Working For a phone company.

[WillieSacks]

Anyone have any experience, I just got hired by Verizon Wireless 20 minutes ago, I'm so F***ing excited.

Alltel 10.50+ commission = 37-40k per year
Verizon Vireless 9.95+ commission= 35-65 k per year or more (35 k if you just do the bare minimum)
T-Mobile 9-10 hr + commission = 40-55 k per year
Cingular 11.50+ commission = 35-50 k per year

Hourly varies depending on job experience, location...etc

You don't need a college degree for any of these jobs but since you have an engineering degree, you should apply for verizon, they are always looking for people with degrees and ambitionand it's easy to move up in the field.

I've applied for Verizon, and am waiting for a 3rd interview, T-Mobile is giving me my first interview this week, I already talked to the manager at cingular and he told me their hiring and to fill an app and give him a call, I hedging a little away from cingular though b/c I heard the employees aren't treated the best there.

T-mobile is the easiest to sell in my opinion by the way, Verizon has the least dropped calls of any network but their plans are a little pricey but people will buy since they have the second largest network and cingular has the worst service but the largest network, thanks to advertising.

 

[Panda 2000]

Excellent, congrats man!
What exactly will you be doing though?

 

[Skel]

Alltel 10.50+ commission = 37-40k per year
Verizon Vireless 9.95+ commission= 35-65 k per year or more (35 k if you just do the bare minimum)
T-Mobile 9-10 hr + commission = 40-55 k per year
Cingular 11.50+ commission = 35-50 k per year

Congrats on the job but that that must be one hell of a commission. I dont believe it.

 

[WillieSacks]

Ishoulda edited my first post, I guess the 3rd interview was to tell me that I got offered a job position, I've been trying for a month to work for one of these companies. Anyway I'm going to be a retail sales representative. Don't get it confused with the folks at mall hounding you while you're shopping asking if you wanna buy a phone. Not the same thing, those are indirect retailers. I'm actually gonna be working in a corporate store where the customer comes to you and you sell them a plan. phone, accessories...etc

People have been telling me how much I can make working for them plus my boy who works for alltel showed me his checks and he made over 40k last year. Verizon has 4 times the customers alltel has and have the highest commission structure.

Anyway me being hired is pending a drug test and background check, I haven't gotten high in almost a year and I have a good background so I should be good.

I'm just so excited that I can make at least 40-60k with no college degree (I'm still in school though). I can finally fix my credit and hopefully buy my ass a new car instead of bumming off my girlfriend.

 

[WillieSacks]

Congrats on the job but that that must be one hell of a commission. I dont believe it.

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1001349

Believe it.

Trust me, I did all kinds of research, my manager even went over the pay scale during the interview. My base pay is just under 21k, mycommission goal is 15k, (so that's 36k) that's if I just slack off and do enough to get by (aka lazy rep), I can make 40k-60k if I'm a good sales rep. I sold cell phone service before at a call center and made good money as a part time rep but it was at a call center so my commission was on average about an extra 5 to 6 hundred dollars per month with my best month making $1300, at a store it will be a lot more.

Plus my friend from high school (known him for 8 years) with no college degree and 3 kids made 40k (he showed me his pay stubs) at alltel. He wouldn't steer me in the wrong direction and said the money is easy and on his worse month he made $1000. AND for your first 3 months they give you an automatic commission just in case you're a slow learner. At alltel it was $400 for your first 2 months.