Thread: Change of job, need people to bounce the idea off

if its the same sort of money i'd do it

well atleast you get to work during daylight hours and then you get the eye candy as a bonus

There's an opportunity to learn the business. Maybe then you can move onto selling new Land Rovers.

Hang on, you'd be no good as a Land Rover salesman. You'd probably (a) know somehting about them and (b) be interested in selling them.

Getting away from dirtbags would be good -as would lessening the risk of injury

Andrew,

Anything would be better than having to fight with drug addicts/thieves at night

Go the sales pitch, 9 to 5.30, asleep at night, more family time.

Living in the country and bing known for your other job, you will have far more respect from others than you would in a city. City salesmen can rip you off, country folk don't expect that from others that they know and live near

Cheers

Changing jobs to a new field is always stressful - moving from familiar surrounds to wondering if you can do it, etc.

I moved from 37 years in international telecommunications dealing with ship owners, submarine cable repairers, solicitors and financial agreements, barristers and litigation, to sitting in a signal box controlling trains.

Much more relaxed (albeit much less money )

I'd go the change but then again I'm thinking of it myself. This company is so full of crap I'm drowning in it.

A friend once told me that "if you wake up hating the thought of going to work for more than 2 weeks (in a row), its time to find another job"

Most people never get to do the job they always dreamed of, some have and found it more like a nightmare, while others have and will never look back.
The important thing is to enjoy work as much as you can and enjoy your family more.

If the $$ arent an issue, make the change and be happier.

Just remember that salesmen who don't make sales don't keep a job. You will have to sell dogs to wood ducks and along the way deceive them. This is the nature of the business. You will have to sell vehicles they don't want to people who can't afford them.
You will have to keep silent as the finance sharks jack people into money traps.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Just remember that salesmen who don't make sales don't keep a job. You will have to sell dogs to wood ducks and along the way deceive them. This is the nature of the business. You will have to sell vehicles they don't want to people who can't afford them.
You will have to keep silent as the finance sharks jack people into money traps.

If your working for a half decent dealership then ignore the above, it's a load of crap.

Finance is also usually dealt with by the business manager, your job is to get the sales contract finalised etc.

It is actually a reasonably good job. Especially if you like being around cars. You get to meet, mostly, nice people and in the sort of environment you describe you actually get to help them.

The bigger delaers don't sell bombs, or if they do they are just cheap to get rid of them. They usually wholesale them off because they don't want the hassle, that's what bomb yards are for.