Serious responses only as I am impacted by latest surplus. Is it possible to get a sales position without sales experience? There are so many sales positions listed currently. I have product knowledge and customer buy flow experience that has been acquired over time. Is sales position considered management position I.e. could it be a lateral transfer? Have others tried this route? Any feedback on this? Thanks in advance!
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Quotas are impossible to meet by design. It may buy you a few months while you’re looking for something else.
I’ve seen it twice recently and it doesn’t end well.
Sales is the job we put the “expendables” in.
We bring in fresh faces, push them to exhaustion and burn them out. But it’s ok because there is a fresh group of talentless people to fill that spot next month.
Move on, there is life after AT&T. Nobody wants to works sales so they always have open positions. Best of luck!
Generally most sales positions are extremely difficult to achieve and maintain success...long term; which is why you find so many opportunities for open positions routinely. Sales jobs are highly stressful and highly competitive. The burnout rate is significantly higher than many other job titles. Corporations are only focused on what you can close NOW. Past performance means nothing and you can be fired after a couple of bad months when your customers are not buying. Sales is not for the faint of heart. I would not recommend most sales jobs to people who have little or no experience--especially in today's economy..
I’m in a sales role and the goals are unattainable for the most part. For example in Platinum there are about 300 sellers and half are below the 70% threshold. If you are below 70% on a rolling 3 months then you go on a performance plan. Also, you can be above 100% and still go on a plan for not hitting certain metrics. If you have a module like platinum or global you can be a king or the next guy out on the street. You don’t get to decide who you sell to. If you can hustle and truly work hard territory fiber sales can be good if you have a good manager and SSE which is rare.
I'm in sales in GES. It is a level 1 or 2 management position unless you are AVP or above, where you can attain a 3rd level. These have become difficult to attain as well. I would love someone with deep product knowledge as a fellow salesperson but be forewarned. They cap commission at 300% and if you blow the quota out of the water one year, they will reward you with an unattainable quota the next year. In sales, you really get to understand what a sh-tshow the C-Levels have developed through product. You see every wart of AT&T's billing. You deal with unreasonable customers and sometimes, an unreasonable company- playing the pivot person in the circlej--k
The sales environment with the company is a sham. On the rep and management side they will give you unattainable metrics, I believe on purpose, so you will never attain higher tiers of payouts. I work in a sales environment and not one manager meets 100%. In this market (competition, inflation, incompetent leadership), I would stay clear.
There are jobs out there, much better jobs and a much better environments, take the severance and leave and never look back!
You must be outta your mind. If you get cut, run far and fast.