<prompt> Human: I just recently went to a job training after receiving confirmation as a job that stated over and over they werent a sales job, yet first day of training they had us essentially spend the whole workday going door-to-door trying to get leads for a guy to come in and upgrade their energy-using appliances. Both me and the guy I was with quit the moment the day ended. Others that we were with were all considering quitting as they didnt want commission-based pay. Almost nobody at my position was there for more than a week or two. Surely by deceiving people to come and blunder a ton on the first day while being poorly prepared to do sales, they are losing money rather than advertising a sales job, right? The only upside I see is that maybe you wont have to pay people because they are in training the first day, but they still wont have the skills or expertise you might attract if you honestly advertised.  <response>: Because sales is truly a numbers game cliche understood and intended.What the companies dont tell you is that if they hire 100 people, theyll probably get a couple of sales and pay almost nothing for them since it will be commission only in some way. Oh, there will be promises about how much you can make, and great numbers to entice and encourage you. Residual income probably. Profit sharing. Sales contests with trips and TVs and such as prizes.But the truth is that if a company can get 1000 people to go out and try, and they only have to pay you if you either get lucky knock on enough doors to accidentally make a sale or actually happen to have some persuasion skills THEY WIN.They get the sales and pay very little to get them.On the other hand if you happen to be a rock star and bring in lots of sales, they still win, and you can be assured that the boilerplate contract you signed will be in the companys best interest.A real sales job ad would say so. But then again the best sales jobs are not generally advertised. You - as a sales professional - will want to sell their product and pursue them by having contacts and experience enough to sell the company on the fact that you can help them while they help you. Or they will have someone who recommends you and recruits you.Real sales jobs are very, VERY lucrative, but you will almost never see an ad for one. 