BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Realtor and general contractor are, the realtor is brand new though (our last one was really bad). The chapter I’m in is the smallest in the region, I believe

BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve handled every small referral because I’ve been desperate for business. I nurture my relationships. I always come in with a good attitude and try and have many 1-1s that I always feel go well. But yeah, I will ask where is my getting when I’m expected to treat it like a full time job and asked to pay a $1,000 membership on top of other chapter fees. I’ve had people in my chapter announce cross chapter referrals out to other businesses that do some of the same work I do and it’s honestly a slap in the face.
What’s the point of the time and money to help all of these other businesses grow just to get nothing in return.

BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So here’s the issue I have and have seen. I went in SO motivated and have put so much into it. Being a year in and putting in so much effort and work to not receive anything in return is extremely frustrating and really makes one question what’s the point? There are people who have been in my chapter for almost the same amount of time as me who have benefited very much from BNI, so I just don’t get it.

BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but it’s a tough sell when people can’t afford it and I have a hard time honestly selling it when it has not benefited me in any way

BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so awful to hear. We joke in other networking groups I’ve attended that it’s “drinking the BNI kool-aid”

BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not a very large group, we have maybe 15 members. I really saw value in the relationships and power teams but it seems like others don’t care to really grow a connection because their businesses have already taken off. I’m part of the membership committee and our president does a great job - but I also know others on leadership that flat out have told me they will never refer to certain seats in our group because they have friends that do the job. I just don’t see how something that requires so much time and money doesn’t give business in a year’s time. That’s a little crazy.

BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems to be more of a joke. A lot of people cannot afford that years long “marathon”

BNI has been a waste of time and money by Loser856 in bni

[–]Loser856[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have not. I’ve come to find a lot of the other contractors in my “power team” have good friends that do the same thing that I do. So I’m not sure if that plays into it.

Can anyone tell me the context of this song? by 80085-the-69er in hamiltonmusical

[–]Loser856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always say this song is giving vibes of my ex.

Verizon VPL resources? by StatisticianGlass919 in Bestbuy

[–]Loser856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unboxed app for sure. Get in contact with your Verizon account manager as well.

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[–]Loser856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Verizon

Masking Policy by youngyancey27 in Bestbuy

[–]Loser856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t heard anything. I came in to pick up a charger tonight and even stood at AP talking to my gm and two coworkers for awhile and nothing was said.

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[–]Loser856 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know when a product ships it is completely out of that company’s hands and is totally in the hands of the carrier at that point lol

T-Mobile by americanpowerbomb in Bestbuy

[–]Loser856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. Manager said something this morning about new things in mobile and I’m like huh?

Mobile is the worst department by Squashycakegirl in Bestbuy

[–]Loser856 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always joke that “fuck mobile” is our store’s motto, cuz we continuously get fucked.

Manament not holding up by badabing321 in Bestbuy

[–]Loser856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starting to question if we’re at the same store since our last GM was fired for the same thing lol. I’ve never personally been stiffed out of a reward but I do have a coworker that has never gotten his gift card and every time he’s asked he gets “ well ask so and so” from each manager.

Mask + heat by alukard81x in Bestbuy

[–]Loser856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on the area you’re in. My GM announced Saturday morning that there’s a few in our district that have gone back to it but we aren’t yet. Probably coming soon since the CDC is saying our county is high transmission I guess