Comments on: Incompetent Salespeople Aughh!

By: cc

cc — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:54:24 +0000

Love it! I totally hear you on this one. And the best part is, I used to be ON the sales team (as a sales assistant).

Definitely feel how you had to refrain from posting a full on rant =)

By: admins

admins — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:19:31 +0000

Stacia & Stitchd – Excellent points all around and obviously you can see where we are coming from. It was actually hard to write this post without giving a full on rant and a lot of cursing ;-)
Kissmek & Eyeliah – So true, it amazing us how common this behavior is all around.
Abigail – It is rewarded with hard work, and can be extremely lucrative. The problem is, it can also be moderately lucrative with hardly any work and there are many lazy people out there.

By: StitchdGirl

StitchdGirl — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:57:01 +0000

This post is great. In my experience (I am a designer), salespeople definitely are a whole different “breed”. When something doesn’t sell, it’s always the Design Department’s fault (never because they didn’t try hard enough!). They also stay at the nicest hotels during market, get to turn in all sorts of crazy receipts for reimbursement, and even get their bus/train tickets to and from work paid for (I don’t!). Salespeople also always get the biggest bonuses at the end of the year.

The sun rises and sets on salespeople.

I always think to myself, “well, if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have anything to sell!!!”
LOL, sorry for the rant, but this one really hit home with me :D

By: Abigail

Abigail — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:21:27 +0000

I found this post really interesting… I am a longtime journalist and PR person who would love to find a way into the fashion world but am not an artist or designer at all (I can’t draw; I”m good with words, and people), and I wonder whether this is the type of job I may be good at. But then I wonder, is this type of sales position usually NOT rewarded with hard work? Why are so many of the salespeople seemingly dis-incentivized to work hard?

By: Eyeliah

Eyeliah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:51:14 +0000

I have witnessed this type of thing first hand, it is not just in the fashion industry sad to say.

By: Kissmek

Kissmek — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:38:13 +0000

Sad but true. Its always surprising when people don’t even try to do their jobs. Especially in this job market nobody can afford to be lazy.

By: Stacia

Stacia — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:38:25 +0000

Freakin love this! Brilliant ladies!

Finally somebody put it out there. I have had shitty, lazy, sales people at THREE different companies! And NOBODY ever calls them on their bullshit until the commission stops and the pink slip comes. WTF!