[Cicero]

I don't know much first-hand about Circuit City, but this is a recipe for disaster. This guy sold $1,000,000 of equipment for a salary of $54,000. That's a pretty good deal for the company. So they fire all their best people and keep all the drones and idiots. They may get paid less, but they probably don't do any business, either.

If things are tough, the normal solution is to close the losing stores, shave inventory, get rid of items that aren't doing well, and maybe cut everyone's salaries across the board, including especially the bosses. If anyone gets fired it should be the footsoldiers who are least productive.

It must be depressing to work for a badly-run company where the bosses don't know which end is up.

[mikenola]

on the bright side, with that kind of record, hopefully this dude can do well at some other company.

[KC_Conspirator]

I don't know much first-hand about Circuit City, but this is a recipe for disaster. This guy sold $1,000,000 of equipment for a salary of $54,000. That's a pretty good deal for the company.

That was my take on it too. It seems like that would be a great deal, yet they assume some high school dropout is going to produce more with less? I don't think so.

[fishbabe]

most bosses are idiots.....your right about the saleman,too no one can just walk off the street and sell equipment like this.. selling is an art form. either you have it or you don't..and getting cheap help ain't gonna help in the long run.cheap help runs off customers with their stupidity and ignorance of the products...