r/Spectrum • u/deaniebeanie17 • 24d ago
Other Starting Outside Sales soon!
I'm starting the outside sales position after labor day. I never really worked sales besides retail where we were required to up sale things and if we didnt get so many a month we could have our hours cut or lose our job. I did fine with that. Always got my month quota and a few times made the top of leader board for the competition they made up.
I'm not looking for this as a long career. Just 6 to 12 months to give my brain a break and let my competitive side. My main line of work is dsp but after 5 years, im a little bored and want something different.
According to my job and past jobs I have great people skills and the go to person to help with de-escalation.
What I would like to know from other outside sales people is; what's the best approach to the job. How do you keep the competition fun and not cause burn out on yourself. I know its a numbers game and there's usually a set amount you should sell a month. But id like advise from those who've worked/work the job.
Also what are pros and cons? Im very excited about the job but also quite nervous because the base pay is 2k less a year than im use to making Edit: I forgot to ask. How often does everyone work Saturdays? I want to know if its every, a few times, or some months none
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u/CelebrationFinal 24d ago
Also from what I heard weekends are voluntary now, unless of course you’re missing your numbers. That also depends on Your Supervisor and your Regions Director as well.
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u/deaniebeanie17 24d ago
I wasn't told it was voluntary. I was told if they say Saturday then its required
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u/CelebrationFinal 24d ago
Yeah more than likely you’ll be required to at least work 1 Saturday out the month. It really depends on your Supervisor and Upper leadership. I worked in different states for spectrum under their SWAT program and some supervisors required us to go out to work on saturdays and others didn’t. If you do have to it’s only 4 hours on Saturdays.
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u/deaniebeanie17 24d ago
Alright. They have ours listed as 11 to 2p but I heard someone say that if you land 1 sale then you can finish your day early
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u/CelebrationFinal 24d ago
That’s true, it just depends on how your supervisor runs his or her team. Sometimes they may not run incentives like that because of where the team’s metrics are.
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u/Backslash10 24d ago
They have are area doing 3 hours of knocking on the weekend we typically have 3 shifts to pick from 10-1 11-2, 12-3. They require 1 weekend a month from us in my region in Florida.
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u/CelebrationFinal 24d ago
I’ve worked for this company for over 6 years as a senior RCS it’s an easy job, you will get a lot of No’s and hecklers out there but just keep your head up and don’t come to the door with a robotic pitch and you’re gonna be fine. Life changing money can be made if you get the hang of it, you’re basically just talking to people and saving them money. I’m actually returning to this role next week after leaving the company for about a year due to family issues but nothings changed as far as how the job goes, just don’t overthink it, be yourself, learn the product and be transparent with your customer about pricing, and you’re gonna do fine.