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re: Can someone explain to me why sales can be a lucrative profession?
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:45 pm to Man4others
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:45 pm to Man4others
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$400k in commission? The bottom of the barrel sales guys make that.
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Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:45 pm to Winston Cup
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you're jealous of the incredibly stupid yet incredibly attractive sales rep with big tits and how much money she makes aren't you?
Those seem to being going the way of the young attractive female flight attendant.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:45 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
I work in sales in the Logistics industry.
Go check out how many import containers come into the port in NOLA on a given day.
Someone has to sell the rate of draying those containers from the port or the rail yard. Then you sell the rate of unloading and warehousing that freight. The freight might not be palletized so you sell the rate of skidding and wrapping that freight. You might transload the freight directly from the container onto a flatbed so there’s a sales opportunity for the transload and the actual delivery. All those different sales opportunities can come from 1 single container.
Go check out how many import containers come into the port in NOLA on a given day.
Someone has to sell the rate of draying those containers from the port or the rail yard. Then you sell the rate of unloading and warehousing that freight. The freight might not be palletized so you sell the rate of skidding and wrapping that freight. You might transload the freight directly from the container onto a flatbed so there’s a sales opportunity for the transload and the actual delivery. All those different sales opportunities can come from 1 single container.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:45 pm to Man4others
no they dont. You are working on bad info. All the national companies have clamped down on reps, base and bonus is the new straight commission for most companies.
While sales is still well compensated, it isnt what it used to be.
You may have got information about one company that you believe, and they may have a handful of reps that rep a very specific, highly technical line...but 400k is a lot of money in sales.
While sales is still well compensated, it isnt what it used to be.
You may have got information about one company that you believe, and they may have a handful of reps that rep a very specific, highly technical line...but 400k is a lot of money in sales.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:47 pm to reggierayreb
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Someone has to sell the rate of draying those containers from the port or the rail yard. Then you sell the rate of unloading and warehousing that freight. The freight might not be palletized so you sell the rate of skidding and wrapping that freight. You might transload the freight directly from the container onto a flatbed so there’s a sales opportunity for the transload and the actual delivery. All those different sales opportunities can come from 1 single container.
No offense, but sounds like something a computer could do faster and cheaper.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:48 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
The top guys on trading desks at financial firms make more than their CEO.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:48 pm to OMLandshark
quote:yeah, the ones I know well work their ever loving arse off.
That’s how I got my foot in that door. I’m no longer in the industry wanting a better work/life balance, but it’s a hard fricking job that has you working your dick off. Pays well though.
I honestly dont think I could handle their work load very long.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:48 pm to tigerfoot
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no they dont. You are working on bad info. All the national companies have clamped down on reps, base and bonus is the new straight commission for most companies.
And the new tax laws tightened business expense deductions which I can only assume will have a tangible impact.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:49 pm to Man4others
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The top guys on trading desks at financial firms make more than their CEO.
I hope youre trolling
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:49 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Well shite, why hasn’t someone just written a computer software package to replace the sales force? LOL
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:49 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Society. Why don't you try it next time and see if you don't end up in prison for practicing medicine without a license.
Well I found no shortage of patients who were raving about products I recommended to the doctor, so I don’t think so.
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Yes.
Yeah, I’m sure that you’ve been trained for hundreds of hours on it for “Google” to be your first place to look for medical devices. This is like a contractor saying his first place to go for building supplies being the dumpster.
This post was edited on 7/25/18 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:50 pm to notiger1997
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Well shite, why hasn’t someone just written a computer software package to replace the sales force?
They're working on it. It's called artifical intelligence and machine learning. Still in its infancy
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:51 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Mingo just wondering what do you do for a living?
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:52 pm to OMLandshark
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Well I found no shortage of patients who were raving about products I recommended to the doctor, so I don’t think so.
Recommending your products and letting you cut on them isn't the same thing, surely you know that.
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This is like a contractor saying his first place to go for building supplies being the dumpster.
Well not really considering the product catelog giving the specifications of the products are online.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:53 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Some sales guys I deal with are dumb as rocks. Others really help us save $$, or boost production through their companies offerings. It's a mixed bag.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:53 pm to al_cajun
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Mingo just wondering what do you do for a living?
Tax consulting some of the largest companies in the world. Mainly telecommunications and oil and gas, but some health care and manufacturing as well.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:54 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Mingo Was His NameO
I didn’t read every one of your post because they were almost unbearable. I don’t know what you do but I can assume you watch sales people from a distance. All I can hope is that you never manage people who are paid off of performance basis because you obviously cannot see the need for no limit pay scales. My advice to you would be to try and look at why you need these people that a lot of smart businesses pay a lot of money to and stop looking for reasons to hate them more than you do.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:54 pm to tigerfoot
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yeah, the ones I know well work their ever loving arse off.
I honestly dont think I could handle their work load very long.
I’m still traveling my arse off working, but now do a Mon-Thurs job with a 3 day weekend. I don’t mind the traveling stuff, but the OR is too fricking intense.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:57 pm to OMLandshark
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traveling my arse off working
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3 day weekend
Does not compute
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:57 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Tax consulting
Seems like something that software could very easily replace.
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