Am I an idiot?
The best money I had ever made was when I was a DSAE for ziply fiber doing D2D.. they paid hourly and paid me for training, but you only got about $185 per gig installed on commission. The company was a little unrealistic and always pushed me to sell and do more even though I was exceeding quota and I even had the fastest sale in Ziply history post training from what I was told, they said I was a “Natural” and because of that they claimed to have expected more from me despite not giving me the tools they gave some of the other D2D reps to help them succeed including a free modem, 2nd month free internet instead of one, and the best leads. I ended up leaving for a manager position at a dispensary which didn’t pay as good but the money was good enough for the type of work environment. Life happened after awhile and I found myself unemployed for a longer period of time than I would like to admit, granted it’s mainly because my daughter had been diagnosed with leukemia and I had to be at home with my son anytime momma and my daughter were staying in the hospital. Once I started applying at jobs again a bunch came out of the word work it was almost too much to keep up with in terms of offers. Long story short I took a job at a law firm doing credit collections and the training pay was a little over $29 an hour plus a monthly bonus of $1500 if you were meeting expectations. Job had great benefits and was a desk job lots of people might like that was totally out of my comfort zone.. after a little bit of time I started to not like the way I heard some of these fellow employees talking to clients on the phone, I also didn’t feel good forcing people into paying debts off just to avoid a lawsuit (don’t always feel bad normally it’s self inflicted but not always) anyway I abruptly quit without putting in my two weeks because a job I didn’t even apply for reached out to me wanting me to sell ziply fiber again at the door. At first I declined and told the guy I already had been employed for a minute and wasn’t interested… for some reason the next day I texted him asking a little bit more about the position and pay.. long story short he offered me the “experienced” pay and I will get $325 per gig and I think it’s $375 for 2 gigs $500+ for 5 Gig. Literally just making a measly 6-7 (no pun intended) sales a week will make me over $100k yearly. And that’s likely with working about half the hours give or take as a normal 9-5.
Was I an idiot for giving up on an opportunity I waited what seemed like forever for? Or is betting on myself taking a 1099 only commission gig that can potentially change mine and my families life the right play? I’m 26 years old and I had just coincidentally told my girlfriend right before getting this offer that no one will ever get far working a 9-5. Maybe this is my chance to get away from the rat race and be more independent?