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PJ @ Jul 6th 2006 1:38PM
A lot has changed about the public face of car dealerships in the last couple of decades, but a *lot* more is going to need to change behind closed doors before qualified applicants like the sound of "selling cars."
Right after I got out of college and was scrounging around for a first job (this was, er, last year), I briefly considered working in auto sales. Then I got talking to some friends who had done it. They hated it. Ten-hour days, six-day weeks... none of it mandatory, but if they didn't spend as much time as possible on the floor, their friendly co-workers would steal their customers. And if they refused to be a dick and push a sale after each test-drive, the sales manager gave them a tongue-lashing every couple of hours. The pay sucked, too, since they were unwilling to schmooze people.
I know there are readers of this blog who sell cars, so I don't mean to offend--I'm sure some people have a much better experience. But suffice it to say, I ended up working at a grocery store for the rest of that year.