Originally Posted by will76

making more then 85% of the average person would put you at about 100K a year range. If you make what you say you make you would make more then 99% of the average person.

To address your questions, I believe what matters the most is the attitude of the people they work for. If they work for the asshole type who is never appreciative, always asking for more, belittles them, makes them feel like shit, etc... i doubt they will be productive or last long at that job long. If given the oppertunity to work for a really nice guy but make a little less or work for asshole and make a little more, i think 9 out of 10 people will work for nice guy and make a little less. If you are a good guy to work for and you pay them well you can't go wrong. I also never use the phrase " you work for me" to them, i refer to it as " you work with me". It's all about the right attitude. Give them a little more upfront, give them a chance to excel and treat them right and you will get 10x more productivity out of them and a loyal worker for life, well at least most of them, you still have to weed through the dead beats.


Second part. The not being taken seriously think bothered me when i first started makig money. After that i liked it. When someone is quick to judge me, like in your situation with the watch i would have bought it, asked for a manager and given the commission to one of the other sales agents or not purchased it. I prefer being low key, i like it when they dont see me coming. I want to know who you really are, if they knew you were a high roller walking in you would never know if they were sincere or not. I also prefer not to have people asking me to borrow money all the time, appearance is everything, sometimes it is good to appear to be poor.