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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
i know its kinda far but haldeman ford is for some reason always hiring
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well, having had some experience as a salesperson, i can lend ya an insider's point of view, for what it's worth. what some stealerships do, which is highly unethical but perfectly legal, is to bring in the fresh faced kid and give him a half-hour's worth of training and then send him out on the floor. they give him very specific instructions, which are to get the people inside. they also encourage him to bring in his friends and family.
now, if a coupla days go buy and junior still hasn't sold a car, they have a meeting where they humiliate the hell out of him. then, if he sticks around, they give him a stronger suggestion that his friends and family would probably be a great way for him to keep his job, why hasn't he made any appointments, etc. if he stays after that, they just go through the motions with him if he's not selling.
hell, if he sells a car a day they might have a ringer on their hands so they might work with him. if he still hasn't sold anything, they usually let him go before payday, which he would have gotten a draw against commission, but since he doesn't have any commission he isn't getting the draw.
they dump him unceremoniously on his head and move on to the next set of noobs. and on it goes... it's called a circular doorway in the business. as long as the guy sells they keep him around. once he's gone, there is room for more, so pretty much the ad stays in the paper or on the net or where ever it is.
and, no, tony, you would no like the ethics in a stealership.