Into The Fray, and Out

I began selling used cars in mid 2007, and did very well until mid 2008. With the economic melt down business faltered and the lot where I worked went out of business in March of 2009. I had no other career to fall back on. Think buggywhip maker. I spent nearly a year unemployed, trying to find some suitable sales work. In mid January of this year, I was hired to sell on a new car lot (Nissan) in my little home town. That lasted about six weeks. I am unemployed again.

When they hired me, there were only three other sales people. Then they hired a woman who spoke Spanish. They intended for business to increase, but it did not, much. Most of the sales still went to the three veterens, as they had the inside on the internet and phone leads. Ups (customers) on the lot were sparse. Competition was fierce, and I have to admit to not being the quickest.

Things were tough, and then got tougher when they hired another veteren, with whom some of the crew had worked previously. That was my death nell, for all intents and purposes. I may have made it yet, had any of the few customers I did get were ready and able to buy. I ran into a three week stretch of nothing. I turned everyone (passed them off to another sales person) but still none of them were buyers.

I got the axe for non production, though I know the bosses saw what was happening, and it is not entirely rare in this business for someone to run into a bad luck streak. In the end, I think it was more that they did had a guarenteed salary, which I did not surpass, and that I did call these other fellows on hoarding. Maybe next time I just keep my mouth shut and not work for a guarantee. If there is a next time. Times are tough.