MY WORKPLACE SUCKS!!!!!!!!

Cut the timid act and get out there and sell something, then!! People wouldn't be walking through the door if they didn't need couches, y'know.

Oh. They're not walking through the door?

I think I see the problem. :wink:

I think it's called a ...FILF

There's nothing wrong with sales, and it's definitely NOT begging. Selling is about fulfilling needs and/or desires. It's tough when you have no walk-ins and 25 "associates" working the floor. There is no opportunity in an environment as such. If you're going to be in sales, it would seem you might try to find something associated with music, instruments, or some such. Something that you would enjoy as well as make money at the same time. I'm fortunate that I do something that allows me to play while making extremely good money. Although I am highly skilled, there is still a certain amout of sales associated with it, even though it is technical.

Get something that's going to put a smile on your face Bear, life is too short! Believe me, you have to be happy while you're living it or you are just marking time until you die! Be happy you have your health and your strength back so that you CAN do something you like/love to do. Use it my friend, use it!!

Anon

they pay 10.00 an hour... nothing over forty hours. Twice I've spent more than 40 hours there and they just cut your hours at 40 and don't pay the overtime.

The first 50k you sell belongs to the house to "cover" your salary... but they say it's not a draw, and that amounts to a 3.2% commision. At 50,001 you get 2% up to 60K not 2 % of everything but 2% of that 10K.

In other words if I sell 50k I get 1600.00 for the month. If I sell 60k I get 1800.00. If we sell the extended protection program we get an extra 20% spiff but only when it delivers and they have to redeliver well over half of the merchandise because of damage. I've been there since mid Feb and haven't received any spiff pay yet and I've sold several thousand.....

F**k that. They also have more rules and regulations and they run the place like a minimum wage hosiery mill.

They have the floor flooded with 25 sales people and no up system. Strictly a free for all. No splitting of or protecting your customers. If my be back comes on Monday that I spent 4 hours with on Saturday and someone takes 3 minutes to write them up I lose the sale. It's Wal Mart. This guy is the ONLY ******* franchisee owner in the USA who doesn't just pay the industry 5% across the board.

The other day they were sending people home for not carrying the proper notebook around and not clocking out for their breaks for God's sake. What am I, 13? We were closed yesterday for Easter but he doesn't pay Holiday pay. We have to buy our own business cards. Now that it's summer we were informed that instead of the blue logo oxford shirts they want us to wear polos and we have to buy them. This place is unbelievable.

So you see it's not sales... it's this place. I'm looking elsewhere believe me. And oh yeah Eva, traffic is not good enough to warrant such a huge staff. PS I'm not the only one disgruntled in fact, there's only one or two who aren't disgruntled.

How's the streetwalking biz Anon?

Great! Exactly what are you interested in??

Anon

I can't buy what I want because it's free.

You don't know what you're missing! Don't knock it if you haven't bought it :wink:

Anon

you know those catchy guitar hooks...you'd do well in a music store...it'd be more interesting...no?

no money...

I've run out of ideas....wait!
Ask squinney to take one for the team and start bangin a rich ol' broad

uh... squinney would have to be bangin' a rich old guy... and she won't do that Im pretty sure... she's already banging a formerly rich old Bear who's now broke....

Ya never know til you ask :wink:

Make guitars!

Anon

Hey bear...I'm just f***in with you and your honey....I love ya both...

I started a home business...making window screens...here in my town people were waiting 3 months to have them made. I charge $25 a screen...no matter what size...parts cost about $8 a screen and it takes about 35 minutes to make one...you do the math.

Is there any kind of business you could run out of your home?

Retail does suck. But it's not sales in general. Lash is so off the mark it's not even funny. There's a salesforce in pretty much any company, any field, any industry. Like any job, you can get stuck in a shitty situation, a great one, or somewhere in between.

Okay, Bear. Here's another one. You can sell, you know about bands, so what's the chances of breaking into the booking field?

You should try becoming a urinal cake salesman. People always have to take a piss.

What do you sell Slappy?

BVT - What else have you done?

2 questions I've always wanted to ask.

I owned a sucessful special events company for many years... last years illness buried it.....

Touring musician... restaurant management, furniture sales...