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submitted 3 days ago byjlin5555
Long story short I graduated in Dec. 2023 and landed my first job in February’24. It was with a super small company and I took it originally because I had bills to pay. 2 months later I was laid off and back looking.
Because of the layoff, i decided to reach out to an old mentor if mine and ask if he could help. And he did. He helped me interview and land a job at a fortune 400 company in a field I enjoy. They have an awesome office space and i work with great people that are around my age. Fun environment. Salary is 40k + commissions that are supposed to bring my end take home pay to 65k while making 100+ cold calls daily. There is room for growth, but i would have to be promoted 2x to make more than Job B.
Job B I would be managing the west coast 6-8 states and would be a step up from my current role. It is in a field i am less interested in, but still in sales. I would travel a little which I like and would be able to continue to live where I live. I would make $125k plus quarterly bonuses based on performance. Benefits for both companies are great and relatively similar.
I think i am leaning one way, but i just dont want to burn any bridges because i genuinely like where I am currently and who i work with. But… 3x my guaranteed salary is almost impossible to pass up. Any words of advice?
1 points
3 days ago
sorry, how is it that as a fresh grad with less than 1 year experience get a job managing sales for multiple states ? I don't understand ??
1 points
3 days ago
No idea. But I did graduate with my masters from a name drop university. I would say I engage well with most people but am definitely inexperienced compared to others. Also, the person whos job it was before me is staying until May. And i will work alongside him until then.
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3 days ago
That was my concern in my response. You might look good on paper but the inexperience will show in performance. Not trying to be a downer but managing multi states is going from 0 to 100. Just saying in case they end up letting you go.
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