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Originally Posted by Mosby  Just for the record.... working for GC isn't a picnic either. It's hard, you're underpaid, you have to sell a ton to get your commission, and then you have to sell a ton more to get a commission worth a damn. Not saying it excuses anything, but there's a reason why they can't hold onto good employees. getting promoted, ha, that's easy - you'd think it'd actually mean more money, but it often times it actually means less (higher commission = higher quota, when the salesguy, if he was lucky, was making his quota before).
And there isn't just tremendous pressure to sell, but to sell certain items - (the margin is usually good, and it's *new*). And on some items, there just isn't a margin... it's entirely possible to sell $8k worth of keyboard and only make the company $500. Really.
Not saying that it excuses usually GC dumbass-ness, but just not ain't always easy on the other side. |
Yeah and every other Pro Audio Dealer faces the same Problems but here is the thing:
Make the boss happy by makeing the company money! Sell the stuff that the customer needs, not what the boss want you to sell, If the Boss is pissed and the customer is happy and the company made money the customer will comunicate to the boss that he is happy by buying more!!
Yeah I pissed Johnathan Lipp off Quite often by selling the customer what he really needed not what johnathan had bought on a wimm, but I also sold more of the old "deals" he had made over the years when it was the right piece for the customer!
Yeah its a pain in te ass when the guy asks why you need something, but He is trying to qualify your needs and he might learn something!
GC LIES TO ITS EMPLOYEES If you work at GC take a look at a real manufactures price sheet and then the prices in the computer what you will notice is that the costs in your computer are way higher than the prices on the sheet (and GC is paying less than the sheet prices) now the competition sees the real price so they can deal accordingly and make a real deal!
If you are any good at GC you can always Get A job at one of the better dealers and make some real money!
How do I know this? 7 years building one of the nations largest Pro audio huses retail division hell I could sell more than a GGC RAT in a coma (I did for six months)
The bottom line is if you have the skills and the knowledge you can make the situation work! BUTT you got to realize that you are going to learn something new every day and not always where you expect too!
Eric Nelson
Former Retail Manager Full Compass