TSA role review - TSA Grainger Employee Review

***Keep in mind this is a review for the TSA role only (not TSR or any other sales positions) - as a newer division of the sales department this division is fundamentally flawed. The turnover is outrageous and someone is fired or quits weekly (literally, weekly) - You won't get fired for under performing because the goals are so unrealistic that they don't really expect anyone to hit goal...PS: if you are under goal you are making about 30K a year before taxes - I was consistently over goal and only made around 40K - 95% of the TSA department was at or below my level and those that were making a decent amount of money, by which I mean 60K+ were basically benefactors of good luck - they over promise on income potential...only 4-5 TSAs made about 50K and only 1-2 made above 60K (see above about good luck) - Even though we are technically equals of the other territory sales depts, we are viewed as lowest men (or women) on the totem pole - indoors...all day...sometimes you won't breathe fresh air or feel sunlight on your skin ( I admit this is true of many companies but still) - THE BIGGEST TRAVESTY OF ALL: The next step after a TSA is a TSR...yet they hire TSRs straight out of college...as a TSA you basically work as an intern. Do not be fooled into accepting this position unless you want a sales position where you never see cutomers - Speaking of customers: FEW of your customers respect you...keep in mind, you are working purely from the phones...all of your competitors are seeing them in person...ALSO, all of your customer are much cheaper (Grainger is the most expensive player out there) What does this mean for you? Well Grainger has the greatest breadth of supplies and the greatest availability. Great right? Nope, not as a TSA. You are an emergency supplier. They get everything cheaper elsewhere...you are there only for an emergency when no one else has it Grainger is not built for the small/medium size segment that the TSA role is supposed to capture - Zorro Tools: this is a web based supplier that Grainger owns that cannibalizes the sales of its salespeople . Zorro sells the exact same products from the exact same warehouses as grainger at up to 50% the price - they charge you for coffee. c'mon man.