# Opinions on this job please: **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 29, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284 "2009-07-29T09:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mordak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mordak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mordak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/1 "2009-07-29T09:09:27Z")
Gateway Energy Services found my resume online and called me for an interview at that Hampton Inn hotel… They say they help people reduce their electric/gas bills. [www.gesc.com](http://www.gesc.com) Residential door to door sales, 11am-8pm $20k/year + benefits + commission They said average guy makes $40-50k commission = $60-70k I tried searching google but haven’t found anything negative really… Anyone ever do a door to door sales job? He said Buffalo’s their best branch I have sales experience…but door to door seems pretty crappy for having a Bachelors degree, then again, I’ve applied to over 50 jobs and gotten barely any calls. ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/2 "2009-07-29T09:11:01Z")
Be prepared to take all of your self-esteem, and leave it in a box next to your front door when you leave your place every morning. You can have it again when you get home. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/3 "2009-07-29T09:11:10Z")
> [@mordak"](#): > > Gateway Energy Services found my resume online and called me for an interview at that Hampton Inn hotel… > > They say they help people reduce their electric/gas bills. > > [www.gesc.com](http://www.gesc.com) > > Residential door to door sales, 11am-8pm > > $20k/year + benefits + commission > They said average guy makes $40-50k commission = $60-70k > > I tried searching google but haven’t found anything negative really… > > Anyone ever do a door to door sales job? He said Buffalo’s their best branch > > I have sales experience…but door to door seems pretty crappy for having a Bachelors degree, then again, I’ve applied to over 50 jobs and gotten barely any calls. SCAM SCAM SCAM… you may as well start selling cutco… When you go to the hotel, they will “hire” you… and then collect your FEE for the demo kit and training… and then your good to go… to make up to 1 million dollars a year bothering old ladies!!! ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/4 "2009-07-29T09:11:42Z")
Those people who go door to door saying they’ll lower your utilities are REALLY creepy. That’s all I know about it. HA. And yeah, door to door with bachelor’s degree. Ehhhh. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/5 "2009-07-29T09:18:28Z")
[http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72146&highlight=gas+electric+lock](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72146&highlight=gas+electric+lock) dont be that guy ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/6 "2009-07-29T09:18:38Z")
Think too that most people that organizations aim to help reduce their energy bills are probably not the most well off people in the area. I would say be prepared to end up in some pretty skeevy areas. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/7 "2009-07-29T09:18:58Z")
you never know if its worthwhile unless you go and listen to what they say. Maybe shit maybe not you need more info i know as very successful guy that started selling mag subs door to door and ended up doing very well ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/8 "2009-07-29T09:20:12Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > [http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72146&highlight=gas+electric+lock](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72146&highlight=gas+electric+lock) > dont be that guy :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/9 "2009-07-29T09:28:15Z")
[https://ushsbc71.recruitmax.com/MAIN/careerportal/Job\_Profile.cfm?szOrderID=82174&szReturnToSearch=1&szWordsToHighlight=](https://ushsbc71.recruitmax.com/MAIN/careerportal/Job_Profile.cfm?szOrderID=82174&szReturnToSearch=1&szWordsToHighlight=) Try this. If you apply, PM me, I’ll let you use my name as a referral. I’m a VP in financial systems. Might be a long shot without finance experience but referrals have a better shot. Pay is likely in the 40’s. ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/10 "2009-07-29T09:33:30Z")
> [@Pauly](#): > > you never know if its worthwhile unless you go and listen to what they say. Maybe shit maybe not you need more info :word: check it out for you and only you. you might be the guy that can be sucessful in it. Good Luck ---
**Author:** ![Static](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/static/32/7340_2.png) [@Static](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Static)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/11 "2009-07-29T10:28:32Z")
One of my friends does this. He absolutely hates it but he’s decent at it and makes almost 50k a year. If you can handle this kind of work go for it ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/12 "2009-07-29T10:37:34Z")
I had a guy come to my apartment doing this. He looked like a decent guy, but it was still shady as hell… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/13 "2009-07-29T10:55:05Z")
The shady part was no one was pitching rate locks before the price spike last year, but when prices were at their peak the guys were bumping into each other going door to door trying to get people to lock, “before it goes up more and you can’t afford to heat your home”. Shady part was by that point pretty much any analyst who wasn’t retarded was calling the prices a bubble that was bound to pop. And sure enough it did. I still wonder how many people are locked into 2+ year contracts paying those ridiculously high prices from last year because they believed that BS about “helping you lower your bills”. ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/14 "2009-07-29T11:18:52Z")
> [@mordak"](#): > > I have sales experience…but door to door seems pretty crappy for having a Bachelors degree, then again, I’ve applied to over 50 jobs and gotten barely any calls. ugh thats terrible to hear… what did yo uget your bachelors in (without having me look for the other thread.) I might be able to find something for you degree pending. ---
**Author:** ![fourseasonsandles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@fourseasonsandles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fourseasonsandles)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/15 "2009-07-29T11:54:19Z")
IMHO, sales jobs are the worst. Some people really have a knack for it though. I did a couple of sales jobs in my past and I will never go back. But I was the type of person that if I was told no when trying to sell an item, I would back off. I suppose you have to have the right personality. ---
**Author:** ![mordak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mordak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mordak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/16 "2009-07-29T13:12:08Z")
> [@ILC](#): > > ugh thats terrible to hear… what did yo uget your bachelors in (without having me look for the other thread.) > > I might be able to find something for you degree pending. Business/Finance. Any luck there? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/17 "2009-07-29T13:14:12Z")
Go for what joe posted. ---
**Author:** ![mordak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mordak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mordak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/18 "2009-07-29T13:15:53Z")
Planning on it, but odds seem slim. Can’t just apply to 1 job and hope it works ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/19 "2009-07-29T13:16:45Z")
I hear ya, just didnt see you reply to what he posted. the only thing I ask, is that if you get hired there, you crop dust joe daily :tup: ---
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284/20 "2009-07-29T13:19:21Z")
def dont do that [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-job-please/71284.md?page=2)