Crash, it's quite true, you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
However, whatever happened to self respect, dedication, committment, customer care. This is why foreign employees are snapping up aussie jobs, employers can pay peanuts and get those qualities and more.
It's a vicious circle though, if sales staff gave a fig about what they do, sales would quadruple overnight and employers might just offer better wages.
Personally, I built my IT business based on old fashioned principles, old fashioned customer service, following up and attending to clients every problem. So much so, many jobs I made a loss on.
However, the referrals I got far outweighed the effort I put in.
This meant no advertising costs and happy clients.
A happy customer is a repeat customer, and so is everyone he knows
9/10 times these days, if I need something done or need to buy something, I ask around, word of mouth is better than spending millions on advertising and a far more accurate guide.