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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > Ask/Tell us about being in Sales! (We're a notch below "Child Molester")
 
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Philosopher King
Oct 25, 2006
 I've worked in retail banking sales for about 4 years now and I've been through all the ups and mostly downs bullshit of it. How does one transition into a real sales job that doesn't blow rear end?

canyoneer posted:

No way.
In every retail sales environment, you have one or two dudes that are just total killers, topping the board every month and earning more in their commission than their manager takes home in salary. Then you have people who do alright. Then people who are one slow month away from missing their draw and getting fired, and the rotating cast of "new guys".

A retail sales job is a lot of things, but simultaneously "easy and lucrative" is not one of them.

Don't forget the part where no matter what you do, your location is the primary determination of how well you'll do.

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