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Anyone work in Sales with zero base salary, only commission?

Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:38 pm
Posted by Random LSU Hero
2014 NFL Survivor Champion (17-0)
Member since Aug 2011
9431 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:38 pm
-advice for this type of work?
-regrets?
-any other info you wanna share?
Posted by Loveland Tiger
Colorado
Member since Nov 2014
5259 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:39 pm to
Suckers.
Posted by RebelOP
Misty Mountain Top
Member since Jun 2013
12478 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:39 pm to
Work hard play hard
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
17086 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:39 pm to
Was always told to stay away from those jobs....company has no stake in you.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97604 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:40 pm to
Selling what?
Posted by jrodLSUke
Premium
Member since Jan 2011
22030 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:41 pm to
I wish - sadly I make pure salary, but I'm not truly sales either.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35465 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:41 pm to
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-advice for this type of work?


Have no ethics or morals. Sell to your grandmother if necessary.
Posted by MasCervezas
Ocean Springs
Member since Jul 2013
7958 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:41 pm to
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Suckers.


maybe for most, but if you have an established base and good networking skills, you can make a killing
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:41 pm to
hope you are selling illegal narcotics.
Posted by Commandeaux
Zachary
Member since Jul 2009
7264 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:42 pm to
quote:

Have no ethics or morals. Sell to your grandmother if necessary.


Pretty much this.
Posted by GMoney28
Member since Jan 2011
1126 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:43 pm to
Wasn't there just a thread on this a few weeks ago?
Posted by goldennugget
Hating Masks
Member since Jul 2013
24514 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:44 pm to
quote:

Was always told to stay away from those jobs....company has no stake in you.


The AE's where I work are 100% commission and they just fired a guy a couple weeks ago for not producing enough...
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:45 pm to
Rainbow vacs?
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
55190 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:45 pm to
I'm straight commission.

No regrets
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:45 pm to
Depends on what you're selling and if you have a customer base or have to build your own. Are you cold calling and how do you advertise. Who's paying your expenses?


Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:45 pm to
quote:

but if you have an established base and good networking skills, you can make a killing



this is true for any sales job regardless of commission salary set up. Hell, its true of any profession, period.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38615 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:46 pm to
if you are straight commission you are a subcontractor not an employee regardless of what your paycheck says
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:46 pm to
Car salesman and real estate agents are straight commission arent they?
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
55190 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:46 pm to
quote:

Work hard play hard



Or retire 20 years earlier than everybody else
Posted by Cole Beer
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
4580 posts
Posted on 5/13/15 at 3:46 pm to
Make them give you the good leads
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