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Have you started as an entry level position in your role and move to the top or does you company like to keep everyone at an entry level position and keep you stagnant? I know this is kind of an odd q… more

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Bowling update: If my Sales Manager didn’t hate me before he does now. He didn’t want me to lose for the corporate guys. He wanted me to lose so HE could look good. 🤣 Boy did I have to play with that… more

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Any salespeople here negatively affected by the student loan stuff going on? Mine was on an a repayment plan for $150/mo but then all of a sudden they changed it with 0 warning to $900/month and my in… more

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What is the base and OTE for Elite District Sales Manager in NJ in SBS sales ADP? What does the commission structure look like and % commission after hitting 100% of quota? Thank you for your help!

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I worked as a DG Manager for 5 years and I started from the bottom and worked hard to get to where I wanted to be at.

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Our corporate big shots are in town and we’re having a friendly bowling party. I haven’t bowled a since 2nd grade field trip but I’m winning and I was pulled aside by my boss that I better start throw… more

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If you could start all over would it be sales? Would you stay in the industry you are in now? What would you do different. When is it too late to start over?

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Anyone in Product CRM space at Capital Group ?

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How hectic does your office get on the quarter or monthly end? Do they expect you to work more than you're recommended hours or do you still stick to your normal shift? I recall one place where th… more

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How’s the job market right now for sales ? Anyone hiring ? Is the drought over ?

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Do you make more than your sig o?

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Had 3 new hires that asked what’s the best way to move up in the company? Any advice or thoughts?

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How often do you have to assist marketing in attempting to get organic growth since upper management will not spend $ on marketing? Whether it be referrals or calling old leads,etc...

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What is a reasonable number of cold calls to make a day without compromising on the quality of prospecting and cold calls?

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How do you handle prospects who seem to be using you as a benchmark/ info source instead of being serious about purchasing?

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How do you deal with prospects who only ever give half answers or respond vaguely to requests? If I get one more "let me think about it" or "well I'm really not sure" I'm going to go crazy. I get that relationship management is most of the job, but these undefinable maybe-I'll-buy prospects are driving me crazy.

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Signs layoffs are coming?

In your experience what are some company wide sure signs layoffs are coming?

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Anyone get hired as a car sales rep by walking in to a dealer un announced? Thinking of printing some copies of my resume and going job shopping tomorrow, definitely need a new spot.

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How much do you drive for work? I drive about 40k a year. It’s almost time to retire the old Malibu. What are y’all driving? I’m trying to pick the replacement. Something fuel efficient but not tiny… more

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Anyone in sales that makes good money without a degree. I do really well but would like to get a degree just to have. Anyone try to go to school while working? We work a lot in sales so I don’t know h… more

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What are gift ideas for clients coming up on holidays?

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Have you ever shared the wrong screen before and got yourself into a predicament??

Tell me your embarrassing stories 😂

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Have you ever been a business owner or are you still a business owner? How long did it take you to start getting strong sales and consistently having orders or appointments?

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Can someone help give me guidance on their experience with 100% sales commission pay for a position? I am currently hourly based and am looking to maybe switch into a role that is full commission, but… more

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Y'all I've been a wife and mom first and when I could I'd work my work background isn't the best because my mom and wife role always came first so with that being said I'm having a… more

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What does a good sales manager do? I understand its alot about enablement and directions, but am interested to hear exact examples of how you have encountered excellent ones

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How do you manage your day to day workload balancing cold calls and closing? Im in a non tech role and am expected to do both hunting and farming, interested to find out how people in similar position… more

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How often do you meet with your district or regional manager? Is it always a fruitful visit or does it get monotonous everything? I would say when I have a district manager or region manager come in I… more

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I’m not sure what’s worse, having a prospect agree to a meeting knowing darn well he won’t actually come or not getting anyone to agree to a meeting…

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Seems like "a challenging macro environment" is taking more and more companies. And yet our CEO thinks our sales goals are totally achievable. The disconnect between him and our actual sales teams is...wild… more

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Which one are you? 😂 I wish I could say I was #1, but in reality I fell into sales because talking to people seems to be the only thing I'm passable at. I dropped out of college and didn't have a lot of other options. It was this or bartending

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Is sales considered a prestigious career among your peers? I used to think so but i feel a largr part of the job involves a lot of administrative work + putting down your ego

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How useful are networking events? Have a bunch of upcoming conferences but not looking forward to them at all

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Good day today! Had a customer jump all over a deal we had going on. We had a certain item on sale for $24.50 that is usually $29. We sent out another link to certain customers to buy at least $2500… more

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Are there any SaaS senior AE’s/Managers willing to take a look at my resume? My background is consulting but I’m looking to transition to an AE role. Looking for some feedback as I’ve had to revise he… more

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How are you looking going into Q4? Anticipating you will hit or miss?

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Anyone know of good sales jobs/careers/companies to get into without college degree? I have a good looking resume with experience but notice ALOT of companies need at least a bachelors… I’m In Arizona… more

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Are any of their Customerservice positions, remote positions?

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