Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The sales spin
So I was offered a 100,000 dollar a year job. Should I complain, yes I should rant now. What is money in life without the satisfaction of life? Could I pull in that 100k, yes I think I could. Would I feel satisfied in that job? No. I have a great background in sales and consider myself to have learned that from one of the greatest salesperson in America. He could sell shit to a plumber, ice to an eskimo, and air to every American that crosses his path. What makes him great however, is that he only sells those products because he believes in them and will stand behind them. What I encountered in that interview for that job was uncertainty. Unknowning what the product was, and why I should believe in it. "We don't want previous sales experience", he said. Why I wonder. The product remained elusive to me after an extensive search on the internet on what I would be earning 100k for selling. If it is a product worth my 100k a year why haven't I heard of it or can not find out anything about it? The numbers began to fly from his mouth, yet he couldn't calculate them without help from a calculator. I already knew them myself. He was selling me on a job, not a career or a product I could trust. The training program he promised would show me his technique and right me of my previous techniques. At that point many would still hang on to 100k, me a little. But, the refusal to show or explain the products, gave me a wrong feeling about him. I told him I appreciated the time he gave me and told him I would have to think over the opportunity. Am I nuts you ask? No, I want to know what I am getting into. Then I learned through friends of mine of the arrogant and iggorant ways that his sales staff have treated people. I love sales and want to get back into that, but I don't want that reputation when he "retrains" me of my previous sales experience.
1 comment:
Wow a sales man with ethics, a heart, who would have thunk it?? I guess I all ready figured it out from your other posts. Well, one thing you should be proud of yourself. Hopefully, you have some time to search for the job that will give you the inspiration to leap out of bed every morning, excited to go to work. Everyone should experience that!
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