So I got a new job.

[Blastoderm]

I now work for Phones4U. I went to a recruitment day, a presentation was given, had a group exercise, me and possibly 50% of the people there were successful. I'll be starting early September.

Given that I've been job-hunting since my 19th birthday (16th Feb.), I'm quite pleased that I've got one. Oh and I'll be getting around £28k per annum which includes bonuses, commission, etc. I should be financially sorted.

Does this makes me a mobile phone advisor here?

[Stew]

I wouldnt count on getting commission money until you actually get it.
Plus Phones4U staff are usually the most annoying people in the world - there's millions per shop!

Well done though.

[Superpig #1]

"Could I help you sir?"
"No thanks im just looking"
*2 mins later*
"Could I help you sir?"
"No really Im not ready to buy today, im just looking"
*3 mins later*
"I am the manager, how can i help you?"

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Superpig #1

"Could I help you sir?"
"No thanks im just looking"
*2 mins later*
"Could I help you sir?"
"No really Im not ready to buy today, im just looking"
*3 mins later*
"I am the manager, how can i help you?"

LOL!

[JamMak]

Originally Posted by Inferno

LOL!

Tru.

[Sunday8pm]

How much is your salary without bonuses or commision and is there a sales target that you must meet?

Places that have sales targets placed upon employees can be the most soul destroying work and do nothing positive for your life or your longterm career plan for the duration of your employment. I know of a couple of people who had resorted to using drugs to find the motivation and remove all inhibitions just so they could make sales without feeling all the negatories about how soulless it was. (most places that have a bonus and commission wage structure tend to employ a sales target plan)

[Rids]

You work for Phones4u?

Let me be the first to say, HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA HA HA. Sorry, had to get that out. I'll warn you now, being in the phone business I know a lot of the guys who work there / used to work there. The company, infact the Caudwell group as a whole are a bunch of ****s.

Erm, the old Phones4u guys used to take home about £40k when you counted commission, at least in central london they did. They dont come anywhere near close now that commision has been chopped to a whopping £1 a handset! I seriously doubt you'll be hitting £28k m8, and if you do its because you'll be working 6 days a week, all day, staying till your target is done. I work next to a Phones4u, and that is what the poor ****ers do, all the time.

Anyway, congratulations on getting the job, sorry to put such a downer on it there, but thats my experience dealing with them. What shop will you be working at? If its an Oxford Street branch you can pop up and buy me a beer.

[Blastoderm]

Well I think they do have a sales target plan. Without the commission and bonuses, they say I'll be getting around £14k. I'll be working for 4 days though that could increase depending on what happens in uni. I've previously worked for some computer shop that had a sales target plan and I did quite well in that department.

Rids, they haven't defined a store for me to work in but it'll be either central London (Oxford St. most likely) or the City. From what I've heard, Phones4U are a hell lot better than Carphonewarehouse in terms of wages. And no, you haven't put a downer on it and I'm not convinced about buying you a beer. :-/ Unless you give me the spare Gamestars ticket..


Edit: the £28k was just speculative..... sort of the maximum.

[Kurashima]

Originally Posted by Blastoderm

Well I think they do have a sales target plan. Without the commission and bonuses, they say I'll be getting around £14k. I'll be working for 4 days though that could increase depending on what happens in uni. I've previously worked for some computer shop that had a sales target plan and I did quite well in that department.

Rids, they haven't defined a store for me to work in but it'll be either central London (Oxford St. most likely) or the City. From what I've heard, Phones4U are a hell lot better than Carphonewarehouse in terms of wages. And no, you haven't put a downer on it and I'm not convinced about buying you a beer. :-/ Unless you give me the spare Gamestars ticket..


Edit: the £28k was just speculative..... sort of the maximum.

Just for the record, i work 9-5 , and never have to work overtime, get 29 days holiday a year, dont have any sales targets , pay 10% combined tax & NI, and ill take in about £20k a year by telling people "I dont believe you, youre a lying fraudster bastard, and im closing your account. Have a Nice Day".

I dont even have to give you a reason.

[NEWSBOT3]

Originally Posted by Kurashima

Just for the record, i work 9-5 , and never have to work overtime, get 29 days holiday a year, dont have any sales targets , pay 10% combined tax & NI, and ill take in about £20k a year by telling people "I dont believe you, youre a lying fraudster bastard, and im closing your account. Have a Nice Day".

I dont even have to give you a reason.

hang on, you can get PAID for that shit ? i used to do that as a pa admin for free....

[Kurashima]

Originally Posted by NEWSBOT3

hang on, you can get PAID for that shit ? i used to do that as a pa admin for free....

Yeh

Aint it ****ing great!

[NEWSBOT3]

****ing hell!

that's so my next career move! :P

[Leshy]

Where will you leave Kurashima's body, though?

[Kurashima]

Originally Posted by Leshy

Where will you leave Kurashima's body, though?

Oh theres a vacancy here anyway, he just has to apply and prove he can

• Be a complete bastard
• Tie his laces
• Understand customers who speak horrific English.

If he can do that, hes on a winner!

[Rids]

Surely, you dont particularly need point 3 as long as you have excess point 1?

[Kurashima]

Originally Posted by Rids

Surely, you dont particularly need point 3 as long as you have excess point 1?

It looks better on your CV. Remember, youre competing with morons who get preferrential treatment in your application (have a look at Manx Employment law to see what i mean).

[Rids]

Although, working in London, I think I have enough experience with pricks who speak no english to last a lifetime

[Kurashima]

Originally Posted by Rids

Although, working in London, I think I have enough experience with pricks who speak no english to last a lifetime

And thats just your managers.

[Rids]

Funnily enough, this could well be true. Out of 25 managers in London, I think about 8 are English.

[NEWSBOT3]

Originally Posted by Kurashima

Oh theres a vacancy here anyway, he just has to apply and prove he can

• Be a complete bastard
• Tie his laces
• Understand customers who speak horrific English.

If he can do that, hes on a winner!

check
check
check.

\o/

[skiddy]

This was a shit post. It was deleted because it was written by someone with no comedic ability whatsoever, who was boring the shit out of the community. This message will be repeated whenever this individual posts something shit from now on.

[Dace]

Can i get a job there Steve?

And if so would i get 20k too?

And could i stay with you?

[Leshy]

Get in line, Dace

[Ste]

The local Phones4U area manager tried to headhunt me when I was working at T-mobile.
At one point I knew about 5 managers around the area (2 in Nottingham, Skegness, Mansfield and Sheffield). The company started and had absolutely amazing commision rates, as it was a new company they needed to attract staff. Basically you got targets and when you reached each target your commission doubled. Or something like that. It got abused, very abused by the top salespeople. So they changed it. And all the good sellers left.
Now they have very average comission rates, I was on better at T-mobile. CW also have pretty decent commission rates it seems.
But hey, it's a job. And 14k is about what I was on. And I was loving it - going from student life to getting around a grand a month is ace!

[Kurashima]

Originally Posted by Dace

Can i get a job there Steve?

And if so would i get 20k too?

And could i stay with you?

Yes

Yes

No , not if you paid rent that ran into millions of pounds every week.

[Blastoderm]

Originally Posted by Ste

But hey, it's a job. And 14k is about what I was on. And I was loving it - going from student life to getting around a grand a month is ace!

Well I'm about to love it myself. I was hoping someone here would say that.