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Jan 25, 2023
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Atama
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Summer sales question. My son is getting recruited by multiple companies.
Here are a couple he’s narrowed it down to. Fox and Grit. Anybody know anything about these? I’m sure they all have horror stories. Thoughts? Things he should ask them?
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Summer sales question. My son is getting recruited by multiple companies.
Atama
Jan 25, 9:10pm
Maybe I should post this for the day crowd. Probably ton of dudes have done it.
Atama
Jan 25, 9:13pm
Pesticides or Security?
Garn
Jan 25, 9:15pm
Pesticides
Atama
Jan 25, 9:15pm
Grit is definitely an appropriate name for a summer sales company…
Heath Squashwell
Jan 25, 9:27pm
Where does he live? So many places are hiring he might make more staying home
Bobmarleyjr
Jan 25, 9:32pm
He loves sales. He has had his own D2D sales business since 13. He wants to see
Atama
Jan 25, 9:36pm
That would be like finding a good mlm. If it is a good business they don't have
johnnybyu
Jan 25, 10:26pm
LOL. A lot of my old summer sales buddies sell enterprise software via direct
OKchief
Jan 25, 10:34pm
This is my son’s thinking as well. He thinks sales is everything in all work.
Atama
Jan 25, 10:37pm
I went the finance route and have done well. Most of my old sales buddies
OKchief
Jan 25, 11:05pm
Sales skills are great and I have no doubt good D2D sales people would be
johnnybyu
Jan 25, 10:40pm
I couldn’t disagree more. And everyone I know that sells B2B now would disagree
OKchief
Jan 25, 11:12pm
I'm guessing there's a little bit of both.
Eddie
Jan 26, 9:56am
Mind if I ask what they are offering? Sorry I don’t know about either.
delbert
Jan 25, 9:33pm
I think maybe around 30% of the contract.
Atama
Jan 25, 9:37pm
Make sure he likes door to door sales before he does it. A lot of kids try sales
BlooCoog
Jan 25, 9:36pm
He loves it. Been doing it since he was 13. He could still washout but prob not.
Atama
Jan 25, 9:38pm
Keep enough money available for the flight home. Also, I think some of them
BYUFBDAD
Jan 25, 9:39pm
I can imagine that crap happening. That’s why I’m so interested in helping him
Atama
Jan 25, 9:43pm
it's important too that you lay the groundwork that there's no problem getting
BYUFBDAD
Jan 25, 9:46pm
What’s their nil like?
1984coug
Jan 25, 9:48pm
My son worked for Grit last summer. They were absolutely awful. Truly dishonest
sammycoug
Jan 25, 9:58pm
A couple thoughts
OKchief
Jan 25, 10:14pm
BM sent.
Atama
Jan 25, 10:38pm
My son is with Vantage which has been really good. He did well enough to manage a few teams and over the 4 summers he
WashingtonCoug
Jan 26, 1:41am
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