A sales pitch for straight commission over base salary. The speaker turned down $900,000 from Boeing, arguing that high base pay signals you don't believe in your own sales ability. He'd rather take no base and 10% commission per deal, chasing $2-3 million a year.
$900,000
10% of the deal with no base (straight commission)
$2–3 million per year
Yeah, Boeing offered me 900 grand in salary. Those are like self jets to like Saudi Arabia and like government contracts, like big planes and stuff. But the reason why I turned down the salary and because every company that tried to recruit me would try to offer like a big salary but like lower percent of commissions. As a salesperson, if, if you're really worried about like, oh, I need a high base, it should tell the employer like, oh, they're not very confident in their sales ability. Right? Because in my mind I'm like, don't give me any, any base, just pay me straight commission. So instead of paying me like 3% a deal or 5% a deal plus the base, just pay me 10% of the deal with no base because I want an opportunity to make far more. I wanted to make two to three million dollars a year.
