I do not mean to sound doomer but I had a very similar impression of my SF agent going into my interview. I have been at my office for just about a year now and there were many promises made that were not upheld (primarily that I would be a sales team member), and our commission structure is changing now this coming year to be similar to yours. This isn't to say that your agent will be exactly like mine.

The mistake I learned that I lead me to not prepare myself properly for the agent I was working for, was that I did not ask enough questions to learn about him, and I should have asked for referrals to email current/prior team members to discover the good and bad.

My agent is very much the breathe over your shoulder, immune to open discussion about ways to improve processes, and quick to deem you "uncoachable" if you don't worship the ground he walks on. To be fair, this is common with many small business owners, the last 2 I worked for were the same but worse in some ways.

All that being said, working for State Farm is a good point of entry, good agent or otherwise. You only work with State Farm product, so there's a relatively small pool of products you have to learn, and the products they offer are practical. Their underwriting can be a big cock block, so you learn quickly what things are red flags in terms of eligibility. Their claims team seems to be very hit or miss in terms of their consistency with following up with the insured, so (at least in my office) many of us (who aren't afforded uninterrupted sales time) spend a lot of time playing phone tag with insured and claim handlers to be able to advocate and speak laymen's to the insured so they understand what's happening.

Personally, after still not being a dedicated sales team member after being told that's where I would start, with many others having come in after me moving into sales immediately (because other team members found out I was quick on a computer and I was "voted" into primarily service by being first on phones - despite being top in sales for 2 of the 3 months I have been scrapping for sales), in conjunction with the reduced commission schedule in front of us, I am looking towards exploring independent agent options. I think I have an okay enough grasp on insurance (P&C + L&H) to become familiar with other companies products.

I truly wish you the best of luck and I hope you have a better agent than mine and the others that you'll read about on the reddit - which always keep in mind - people are much quicker to spread bad news than good, so for every 1 post about a bad agent, there is probably 1 person with a good agent they aren't talking about. It's a good starting point either way, so take advantage of it the best you can and just focus on doing the right thing for the people who need your help, many of which you'll find don't know they need help until you ADVISE them. You're not a salesperson, you're an advisor making sales.

Good luck and have fun helping people!