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It’s not inherently immoral to be in sales. If you actually do believe that solar panels are a good investment for a house and believe the company you’re workin

It’s not inherently immoral to be in sales. If you actually do believe that solar panels are a good investment for a house and believe the company you’re working for does good work, working to inform other people of this would be from your view a moral positive. In practice of course it is easy to end up lying to increase your paycheck, or fooling yourself into believing your company is good because your paycheck relies on it. But if someone chooses a good company and doesn’t lie to potential clients, I think that’s fine.

dghughes 4y ago
At an old job we had to go to a "retreat" of a sort where the sales guys and technicians all schmoozed. The company had made sales do tech work and techs do sales work neither side liked that. Sales guys just ignored it and called techs on a Friday afternoon to take the tech call they didn't have time for (yeah right). Techs worked days and were also on call sales didn't have to be on call. At the meeting sales guys were slick with fancy suits, greased back hair (yes in 2008?) and had company cars. Techs were in golf shirt and jeans company trucks full of parts. We all had to take a test you were scored on your responses and given a colour. All the sales based on their responses were put in one colour group yellow I think and all the techs in green. Like oil and water.
Viliam1234 4y ago
> It’s not inherently immoral to be in sales. Technically correct, but if you avoid doing the immoral things, you will probably notice that your more experienced colleagues make much more money than you. And if you refuse to improve your performance, you will probably get fired.
- notahacker 4y ago
  Depends a huge amount on where you work. You're not getting enterprise deals through cheesy pressure sales tactics, and you're not renewing enterprise deals by saying yes to everything. You're also unlikely to be earning less doing that than telling people they get a discount if they sign the contract before checking out any other window companies and sign up to the great value financing plan...

dghughes 4y ago

At an old job we had to go to a "retreat" of a sort where the sales guys and technicians all schmoozed. The company had made sales do tech work and techs do sales work neither side liked that. Sales guys just ignored it and called techs on a Friday afternoon to take the tech call they didn't have time for (yeah right). Techs worked days and were also on call sales didn't have to be on call. At the meeting sales guys were slick with fancy suits, greased back hair (yes in 2008?) and had company cars. Techs were in golf shirt and jeans company trucks full of parts. We all had to take a test you were scored on your responses and given a colour. All the sales based on their responses were put in one colour group yellow I think and all the techs in green. Like oil and water.

Viliam1234 4y ago

> It’s not inherently immoral to be in sales. Technically correct, but if you avoid doing the immoral things, you will probably notice that your more experienced colleagues make much more money than you. And if you refuse to improve your performance, you will probably get fired.

notahacker 4y ago
Depends a huge amount on where you work. You're not getting enterprise deals through cheesy pressure sales tactics, and you're not renewing enterprise deals by saying yes to everything. You're also unlikely to be earning less doing that than telling people they get a discount if they sign the contract before checking out any other window companies and sign up to the great value financing plan...