Hi all,
Im new here, and I would hope someone EXPERIENCE enough will give
me their advice and suggestion! This was something to do with
under table!
I was a sales representative and I encounter this UNBELIEVABLE
issue in SINGAPOIRE! All the while, I have this though in mind!
Singapore was a CLEAN country, and our government has done a good
job against the red tape and under table. On top of this, our
business sector was transparent enough to attract investor! But
.
After this few month of working in sales line
I notice
I was
wrong! I was totally wrong!
The best part was, these things happen in state board organisation
(NCS)! One of my friend whom is working in this company have told
me that, although my price was BETTER then my competitor but the
project managers whose is taking charge of this particular project
still INSIST to buy all the item from their LONG TIME supplier!
What is this? You want sample, I bring my company sample and show
it to you, you want best price, I try my very best to convince my
company to lower its price
. End up
they still bought from someone
who quoted much higher then us (40% higher!!!!) I was so sad and
angry about the whole incident! Im working on a low basic and high
commission company, my pay depend a lot on my sales result! And
after putting my heart and soul on this project
really
disappointed!
I mean, if I lost the deal mainly because of ours products was not
up to standard, can not meet their requirements or can not meet the
lead time or etc
. I got nothing to say! But now the situation was
that old lady who made the final decision DONT EVEN GO THROUGH our
company quotes! She KEEP awarding to that particular company! And
some of my friends working under her told me
a few old timer in
the office have CLASH with her about this issued
but, she got the
final say! And thats this guy ignored her ORDER and bought some
products from another firm
he got SCREW like hell! Please note
that
this guy who place the order have more then 20 years of
working experience in Singtel!!!! So
I dont doubt his judgement!
And thats a time when I get to talk to him
. He told me straight!
Thats UNDER TABLE happening in their office!! And he feel so sad
for all his long time supplier! As nows day, all his supplier whom
have support him for so many years!!! have lost all the chance to
deal with NCS again.. as he was not allow to get those items from
them BUT only to those supplier whom are DIRECTED by that lady
boss!
So, can any one down here can advice me
. Is there any way I can
penetrate into this company? And what should I do now? I told my
boss about it! He laugh at me and say
. NOW THEN YOU
KNOW!