for a full three weeks - it was the worst job I ever had.

I had no interest in continuing with Real Madrid in the way that we were working.

I had a string of really awful jobs in Manhattan where my whole point was to do as little work in the world as possible so I could hoard time to write.

Call centres employ mainly out-of-work actors because vocal skills plus low self-esteem equals reliable cold caller.

If you don't like your job, then change it by getting some better skills. Until then, shut up and get my burger with a smile, like in the commercials.

I worked at Little Caesar's for about two days, bro. I was out. That's the only job I've ever had.

When I joined Uber, the organization I was part of was over 25% women. By the time I was trying to transfer to another Eng. organization, this number had dropped down to less than 6%. Women were transferring out of the organization, and those who couldn't transfer were quitting or preparing to quit.

I have been a fearless man. I have been a ridiculous man. I finished my engineering and got a job. And then one day, I just quit it. I didn't know what I would do, but I didn't want to be an engineer anymore.

It's horrible when you go to work and you're not happy.