A friend of mine is becoming increasingly fed up with working 90/100 hour weeks in the sales field, and not being recognised for it by management. He has worked for many years in sales, and month after month achieves almost double the sales of his colleagues elsewhere in the UK.
He is trying to summon up the courage of leaving a salaried job, company car, phone, laptop, medical insurance etc and go it alone, regain his life and only work 60 hours a week.
Obviosly his commission will depend of the value of the product being sold, but presumably all his business overheads such as running a car, where he expects to continue driving 40k miles pa, worktools such as phone & laptop, can be offset against tax? He has 15+ years of contacts in sales, and I think increasing middle age and pressure of work is wearing him down. I am amazed he receives no financial bonuses for constantly exceeding targets and being so conscientious.
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