Success

OCTOBER 23, 2024

So how do you maintain your remote work rhythm when you’re stuck in a cubicle again? But truth be told, after four years of remote work, returning to a rigid nine-to-five in the office feels like a move in the opposite direction. We’ll look at some expert advice and practical tips on how to return to the office—and actually enjoy it.

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Success

JULY 27, 2022

Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

According to Oberlo , a drop-shipping app created by Shopify, almost one-third of the world’s population is now shopping online, accounting for 18% of retail sales worldwide. When you clearly and narrowly define your audience, word of mouth will spread inside that audience, and the referral sales will flood in. Don’t try to guess.

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Success

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here you have a problem (flagging revenue) and a goal (sales target). The lion’s share of our sales comes from email marketing , but very few blog readers (1%) subscribe. We note: Hosting free workshops requires time and money with no guarantee of sales. The problem-solving strategy : Six Thinking Hats. and Australia.

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Work Life

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A worker’s unhappiness over the lack of daylight exposure they receive from their cubicle, for instance, doesn’t quite qualify as “unethical behavior,” “a lack of inclusion,” or “disrespect.”

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Success

JUNE 23, 2021

There are so many moving parts: the finances, the sales, the marketing, the billing. Even knowing what someone’s office looks like, how tidy they keep their desk and what pictures fill the walls of their cubicle, can provide a level of comfort. A lot of what we serve into is overwhelm,” Sciortino says.

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All Work

MAY 2, 2023

But one workplace solution — repurposing furniture — is as grounded as the ubiquitous office cubicle. Economic Benefits A big part of the decommissioning process (see below) is the sale of office furniture to vendors and end-users.

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All Work

JUNE 30, 2022

It is possible that in the not-so-distant future, no one will even remember the days of the cubicle. The Office is a Sales Pitch: Know, Like, Trust. In order to gain the trust of employees, we are also shifting the design of offices to the polar opposite of the cubicle, but flexible and wide-open spaces.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 27, 2022

I started last summer in an entry-level sales role. After a few months, I felt like I wasn’t particularly well suited to sales and I didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d hoped. Since then, the sales department has hired a new person, Jane, who started recently. I work for a small company of about 20 people.

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Condeco Software

MAY 23, 2022

Instead of allocating most of your workplace’s floorplan to individual, cubicle-style desks, create variety with different types of work areas that foster collaboration. Would the sales team like to kick-off their day by comparing pitch notes around a coffee bar?

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SnackNation

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Break Down the (Cubicle) Walls. When employees are in offices or closed cubicles, they are much less likely to meet in person, and more likely to shoot off emails (which, as we’ve seen, has it’s drawbacks). An outside sales crew that doesn’t come into the office? Do you have a warehouse that’s offsite?

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Great Place to Work

MAY 30, 2023

Tell us one thing that people would be most surprised to know about you.    When Lindsey Yealy, catering sales manager at the Hotel Monaco in Pittsburgh, started at Kimpton, she was blown away by the individualized welcome her managers gave her based on what they read. Within the hour, I had my own personal mini fridge set up in my cubicle.

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SnackNation

JUNE 8, 2018

Cards and emails with compliments make the best cubicle decorations!). We beat our 2011 Q3 sales record! You all—yes, even those of you who don’t work in sales—did not just contribute to this success, but you made it happen. Who doesn’t love a good compliment? Significant accomplishments . Guess what, everyone?

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SnackNation

JUNE 29, 2018

According to billing company Chargify , startup founders end up juggling multiple roles, including CEO, product manager, and sales representative. Things as simple as bright wall murals and colored cubicle walls bring energy to a space. What it’s really like: Startup founders are doing a ton of work. Get colorful.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It was already hard to hear candidates/clients with everyone talking all the time, but CEO had read that a sales company somewhere had a gong in the office and they banged it whenever they made a sale, which caused excitement and made people work harder I guess. The aggressive sales. ‘Sorry.

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It was initially announced as a fun, optional way to boost some numbers, and has devolved into supervisors constantly checking in to make sure you’re sending them your ticket requests and randomly doubling the amount of tickets you get for X, Y, and Z and announcing it with important pings on Teams and all the fanfare and urgency of a 90% off sale.

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 18, 2018

There is a bunch of cubicles outside of the CFO’s office where about eight of us sit. I am the EA for the president and CEO, and we are in the process of searching for a national sales manager. Is this something I should take seriously, especially for a sales position, or is this just advertising, or is it a combination of both?

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Attendance Bot

AUGUST 22, 2024

Traditional Office Environment The conventional workplace includes enclosed offices, cubicles, and rigid reporting chains. This type of workplace is often found in sales departments or high-performance fields, where rewards are tied to personal achievements. Here are work environment examples you can consider: 1.

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And along the cubicle corridor she would sail, distributing a mug of coffee and a milk jug to the three people who happened to be in her good books that particular day. Some other person in sales who hands out coffee, sugar, and milk (but needs a receipt for everything). She would be utterly charming and gracious.

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SnackNation

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While the benefits of knocking down those cubicle walls are real, it’s true that open offices can be messy, noisy affairs. In a presentation on productivity hacks, SnackNation Head of Sales Kevin Dorsey made the point that the term “multitasking” is a misnomer, and we should consider dropping it from our vocabulary altogether.

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SnackNation

JULY 30, 2017

Gift card giveaways for major project completions or sales. Buy a bunch of $25 gift cards to Amazon or local restaurants, put the name of each team member into a bowl and select one at random each time a big sale is made or project completed. Most businesses experience a decline in sales/business activity during the summer months.

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Bonnie Low-Kramen

JUNE 19, 2024

Why do men dominate the sales profession? In an office setting, the administrative professionals were in a communal space of cubicles, while executives were in offices around the perimeter. I believe it’s partly because there are clear goals and paths to make the money you want to make.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 5, 2015

But maybe there are other solutions to minimize the distractions, like putting up a barrier (like a cubicle wall) between you and the sink and fridge. I was then brought to meet with the director of sales, who introduced herself and immediately mentioned that she knew my current company’s VP, as she herself used to work for him.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 23, 2021

I work in a cubicle farm in sales. Today as I was on the phone with a client and closing a sale, a coworker comes up to me, waits for me to finish on the phone, and then in a rather back handed fashion says, “You are very good but you are also very loud. – 2016. My coworker told me I’m too loud.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 1, 2019

We heavily support our sales team, and my three peers and I were recently invited to a blank agenda meeting during end-of-year sales days. There was some good-nature speculation that this meeting would be a thank-you, going away recognition for a peer, or general celebration of hitting sales goals. It was super awkward.

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Ruby

AUGUST 17, 2020

There’s no commute, no on-site staff, no cubicles or workstations, no front desk, no communal fridge or parking lot, or storage closet. We’re happy to report an average 20% increase in sales inquiries and customer service satisfaction among our customers, as well as 2–3 times quantifiable return on investment.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I recently started working for a big box store as a sales associate. Our office “Nosey Rosey” has recently been going into peoples cubicles/offices when they aren’t around. My company doesn’t care about customers threatening violence. I mainly help customers on the floor and do very little cashiering.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 14, 2016

Over a year ago, I coordinated new cubicle/furniture installation in my company’s office (under the direction of the CEO). Obviously the cubicle vendors did not do a great job, and they are no longer around to provide support. Why am I in charge of our office electrical issues?

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 5, 2019

I’m sort of an introvert in a noisy cubicle farm so I actually very much prefer working from home. Some of my cubicle neighbors have made comments about “how nice it must be.” Aside from the outside sales people who are on the road regularly or based in other cities, no one works off-site as much as me.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 3, 2018

For example, my next-cubicle colleague constantly receives phone calls at her extension number from her brother who works two floors below, always for personal reasons such as “What time should I pick up your daughters at band practice today? My nosy coworker will guess I’m quitting when my house goes up for sale.

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 2, 2019

I was moved out of a small, quiet office of my own into a huge cubicle farm in a warehouse style space right beside the kitchen. We operate independently of each other, and scuttlebutt is that we’ve been outperforming him significantly. How to ask for something when you’ve already been told no. About a year ago we moved office space.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 7, 2019

Yesterday, Veronica approached me in my cubicle and said, “You parked in my spot!” I know they are not backfilling positions given the sale. I too like the idea of having only one car parked next to mine in the parking lot, and the tree gives it a lot of shade, which keeps it cooler. I actually thought she was joking.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I’m the inside sales manager and manage a small staff of four. They happened to choose the open cubicles right next to my office. We’re a small, quiet group. About a year ago, one of our customers decided they’d like to have five of their employees work in our facility.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 12, 2017

I sit near a bank of cubicles that are mostly occupied by temporary workers. Basically, assume ignorance, but speak up since it sounds like she may be treating the other temps as a captive audience for a sales pitch. Our temp is hawking health products at work. My replacement was hired at a higher position than me.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 30, 2022

The New Guy sat behind me, in the other half of the shared cubicle. After he was done with me he moved on to my supervisor in the next cubicle, who had heard the whole thing and repeated everything I told him. A coffee river started rolling by our cubicles and everybody but New Guy rushed in with paper towels. The disaster.

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Work Life

JULY 21, 2024

As Owen Manley, a former sales account executive put on a PIP more than a decade ago, puts it, “PIPs go one of two ways. My initial gut feeling was anger” I’d been with the company almost four years, and I got a promotion to sales manager. I continued with sales, and just before Christmas, went home to see my dad again.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I find the abundance of Christmas lights, and decorations, and sales, and advertisements, and everything that pops up as soon as Thanksgiving is over… exhausting. All that aside, we’re a public library, not a religious institution or a store with holiday sales to advertise.

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