Mattress By Appointment : Jeffrey and Joanne Rivera Traded Sales Quotas for Mattress By Appointment

Jeffrey and Joanne Rivera operate their Mattress By Appointment location in Cocoa, Florida, a short drive from Cocoa Beach. In this dealer testimonial video, the husband-and-wife team trace the path that brought them from corporate sales careers — Jeffrey as a market development manager and district sales manager for a national beer company, and previously a regional manager with the Dr Pepper Snapple Group — to running their own Mattress By Appointment business. Watch as Jeffrey describes the relief of leaving behind a quota-driven environment where his value reset every month. "I have my own business and I don't have to set these extreme goals," he explains. "I just get to the number I feel that is comfortable and we're good to go." Joanne talks through what attracted them to the Mattress By Appointment model: convenience, freed-up time, and a schedule that doesn't demand 60–80 hours a week or a fixed Monday-through-Friday workweek. Hear how the Riveras structure their day now. Jeffrey reports working roughly 30 hours a week, with most workdays running three to five hours and the remainder of the day his to spend on home projects, family time, or the beach. He shares an income outlook approaching $150,000 for the year, calling it a "loving life" outcome that lets the couple enjoy time with their granddaughter and the simple pleasures of life on Florida's Space Coast. The Riveras close with a strong recommendation: they would suggest Mattress By Appointment to anyone in their network looking for the freedom of being their own boss. Their story illustrates how the Mattress By Appointment dealer model can deliver a full-time income on a part-time schedule for the right candidate. Browse this video and the rest of the Mattress By Appointment library on Franchise Direct to see what life as a dealer can look like.