Here's the deal: as many of you know, I was recently laid off due to Circuit City closing down many of it's stores (just prior to it closing down ALL of it's stores). I went about a month without a job and just living off of what I had saved up during the liquidation process.
About a week ago I got a call from a company that does marketing. That was basically all I knew about them. I went in for an interview on Tuesday, had a second interview and got the job on Wednesday. Basically what I'll be doing is acting as a sales rep for DirecTV at a Fry's Electronics. It's right up my alley and similar to what I did at Circuit City for nearly 4 years.
Except for one thing. It's strictly commission based. If I don't signed anyone up on a given day, I don't get paid. Granted, I only need to sign up two people a day to meet goals...but the fact remains that if I get no sales, I get no money. On the other hand, however if I am able to get a lot of sales I have nearly unlimited potential for earning...which something not possible with an hourly job.
Now if this was my only option, it'd be easy. However, I just got an email from another electronics retailer who would like to talk to me about a job. I haven't talked to anyone yet, but there is a location of this company literally walking distance from home, (whereas the marketing job is at least 20 miles away with the home office being about 50 miles away, over a toll bridge) and it would be an hourly position meaning...a steady reliable paycheck (assuming I have steady reliable hours, of course).
So I have a dilemma. Do I stick with the commission job that might make me a lot of money but could also lead to stress, and a lot of driving. Or...pursue the hourly job close to home that might not make me as much but would at least be somewhat reliable?
I seek the wisdom of the Misc forum, and thank it for its time.
About a week ago I got a call from a company that does marketing. That was basically all I knew about them. I went in for an interview on Tuesday, had a second interview and got the job on Wednesday. Basically what I'll be doing is acting as a sales rep for DirecTV at a Fry's Electronics. It's right up my alley and similar to what I did at Circuit City for nearly 4 years.
Except for one thing. It's strictly commission based. If I don't signed anyone up on a given day, I don't get paid. Granted, I only need to sign up two people a day to meet goals...but the fact remains that if I get no sales, I get no money. On the other hand, however if I am able to get a lot of sales I have nearly unlimited potential for earning...which something not possible with an hourly job.
Now if this was my only option, it'd be easy. However, I just got an email from another electronics retailer who would like to talk to me about a job. I haven't talked to anyone yet, but there is a location of this company literally walking distance from home, (whereas the marketing job is at least 20 miles away with the home office being about 50 miles away, over a toll bridge) and it would be an hourly position meaning...a steady reliable paycheck (assuming I have steady reliable hours, of course).
So I have a dilemma. Do I stick with the commission job that might make me a lot of money but could also lead to stress, and a lot of driving. Or...pursue the hourly job close to home that might not make me as much but would at least be somewhat reliable?
I seek the wisdom of the Misc forum, and thank it for its time.
