r/Sales_Professionals

I’m located in Ontario Canada and I am a high ticket, sales professional. I’m looking to shake things up a bed and keep seeing job postings for remote closers, work from home with warm leads. I have not yet done a deep dive into any of the postings. The ones I have looked into seem a little on the sketchy side, we’re not sure if I am just a little cynical lol. Is there anyone in Ontario Canada that has found success in these positions and if so, what company do you work for and would be up for a chat.

I work in leadership at a small family owned business and fell into a sales role. It was only supposed to be temporary, but I realized I was good at sales and it stuck. I was earning commission on top of a very large salary until about a year ago when the owners had to cut my base significantly due to a change in our business structure. All was good as I was still making an incredible salary with my new commission.

Unfortunately, the owners have stopped regularly paying my commission. We’re paid monthly and the last time I received any commission was in October, and it was only about 20% of what was on my commission report. I follow up periodically, but never get an answer. We have a long sales cycle, which means I might get a signed contract in January for something not executed until August, at which point I should receive the commission by September once the client pays. We’re a seasonal business and I’m currently owed about $60k in unpaid commission from 2025. If this isn’t paid out in the next month or so, that number will go up to easily over $100k as more contracts are paid. I know they’re not paying it because budgets are tight right now and the company has other bills to pay.

What should I do? It’s my understanding that companies don’t need to pay commission after you quit, so I’m not sure what recourse I have. Is this wage theft? I don’t know how to confront the owners without it blowing up.

I love this job and the people, but I feel used.

After a few years of being semi-retired to take care of a parent that has since died. I'm ready to get back into the game full time. I posted on LinkedIn about this but I could use some likes and comments to help organically boost the post. If anyone is willing to help, please DM and I'll send you the link to the post. More than willing to return the favor and engage with your posts. Thanks.

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Hey everyone,

I’m currently building a voice AI agent that can handle inbound/outbound calls for businesses like clinics and sales teams.

The idea is simple:

• Answer calls like a human receptionist
• Book appointments / qualify leads
• Handle basic objections
• Do follow-ups automatically

I started looking into this because a lot of small clinics and sales agencies either:

• Miss calls
• Rely heavily on manual staff
• Or lose leads due to slow response times

Right now, I have an early prototype working, but before going further, I want to deeply understand the real problems from people actually in this space.

If you run:

• A clinic (dental, skin, etc.)
• A sales agency / cold calling team
• Or any business that relies heavily on calls

I’d love to ask a few questions:

• How do you currently handle calls?
• What’s the biggest bottleneck?
• Have you tried automation before?

Not selling anything — just trying to learn and validate before building further.

Would really appreciate any insights