Every quarter, I was given a number that I had to hit to avoid being fired. What was not written though was that there was also a daily, weekly, and monthly goal as well.... Oh, and an hourly goal if you weren't meeting your goals the day, week, or month before.
Why did bankers who weren't hitting their goals have to participate in a makeshift high school drama class at 8am Saturday morning?
This episode of the Why Your Bank Sucks Podcast deals with having to navigate insane sales goals through a calendar that doesn't favor you. This is part 1 of this topic.