I have been offered a new sales job. It is a commission only job which I have no problem with. Unfortunately, they have the car salesman attitude of urgency, must buy today and extensive negotiation dropping the price up to 25%. I have been on commission for many years but have always had a successful career using a no negotiation cost avoiding the uncomfortable high pressure sales negotiation and buy today urgency process that consumers hate. Being a highly ethical and morale salesperson, I do not think I can do it. Or am I overthinking this?
New job offer, don't think I can do it
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You're not overthinking it the majority of people don't like high pressure sales, you may make the initial sale but you won't get any repeat business. You may also want to think of the economy if you're selling something that is not essential it might be an issue in the future.
While a sales commission job can be very lucrative, its a job that comes with a certain level of uncomfortableness. My advice would be to stay where you are if you're at least satisfied with your current position.
You have to have a certain kind of personality to do high-pressure, "Squeeze as much as you can out of the buyer" sales.
It's also important to believe in the product that you're selling, if you have high ethics and morals.
Imho stay where you are, or at least in the same type of sales.
The great thing about sales skills is that they are important in just about every business, so your job options are rarely a problem if the current one doesn't work out.
