Anyone worked for cell phone companies?

[Airthrow]

A while ago a guy at the mall I work at from the Verizon stand flagged me down and asked me how much I made, and told me I could make more if I came and worked for him.

I'm a retail manager (assistant manager) at a shoe store, I make ten bucks an hour (there is no commission), and my job fucking blows and I hate it.

I've been thinking about trying to find another job that pays more, but I have no idea how much I will take home from a cell phone place as a salesman or whatever. I have never actually had a "sales" job even though I've been a sales associate...since I never actually got rewarded for selling stuff at the retail jobs I've worked (except for those BULLSHIT ECP/extended warranties), I've never given a shit whether I sold a butt-ton or nothing as long as my checks got cashed.

So anyways, if you are an average salesman how much do you tend to make at these places, what if you're really good? I really need to be making more money ASAP and I fucking hate my job anyways, it's just an emotional/loyalty thing that is keeping me at this job...it has to be REALLY FUCKING BAD as a work environment for me to just quit without something of a guilty conscience, I dunno why.

[RockBogart]

A while ago a guy at the mall I work at from the Verizon stand flagged me down and asked me how much I made, and told me I could make more if I came and worked for him.

I'm a retail manager (assistant manager) at a shoe store, I make ten bucks an hour (there is no commission), and my job fucking blows and I hate it.

I've been thinking about trying to find another job that pays more, but I have no idea how much I will take home from a cell phone place as a salesman or whatever. I have never actually had a "sales" job even though I've been a sales associate...since I never actually got rewarded for selling stuff at the retail jobs I've worked (except for those BULLSHIT ECP/extended warranties), I've never given a shit whether I sold a butt-ton or nothing as long as my checks got cashed.

So anyways, if you are an average salesman how much do you tend to make at these places, what if you're really good? I really need to be making more money ASAP and I fucking hate my job anyways, it's just an emotional/loyalty thing that is keeping me at this job...it has to be REALLY FUCKING BAD as a work environment for me to just quit without something of a guilty conscience, I dunno why.


There is a lot of pressure involved. Thing is your better off working at RadioShack cause they push out more units and you have the oppurtunity to make more money there than a just regular cell phone company. More people go to radioshack for cell phones thant any of the other companies. Trust and believe, YOU DO NOT WANNA BE AT A VERIZON STORE ON SATURDAY. shit is mind numbing and relisze how stupid people are. Both places have pros and cons, and the road to advancement is pretty easy and short. Main reason i quit is cause they wanted me to be a manager. And shop the store sin you area. find out their volume. Nothing sucks worse than ending up a slow store.

[Airthrow]

But the million dollar question, what is the money like?

[NOBITA KUN]

RONIN is in this line of work

[RockBogart]

But the million dollar question, what is the money like?


Its mostly commision so the money CAN be good. It was my first commision job, so prob made about 26,000. In VA thats good. so the scale would vary depending on where you live.

[Alex]

meh. i would think if it was that good he wouldnt have to flag random people down to fill the job.

[Night]

There is no real loyalty at jobs in retail, jobs at the mall and such. Everyone knows these kinds of jobs are temporary unless you're high on the corporate ladder. Cut ties for the bigger paycheck whenever you feel like it when it comes to these kinds of jobs. Everyone will understand and you'll pretty much be replaced promptly.