I\u2019ve come across two different instances of a nefarious sales trick that is reviving itself in the telecommuting era.\u00a0 Two different customers recently shared accounts of salespeople who were on their payroll and the payroll of another company.\u00a0 This stickler is that they were allegedly full-time employees for both companies.<\/p>\n
In one instance, the salesperson was on the West coast while headquarters was back in the East.\u00a0 This guy set up a small office in an office building and had a slider sign on the door.\u00a0 He would simply slide it to reveal the company he was representing that day for that appointment.\u00a0 He also had a company car from both companies.<\/p>\n
Outside of the healthy paychecks, it appears this guy was submitting expenses to both companies also.\u00a0 Double reimbursement!\u00a0 What a snake.<\/p>\n
The other customer has a woman who works for them on a part-time basis which worked out well for them.\u00a0 Unfortunately, another company was paying her full-time<\/em> as she was working at home for them.\u00a0 She would be at the part-time job in for half of the day while she was \u201con the clock\u201d for the other company.\u00a0 True double-dippin\u2019.\u00a0 In the end it evened out as the full-time employer found her work lacking (imagine that) and ended up letting her go.<\/p>\n Workers of this integrity are the ones who make managers uncomfortable with telecommuting.\u00a0 There is no denying the telecommuting trend, but hiring the right salesperson with the right aptitudes and responsibility is crucial to success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"