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  Remember Offices folks, those horrible enclosed vile places we were made to imprison ourselves in between 9 to 6 ?

  anyone looking forward to going back to theirs ? :-D

  5 Answers2 months ago
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  Is it true that sales representatives can lose their jobs if they don't sell or is this a lie?

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  In most industries, sales reps are paid a small salary plus commission.  If they do not sell, they do not get the commission.  Because the base salary for sales people is minimum wage, not selling anything is career ending because you do not get raises, you get commissions and they build up as you sty there and sell.  

  SO- like at a car dealer, or a furniture store, or an insurance company...if you are not selling...what is the point of struggling at a minimum wage job?

  (And...from personal experience...if you haven't sold anything after 6 weeks...and you see people getting great pay and you are struggling then you tend to give up and leave because you feel bad next to all these people who seem to be able to sell $1,000 worth of stuff to someone who was 'just looking'.)

  Other sales jobs...like regular retail...just pay minimum wage with occasional raises, because the merchandise is not high end and you will have to do other things like stock shelves and clean up after customers.

  So...you can work at Staples, Home Depot or Macy's and not 'SELL' a thing but still  keep your job...but at a furniture store, car dealer or high end fashion and decor, if you do not actually make enough sales to get a commission...you will be asked if you would rather leave the company.  They will not fire you...but they will make it very plain that they do not expect you to want to continue working there.

  4 Answers2 months ago
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  How to become a successful freelancer?

  I am currently taking a Freelancing course.

  4 Answers2 months ago
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  Why do I dread going in to work?

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  You don't like the people you work with.  You don't like the work you do.  You are not good at the work you do.

  4 Answers2 months ago
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  When someone says bring me back a souvenir from Mississippi, what would u get them? ?

  Im trying to avoid the traditional key chain, yata yata or shot glass. Any ideas? It's a small town.

  7 Answers3 months ago
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  Do you include your commission when people ask your salary?

  For example, say I had a base of 50k but had the potential of 10k in commission if I make quota every month. Would you tell people you make 50 plus commission? Or would you say "I make 60 but that's including my commission, which I tend to make."

  12 Answers3 months ago
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  Missed walmart orientation; been trying to reschedule but they never pick up the phone? ?

  2 weeks ago a personal situation with my family came up and I somehow forgot to call them and say I wont be able to make it to orientation that day (DONT GIVE ME CRAP FOR IT PLZ) so for the past 3 weeks I've been trying to call them like hundreds of times at this point and explain myself and see of I can reschedule and every time it beeps no one ever answered the phone 

  11 Answers4 months ago
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  Is a lunch interview a good sign a manager is interested? ?

  I am meeting a district sales manager for a medical device company & he wants to do the meeting at a restaurant. Is that a good sign?

  6 Answers4 months ago
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  My job has recently started giving me managerial tasks without actually promoting me to manager or giving me a raise. What gives?

  8 Answers5 months ago
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  Why are jobs so strict on the calling in policies?

  I just feel like it's dumb. I called in an hour before my shift today because I was throwing up all morning and almost up all night. I wasn't about to call in when my stomach couldn't keep anything down for more than 20 minutes. So I waited until I was a little better and called. They say you should call in 2 hours before your shift and got angry. Like ummm I can't help that I'm throwing my guts up. And with some other jobs it's worse like having 24 hours in advance. How are you supposed to know you're sick a day before it happens?

  7 Answers5 months ago
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  I am a lady from Jordan?

  I am looking for someone to help me in the field of affiliate marketing,

  5 Answers6 months ago
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  My professors says I need to intern or else I won't get a job in PR/marketing once I graduate? Is this true? (NYC area) (PR pros only pls)?

  I'm 26 years older and finishing up my bachelors degree in strategic communications/marketing with a concentration in PR. 

  I have friends and family that are my age and older that have already been working in similar fields for the past few years tell me that internships can HELP but it isn't an "end all" if I don't have it on my resume.

  I would take on an internship but I go to school part time and I also have to work to pay bills, internships don't offer pay.  (I live an hour and a half from Manhattan)... my question to anyone in these industries (especially in the NYC metropolitan area) , will an internship really make or break my future endeavors when applying for jobs in PR / Marketing?  

  Thank you for any helpful replies. 

  5 Answers7 months ago
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  What is it like to work as a sales rep in a car dealership? Is it worth it?

  I've worked in retail/sales and banking but not car industry. I'm excited and nervous. I am a mom of 4 children that I have to provide for so failing is not an option. My choice is between going back to banking which I find to be very boring (but the pay is great) or this new adventure.  I'm not sure what the pay is like for the dealership.  

  6 Answers7 months ago
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  Is there a way for me to do freelancing work if I'm a teenager?

  6 Answers8 months ago
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  Retail workers!!!! Is it okay to tell the customer no ?

  Good answers please?

  8 Answers8 months ago
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  What’s a good way to turn down a Multi-Level Marketing invitation? ?

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  A good way is to thank them for the opportunity and advise them that you are not in a position to undertake anything new at this stage.  You can tell them that you want to focus on other things right now such as your career, family, etc.  Wish them the best of luck.

  8 Answers9 months ago
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  what is a severance pay macy's Should I take it? ?

  Got laid off from Macy’s 6/30/2020 and they had sent me this what is a severance pay macy's Should I take it? 

  5 Answers10 months ago
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  Is online ad-posting a good work-from-home job?

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  You are not only about to be scammed, you are about to be scammed in such a way that you will have to change you email account.

  Ask yourself this:  Why is the company not posting their OWN ADS?

  No legit companies hire people to post ads for them.

  You will get marked as a spammer.

  And the ad you will be posting will all be ads for people to get caught up in some other scam....and the authorities will come after YOU because only YOUR contact info is on the ad.

  Do you really want hundreds of people pointing the finger at the ad you placed and saying that YOU scammed them?

  Because they can and will track YOU down.

  5 Answers10 months ago
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  What is the importance of word of mouth marketing?

  5 Answers11 months ago
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  Please translate/calculate/explain this commission offer?? For a car dealership. ?

  Hello and thank you so much for helping me figure this out. I was offered a job at a car dealership for a sales associate position.... but does this seem reasonable to you??

  $19,200 a year plus commission? Working full time, 6 days a week. To me I was shocked it seems so incredibly low. 

  I can’t figure out wth this commission equation comes out to. Or what it means. Please explain, thank you kindly. 

  6 Answers11 months ago