You guys remind me of that loser kid in college we all made fun of who would get all giddy about getting a smooch on the cheek from an okay looking girl. 100k IS NOT a great income. Answer this, can you achieve all your financial dreams on that? If the answer is no its time to set the standard higher. By the way, if you are older than 30 and still in primary care you are in serious need of a career reassessment.
And no, I am not the 28 year old OP. I am a thirty something DSM that started from the bottom as a rep, at another company at the age of 21. I then worked as a trainer at that company and became a DM. 4 years ago I joined this great company called AZ and started as a DSM. Honestly, I am happy where I am at.
I have a house, a 1.4 MM 401K, shares at AZ (yes you can laugh but it's still shares), and I make in excess of 165K per year, combined base salary and bonus.
We don't make that much compared to how much education we have. All of us have a minimum of a 4 year degree. I'd say at least 10-15% of us have graduate degrees. Do you realize that a union LA City garbage man, yes garbage man, earns a base of 90K per year? And he is probably just a HS graduate and picks up trash. What we do is much more complex and yet we only earn 10k to 30K more. Sad, very very sad.
New Us employment / income numbers are out today:
National income levels have dropped to a decade low.
Good luck, boy. If you think the pay at AZ is so meager, go try to come close in the market. My guess is you'd be very lucky to land a job anywhere at 1/2 of the fake $120,000.00 you write you make here. No car, lousy benefits.
Now call me names and continue living in your fantasy world. Then go ask for a siggie.
AZ has mediocre management practices and processes and uses fear to motivate. $120,000 a year is a good salary in this environment and I challenge you to find a sales job paying much more. They exist but most Business Admin majors working at AZ aren't going to get them. Live beneath your means, max out your 401k, and don't think you can keep up out in California's Bay area and you will do okay.
There are many. Example, the OTE for an oil drilling salesperson is 500k per year. Bases start at 130k. But you will work as a true salesperson which most AZ peeps are not
I agree. It's amazing how so many AZ reps have been conditioned to be thankful for what they have. 100K ain't shit. I am getting my Series 63 and 7 as we speak and will work as an asset manager. With just 100 clients each putting in 1 MM at the firm I am interviewing with, and a 1% Asset management Fee I would get 1 MM per year. How's that for a great income?
I agree. It's amazing how so many AZ reps have been conditioned to be thankful for what they have. 100K ain't shit. I am getting my Series 63 and 7 as we speak and will work as an asset manager. With just 100 clients each putting in 1 MM at the firm I am interviewing with, and a 1% Asset management Fee I would get 1 MM per year. How's that for a great income?
I agree. It's amazing how so many AZ reps have been conditioned to be thankful for what they have. 100K ain't shit. I am getting my Series 63 and 7 as we speak and will work as an asset manager. With just 100 clients each putting in 1 MM at the firm I am interviewing with, and a 1% Asset management Fee I would get 1 MM per year. How's that for a great income?
There are many. Example, the OTE for an oil drilling salesperson is 500k per year. Bases start at 130k. But you will work as a true salesperson which most AZ peeps are not
OK, I took the bait. I also went to Linked In and did a SaaS Sales / Account Manger search.
There seems to be as many or more people (searching for new opportunities) than pharma.
Now that is not good. It's sales, Silly. Sales is for kids.
The bottom line is there are thousands and thousands of jobs that pay way more than AZ. It's just that the old farts here have been conditioned to be thankful for the little income Z should pay us for the amount of education we have! Sad but true. I am about to finish my FNP program and will become a full fledged FNP pretty soon. Will be earning more than any of my AZ colleagues.
A buddy of mine in another part of the country, also at AZ, is finishing up law school and will be a practicing attorney. He is only 29 and it took him 5 years to finish law school, but he will make more. There are literally tens of thousands of sales reps in the software industry that earn between 200K to 1 MM per year. If you don't believe me do yourself a favor and research websites like Glassdoor.com and type in SaaS Account Executive and see for yourself.
I am with OP. 100K or even 125K is nothing to brag about and barely above minimum wage in California. orry to bust your old bubbles you old AZ farts!
What is your point OP? So you are depressed big whoop! Most 28 year olds w/college degrees are not lucky enough to make what you make working the hours you do. Do you want sympathy or are you mad at yourself for going to a shitty school? Let me guess online school? majored in art? First of all the word leave means to depart and live is to reside, an obvious indication you are not well educated. Secondly every city/state has its bad & good areas. You can afford a home in LA or OC try Compton, East LA, or Santa Ana. Also for your information there are many areas in TX where you can’t even afford to rent. It’s obvious you’ve never been outside of CA other than maybe Vegas or Cabo. If making over 100K is not a lot of money you probably don’t know how to manage your money. Don’t feel sorry for the 50 year old fat slob because they probably have more money saved up than you do. Well I guess you should be depressed cuz there’s no guarantee that you will have a job in a few months.
The bottom line is there are thousands and thousands of jobs that pay way more than AZ. It's just that the old farts here have been conditioned to be thankful for the little income Z should pay us for the amount of education we have! Sad but true. I am about to finish my FNP program and will become a full fledged FNP pretty soon. Will be earning more than any of my AZ colleagues.
A buddy of mine in another part of the country, also at AZ, is finishing up law school and will be a practicing attorney. He is only 29 and it took him 5 years to finish law school, but he will make more. There are literally tens of thousands of sales reps in the software industry that earn between 200K to 1 MM per year. If you don't believe me do yourself a favor and research websites like Glassdoor.com and type in SaaS Account Executive and see for yourself.
I am with OP. 100K or even 125K is nothing to brag about and barely above minimum wage in California. orry to bust your old bubbles you old AZ farts!
