Friday, July 9, 2010
Car Salesman
I recently got a job at a car dealership in my hometown. When i started i was told that i would be getting base+commission, i was trained for 2 weeks, then 2 weeks shadowing as I would like to call it. During the 3rd week i was last to talk to customers, by default I was told. So i get called into the office earlier this week to go over my leads, i talk to the owner, he asks me what i think of the job and naturally i tell him that i like it, even though it is very boring because there are not customers coming into the dealership. So before i start the leave the owner tells me that i need to get on the board and sell some cars, i tell him that i have only been there for 2 weeks and that i am trying to do the best i can. The reason why i am writing this blog is to tell you that being a car salesman is not what it is cracked up to be. It makes for very long days and when there are not a lot of customers coming in then you don't have the chance to get in. I was told by both my manager and owner if I knew any friends and family that are looking to buy a car, even if i want to buy a car because the dealership gives a car allowance, but only if i make more to cover the draw. The draw is money that is given to you before you get your commission check, of course you have to pay it back. 2 incidents in the last month that I have been there are crucial moments to my car salemsn expereince. First is that the owner told me that I was getting expensive and need to sell a car, I replied by telling him that I am trying the best that i can, the second wsa in a meeting that i had yesterday, i told my manager that i lost 2 deals to another dealership and the reply of my manager is that i dropped the ball. So here i am in a major dilemma, well not really, the bottom line is i need to find other means of making income. I am already feeling the stress of a car salesman, being a car salesman is a really stressful job, and if you don't like the dealership it makes for long and boring days.
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