I’ve been feeling in control of my career recently.
I started teaching dance and have a few students and a class now. I’m looking for other little teaching jobs. It’s been a huge shift from working at a desk or counter for hours. I used to have to do a lot in customer service.
I think only if ur built to sell in retail or operate a phone u can do well and feel satisfied in ur job. I worked at a musical instrument shop and I had to sell expensive bs products instead of stuff I’d rather recommend cuz I use them.
It’s not everyday someone comes in and buys an instrument worth more than their rent. But if I can’t sell at least 10 of those in a month apparently I’m failing lol yea not the most pleasant experience.
Yeah sales jobs are brutal like that.
With musical instruments I imagine most people either are browsing out of curiosity or they want something specific. Buying instruments isn’t something people do very often or on whim. So the idea that you are responsible for selling X amount of instruments in a month is a bit of a joke IMO.
The ironic part is most of the stuff they want me to sell I couldn’t even imagine buying cuz the pay was terrible. I used to even take a 15min train ride to the mall which the store was located.
I’m glad you found something you like.
If you can get enough classes and students I’m sure you can make a much better living than you can in a retail job anyhow.
Haha yeah thanks for the tip.
Places here seem fairly competitive with pricing. I bought a bass from a store in London a few years ago because the store near me wanted £100 just to try it out (!!). A return ticket to London is like £20 so that one was a bit of a no brainer