The base salary for sales reps is enough to keep your lights on - in most markets about $65K. The bulk of earnings after 2-3 years should be commissions from new sales and residual commissions from sales in prior months and years. Sales training is less-than-just-OK, so the typical new rep will have to rely on splitting deals with more seasoned reps. Inside sales leads and online inquiries are normally assigned to what can best be described as Friends of the Family. It's a struggle - if you are not a hard-working hunter, you will fail miserably, unless you manage to partner with a more experienced rep with a better closing ratio, or are - or become - a Friend of the Family (related to an exec, old classmate of a Regional Manager, etc.)
The base is awful when compared to direct competition.
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