Job at DFS

rachelandgromit

OK, not for everyone I know, but my friend is thinking of applying for a sales job at DFS. On their website it says salary is £35OTE and I am guessing that this is based on sales (they way the staff hound you when you go in speaks volumes)!

Anyway, I have said that I doubt realistically the basic is not very high. Can anyone who has worked/works for DFS confirm what the reality is of working for DFS.

Thanks

DVardysShadow

£35 OTE is £35 On Target Earnings. Now that is £35 per what? Hour? Day?

dave4545454

it's £35,000 a year

Nicklt

dave4545454 wrote: »

it's £35,000 a year

Ha, i doubt anyone gets paid that as a sales rep at DFS.

dave4545454

why not if you're meeting their sales targets? i imagine they pay their top sales people very well.

that's if they got any money left in their budget after paying for all that tv advertising

wontfallforit

dave4545454 wrote: »

why not if you're meeting their sales targets? i imagine they pay their top sales people very well.

OTE can be deceptive. I've never worked for DFS, but I'd imagine that to get this kind of money, you'd have to hit every sale target going (obviously), along with conditions like the following:

- Your customers would have to take out, and keep, the likes of insurance/warranty for their purchase
- Every sale would have to inclue an extra sale of some kind of crap sofa cleaner/suede brush/leather cleaning cloth
- You'd have to tempt your customers into the most expensive finance option possible, and prevent them from paying cash

Given the 'buy now, pay in 2 million years' culture', you might have to wait for a lot of your commission, too.

It's probably not a bad job if you've got the sales skills...but 35k for working in a sofa shop seems excessive, and possible misleading.

I'd guess that the basic would fall somewhere around 13-15k. But then, I have never worked there

robotboy

dave4545454 wrote: »

why not if you're meeting their sales targets? i imagine they pay their top sales people very well.

that's if they got any money left in their budget after paying for all that tv advertising

Staff that work for DFS are not allowed to discuss wages etc, I work for them and they have always been open and honest with me from the start.

I have worked for other furniture retailers and I must say, the level of customer and staff integretory is second to none. the customer is king always

Regards

R B

keithdc

robotboy wrote: »

Staff that work for DFS are not allowed to discuss wages etc, I work for them and they have always been open and honest with me from the start.

I have worked for other furniture retailers and I must say, the level of customer and staff integretory is second to none. the customer is king always

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DCFC79

Slightly OT but i mentioned to a friend of mine who works in similar sector as dfs about a job going at a local store and he said they're training program wasnt the best,

lightsouttoney

Earning £35000 in sales is not unusual at all. Obviously sales people who earn decent money would need to be competent, if that is a problem then find a job you are more suited to!
To those who believe that great sales people are the ones who seem desperate and clingy, when was the last time you came across a successful person with those attributes? If you make a client/customer feel uncomfortable they are far less likely to buy from you.

Oh, and to "wontfallforit", do you think that DFS would rather you took interest free credit or payed cash? Maybe we should stick to fields we understand when offering career advice!

busy_mom_2

keithdc wrote: »

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Completely off the subject but I have always had excellent customer service from DFS, excellent quality and would use them again. Been a customer three times in 17yrs. I accept this is not always the case but a thumbs up to my branch:beer: