What to expect working as a Sales Consultant in a corp. store

[The Champ]

First off, hooray for you and college...
Second, it may not be the case I stated for everyone. It isnt for me. But our sm, who was once a rep, didnt want to be promoted to sm or even asm because it would be around a 15k price drop a year as far as salary goes. Now, as far as comp goes, no duh its dropping. And yes, god knows it was great last year. the fact of the matter is this job is not my career. its just a mc-job until I decide where to go with my own life. But as for the folks that are at your precious college right now, chances are they dont own there own car, motorcycle, and house that they bought without mommy and daddy. So being a rep is fine for me.

...and most college graduates in the future will have a bigger house and nicer car, and more than once.

Depends on the college though too...

[MrAlifEkin]

...and most college graduates in the future will have a bigger house and nicer car, and more than once.

........Amen

[MrAlifEkin]

First off, hooray for you and college... But as for the folks that are at your precious college right now, chances are they dont own there own car, motorcycle, and house that they bought without mommy and daddy. So being a rep is fine for me.

I also just wanted to point out that most of the people I went to school with have a family of their own. They WERE the moms and dads who bought their own house, motorcycles, cars, insurance, property taxes... So, let's not be so quick to judge now...

[IronCross]

I also just wanted to point out that most of the people I went to school with have a family of their own. They WERE the moms and dads who bought their own house, motorcycles, cars, insurance, property taxes... So, let's not be so quick to judge now...

Not to mention those of us who are going to a University WHILE working for AT&T, AND paying for everything OURSELVES.

[waterhurley]

Not to mention those of us who are going to a University WHILE working for AT&T, AND paying for everything OURSELVES.

me! me! haha i know how that goes

[cingularmike55]

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First off, hooray for you and college...
Second, it may not be the case I stated for everyone. It isnt for me. But our sm, who was once a rep, didnt want to be promoted to sm or even asm because it would be around a 15k price drop a year as far as salary goes. Now, as far as comp goes, no duh its dropping. And yes, god knows it was great last year. the fact of the matter is this job is not my career. its just a mc-job until I decide where to go with my own life. But as for the folks that are at your precious college right now, chances are they dont own there own car, motorcycle, and house that they bought without mommy and daddy. So being a rep is fine for me.

My bad. I misread what you were saying. I thought you were talking about cellphone reps making more than other careers outside of the cellphone world.

If you mean to say that you'll make more as a sales consultant than you would as a store manager or ASM then, yes you are correct. When I worked there I made more than my ASM did, and I got a free blackberry for being the data SME

Amen to that.

[cingularmike55]

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First off, hooray for you and college...
Second, it may not be the case I stated for everyone. It isnt for me. But our sm, who was once a rep, didnt want to be promoted to sm or even asm because it would be around a 15k price drop a year as far as salary goes. Now, as far as comp goes, no duh its dropping. And yes, god knows it was great last year. the fact of the matter is this job is not my career. its just a mc-job until I decide where to go with my own life. But as for the folks that are at your precious college right now, chances are they dont own there own car, motorcycle, and house that they bought without mommy and daddy. So being a rep is fine for me.

My bad. I misread what you were saying. I thought you were talking about cellphone reps making more than other careers outside of the cellphone world.

If you mean to say that you'll make more as a sales consultant than you would as a store manager or ASM then, yes you are correct. When I worked there I made more than my ASM did, and I got a free blackberry for being the data SME

Amen to that.

[cingularmike55]

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First off, hooray for you and college...
Second, it may not be the case I stated for everyone. It isnt for me. But our sm, who was once a rep, didnt want to be promoted to sm or even asm because it would be around a 15k price drop a year as far as salary goes. Now, as far as comp goes, no duh its dropping. And yes, god knows it was great last year. the fact of the matter is this job is not my career. its just a mc-job until I decide where to go with my own life. But as for the folks that are at your precious college right now, chances are they dont own there own car, motorcycle, and house that they bought without mommy and daddy. So being a rep is fine for me.

...and most college graduates in the future will have a bigger house and nicer car, and more than once.

Depends on the college though too...

College isn't for everyone though. Take Bill Gates. And just because someone went to college doesn't always mean they'll end up making more than a senior employee. Then again, im in no way advocating not going to college. Education is always necessary.

[cingularmike55]

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First off, hooray for you and college... But as for the folks that are at your precious college right now, chances are they dont own there own car, motorcycle, and house that they bought without mommy and daddy. So being a rep is fine for me.

I also just wanted to point out that most of the people I went to school with have a family of their own. They WERE the moms and dads who bought their own house, motorcycles, cars, insurance, property taxes... So, let's not be so quick to judge now...

Fair enough. Judge not lest ye be judged.

[cingularmike55]

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I also just wanted to point out that most of the people I went to school with have a family of their own. They WERE the moms and dads who bought their own house, motorcycles, cars, insurance, property taxes... So, let's not be so quick to judge now...

Not to mention those of us who are going to a University WHILE working for AT&T, AND paying for everything OURSELVES.

I meant no disrespect for the hard working student-workers of the world. Just the slackers... well.. some of them.

[The Champ]

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College isn't for everyone though. Take Bill Gates. And just because someone went to college doesn't always mean they'll end up making more than a senior employee. Then again, im in no way advocating not going to college. Education is always necessary.

This is a big misconception...people who don't go to college have something else going for them or are focused on something else (the successful people you hear of that is). If they didn't, they would be in college. It's not like they are not able to succeed in the educational system...college was not something that Bill Gates had his heart in, but the guy still went to Harvard for a bit...

They drop out because they had something else bigger going on...people seem to not understand that.

[jdawson1974]

I need some reassurance. Does anyone know how strict AT&T is with their background checks. I did some resume adjusting to the dates that I was at former employers to fill in gaps. Was wondering if anyone else here did the same thing when they were hired. Got my official job offer and am nervous about this part

[LordALLTEL]

I want to thank you all for this thread. I'm finishing up with Alltel this week and moving to Atlanta. AT&T is one of the carriers I'm looking at for employment when we get down there. Are there any folks in the Atlanta area with suggestions for that market?

[iamthatdizzy]

yeah. The cou is for business use and to show customers how to use phones, but its basically free everything on that phone. Except they cap downloads (ringtones, games, etc) at a certain amount. Some people say around $50 a month. There is no real set dollar amount from what Ive seen.

Do they care if you use your COU line as your only line (so business and personal) and when you start can they port a number over for you to use from a different carrier?

I would love to use my Alltel number as my business line since everyone knows it....

[JustJoe]

Do they care if you use your COU line as your only line (so business and personal) and when you start can they port a number over for you to use from a different carrier?

I would love to use my Alltel number as my business line since everyone knows it....

Easy answer... NO. You cannot port a number into a COU nor can you port your COU to another carrier.. You can, however port your number in and out to an ERP line. Those are for personal use and you are eligible for that after 90 days...