How many of you came out of school with this mindset? How'd that work out for you?


I'm super dee duper excited about starting my job after graduation and feel myself thinking this more and more. Probably the worst attitude you can have going into a situation where you are expected to do a lot of backseat learning for the first few years.


But seriously, I'm gonna be the youngest employee ever to be at x level. You wait and see

12/12/2010 7:52:47 PM

inbt i used to _______, but then i ______...it was a ClassicMixup

12/12/2010 7:58:08 PM

youngest employee to be shitcanned

12/12/2010 7:59:54 PM

youngest boss. what level "boss" is this?

12/12/2010 8:02:50 PM

I suggest hitting on Deborah.

12/12/2010 8:03:51 PM

manager, director, partner, CEO didn't fit in the thread title

12/12/2010 8:04:14 PM

i shit on deborah's desk

12/12/2010 8:04:29 PM

must have bought in on a zingo franchise

12/12/2010 8:05:38 PM

uh huh

that's an average day for you then?

12/12/2010 8:06:21 PM

I would bottle up your attitude now and save it for 6 months in to the job when everyone you work with is shitting on you. Keep us posted!! And congratulations! Good luck!

12/12/2010 8:12:33 PM

^^yeah pretty much.

Honestly, the only two days where I had a bah humbug attitude that I can remember since starting college are the day my grandpa passed away and the day I spent 4 hours looking for a key taped to the bottom of a fake plant in a furniture store.

Ain't nothing bring me down. Shit on me and I'll piss sunshine.



[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 8:21 PM. Reason : ibt well when you are working it's different than working part-time or internships]

12/12/2010 8:20:37 PM

People thought you were the type of guy who could get depressed.

It was a ClassicMixup

12/12/2010 8:29:31 PM

^lol

12/12/2010 8:37:33 PM

You might want to pm GeniuSxBoY, I heard he was hiring a manager at his pizza joint (need to speak spanish though).

[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 8:48 PM. Reason : w]

12/12/2010 8:48:26 PM

^WUT? I thought this was America?!

12/12/2010 8:54:57 PM

12/12/2010 8:55:45 PM

^exactly without the crash & burn or WUPHF.com

12/12/2010 8:59:28 PM

^^ WIN

12/12/2010 9:00:07 PM

I realize this thread is about becoming the youngest boss in company history....which I have not. Hear me out, maybe I can offer some insight.

I am in outside sales, which is currently salary+commission, but will move into straight commission starting at the beginning of July 2010. I have been in this position since July 2009. I have competition from several direct manufacturing sales reps, large distributors, and local distributors. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each:

Direct Advantages: Immediate knowledge of new technology, no middle man mark up, one shipping bill (paid by manufacturer or buyer of goods), access to larger range of non-commodity items, control inventory, have access to many distributors that can effectively sell their goods which increases market share, and set prices of commodity they manufacture.

Direct disadvantages: Typically have 1-3 sales reps per region (i.e. southeast, mid-atlantic, northeast, etc.) limiting the number of accounts they can successfully manage/cold-call, lack physical customer service or physical technical service available to or affordable for smaller users or altogether, are sometimes not trustworthy because they will go in behind their distributors that sell their commodity to one account in large quantities (i.e. they missed a big account, and have found out about it through a distributor selling their particular product) which leads to the distributor not selling their product anymore, have too many distributors selling the product ultimately driving the set price down through deviations, possibly rely on distributors to actually sell the product, and competition from other direct sources.

Large distributor advantages: have access to other commodities that go hand in hand with other manufacturers (poor example- grocery stores sell milk as well as cereal), get direct pricing, many locations regionally or nationally easing the shipping burden of buyers with multiple locations, personal service either customer or technical, many sales reps that are able to cover a broader territory, access to multiple manufacturers of the same commodity allowing to keep prices in check, service programs that smaller companies can't offer and direct providers can't match in price or value, and experts of many many commodities as opposed to one or a few.

Large distributor disadvantages: smaller local distributors creating price wars (think Michael Scott Paper Co vs Dunder-Mifflin), direct mfg's going in behind and stealing business, limited access to all of the mfg's (you won't find Harris Teeter name brands in Food Lion and visa versa), can't truly set prices because it's based on both supply and demand, territory management, and tough growth prospects in slower economies (this is true for direct as well really)

Local distributor advantages: Typically a good ol' boy setting where the seller and the buyer know each other for years (this does happen at all levels, but mostly at the local level), local folks are right down the street and can be used in emergencies, if the local guy buys at high enough volumes then there is no shipping charge to the end user, and access to both direct mfg's and large distributors.

Local distributor disadvantages: easily beaten in price, array of commodities, array of technology, lack of trained staff, low cash flow, etc etc etc.

This is what I have noticed in my six months, I am sure there are plenty more that need mentioning. The way I am setting myself apart as a sales person is this: I go after the big accounts right now while I am new. The big accounts, if I land them, will take care of me while I am new and building a customer base. The money made off of those allows me to focus free time on smaller accounts that get me higher margins. I build up big accounts, I would like to have 5-10 of these, then get 20-30 medium accounts. If I lose 1 or 2 big accounts, the 20-30 medium accounts keep me afloat while I go after new big accounts. I don't really waste time on small accounts simply because they basically pay for breakfast or something really small.

I will say this, if you can't get a big account in the first 6-8 months (assuming you have cash flow that you can ride this long) you could be in a world of trouble. If you can get one, it will really make going after the others a lot more enjoyable and less stressful. It's simply just very exhausting wasting any time on anything other than big accounts in the very beginning. You work just as hard on the medium sized accounts and see 1/3 to 1/36 of the money in my situation.

If you have any other questions, you can PM me. I hope this helps in the slightest!

12/12/2010 9:06:22 PM

Sounds like the company made a ClassicMixup

12/12/2010 9:29:26 PM

^ ^ words

12/12/2010 10:21:29 PM

Yeah djeternal usually gives a lot of genuine insight. You'll get used to it if you stick around more often

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12/12/2010 10:31:58 PM

hahaha

12/12/2010 10:37:45 PM