Career advice

[nostradamus]

Really? If your rent is $1500/mo, you've only got $1K/month left. That's $33 a day for food, gas, tires, doctor's visits, surfobard wax, etc… You're frugal, dude! Hopefully your girlfriend or wife is too or she'll be complaining haha…

That sounds about right. I’ll take it one step further and call myself a CHEAP BASTARD. Truly some of the best things in life are free.

I had one other thought: you may want to research salary statistics for the management position and negotiate with that. Better yet, go to some interviews at other companies to see if you get better offers, then come back to the one you’re at and see if they’ll play ball. Don’t be emotional or let them play on your loyalty. That’s all BS and if the bottom line was improved by laying you off, any company will do it in a heartbeat. The job of your manager is to get you to do the most work possible for the least pay. Keep that in mind.

[Navydoc]

CogSciGuy:

A lot goes into the thought process in leaving a sales job for management. The most important in my mind is how much do you enjoy being a salesman? Before I went into medicine I was a furniture salesman, and the top salespeople always made more than the management. That was certainly true for me in the first year or so when I really enjoyed it. After I started to burn out I saw my income decrease to about half of what it was before. Nothing to do with the economy, my heart simply wasn’t in it anymore. Had I considered a move into management at that time, who knows, I might still be in that business.

If you find yourself tired of what you’re doing the move might make sense. If you’re a consistent producer that can see yourself doing the same thing for years, it may not. Whatever you do, rest assured that your sales skills will help you tremendously in whatever you decide to do.

[Navydoc]

CogSciGuy:

A lot goes into the thought process in leaving a sales job for management. The most important in my mind is how much do you enjoy being a salesman? Before I went into medicine I was a furniture salesman, and the top salespeople always made more than the management. That was certainly true for me in the first year or so when I really enjoyed it. After I started to burn out I saw my income decrease to about half of what it was before. Nothing to do with the economy, my heart simply wasn’t in it anymore. Had I considered a move into management at that time, who knows, I might still be in that business.

If you find yourself tired of what you’re doing the move might make sense. If you’re a consistent producer that can see yourself doing the same thing for years, it may not. Whatever you do, rest assured that your sales skills will help you tremendously in whatever you decide to do.

[Navydoc]

CogSciGuy:

A lot goes into the thought process in leaving a sales job for management. The most important in my mind is how much do you enjoy being a salesman? Before I went into medicine I was a furniture salesman, and the top salespeople always made more than the management. That was certainly true for me in the first year or so when I really enjoyed it. After I started to burn out I saw my income decrease to about half of what it was before. Nothing to do with the economy, my heart simply wasn’t in it anymore. Had I considered a move into management at that time, who knows, I might still be in that business.

If you find yourself tired of what you’re doing the move might make sense. If you’re a consistent producer that can see yourself doing the same thing for years, it may not. Whatever you do, rest assured that your sales skills will help you tremendously in whatever you decide to do.

[Navydoc]

CogSciGuy:

A lot goes into the thought process in leaving a sales job for management. The most important in my mind is how much do you enjoy being a salesman? Before I went into medicine I was a furniture salesman, and the top salespeople always made more than the management. That was certainly true for me in the first year or so when I really enjoyed it. After I started to burn out I saw my income decrease to about half of what it was before. Nothing to do with the economy, my heart simply wasn’t in it anymore. Had I considered a move into management at that time, who knows, I might still be in that business.

If you find yourself tired of what you’re doing the move might make sense. If you’re a consistent producer that can see yourself doing the same thing for years, it may not. Whatever you do, rest assured that your sales skills will help you tremendously in whatever you decide to do.

[Navydoc]

CogSciGuy:

A lot goes into the thought process in leaving a sales job for management. The most important in my mind is how much do you enjoy being a salesman? Before I went into medicine I was a furniture salesman, and the top salespeople always made more than the management. That was certainly true for me in the first year or so when I really enjoyed it. After I started to burn out I saw my income decrease to about half of what it was before. Nothing to do with the economy, my heart simply wasn’t in it anymore. Had I considered a move into management at that time, who knows, I might still be in that business.

If you find yourself tired of what you’re doing the move might make sense. If you’re a consistent producer that can see yourself doing the same thing for years, it may not. Whatever you do, rest assured that your sales skills will help you tremendously in whatever you decide to do.

[bubble_contagion]

Making the jump from individual contributor to manager can be difficult. Other promotions can be based on seniority, experience, education, etc. Who gets selected to be a manager is much more subjective so keep this in mind.

[bubble_contagion]

Making the jump from individual contributor to manager can be difficult. Other promotions can be based on seniority, experience, education, etc. Who gets selected to be a manager is much more subjective so keep this in mind.

[bubble_contagion]

Making the jump from individual contributor to manager can be difficult. Other promotions can be based on seniority, experience, education, etc. Who gets selected to be a manager is much more subjective so keep this in mind.

[bubble_contagion]

Making the jump from individual contributor to manager can be difficult. Other promotions can be based on seniority, experience, education, etc. Who gets selected to be a manager is much more subjective so keep this in mind.

[bubble_contagion]

Making the jump from individual contributor to manager can be difficult. Other promotions can be based on seniority, experience, education, etc. Who gets selected to be a manager is much more subjective so keep this in mind.

[mixxalot]

Never take a paycut

Thats my philosophy. I would stay put it sounds like you are making a nice income.

[mixxalot]

Never take a paycut

Thats my philosophy. I would stay put it sounds like you are making a nice income.

[mixxalot]

Never take a paycut

Thats my philosophy. I would stay put it sounds like you are making a nice income.

[mixxalot]

Never take a paycut

Thats my philosophy. I would stay put it sounds like you are making a nice income.

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