I started working at Verizon back in 2011 and left in 2019... During (2011-2016) the money was amazing I was easily pulling in $4,250 to $8,000 commission checks and that wasn’t including hourly and overtime. Things started to change around late 2015 that’s when I started to see the writing on the wall. At the time people in my store were going deeply into debt, buying houses, buying cars, having kids, taking on massive liabilities and most importantly not saving money.
It was around this time I became obsessed with paying off my student loans ($58,000) and others debts adding up to $162,000... When I told people my plan I was laughed at and told student loans and CC debt were normal which I almost believed.
In the summer of 2018 I was completely debt free no student loans, no credit card debt, no car debt, no house debt I WAS COMPLETELY 100% DEBT FREE. This was the most freeing thing ever commission changes no longer really bothered me... Being debt free and having a low cost of living makes life SOOO much less stressful. During this time I paid off all my debts while my coworkers were refinancing houses, having more kids, going deeper into credit card debt and taking out student loans etc...
The commission changes became unbearable for many of my coworkers and caused them to go DEEPER into debt it was a viscous cycle to watch but I could do nothing but watch them take the axe that I knew was coming.
Moral of the story is when working somewhere like Verizon USE them to get debt free at the very least and don’t try to keep up with the Joneses it’s a game you will lose and the added stress isn’t worth it. Save your money, pay off all debts and decrease your monthly cost of living as much as possible. Just my $0.02 remember debt causes stress and limits options it’s a cancer so just get rid of it.