Pros
worked as direct sales rep and let me tell you, the training was really bad, basically it was 8 hour conference call with a trainer from Tn, no hands on training by the local management. commission plan sucks, after training you are thrown into lion's den and expected to good door to door and make sales. you are limited to 400 addresses per month, you will not be paid for any sale outside of that turf. you will make money by only selling triple plays.
Kontras
You are expected to sell only in your provided 400 addresses turf. no pay for referrals or anything out of your turf no sales support from management. your 400 addresses are stretched apart, so you will have one address here and the next one is 4 blocks away, you will need to walk or drive most of your knocking time your turf will consist of customers who NEVER had service, and most likely will never have service management will breath down your neck the whole time and micro manage you the worse part is you will have to get on a nightly conference call at 9 pm for 30 minutes sometimes an hour everyday to talk about your numbers and how many knocks you had for the day. so after a long day knocking doors you will sit through a lecture by management on how you need to do your job better. installation quota is pretty long, so customers may need to work for a week to get their service installed thus delaying your commission. You are not allowed to give customers any flyers with your name or number, meaning you will need to stop back over and over at the house until someone is home