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Bit of a moan coming, so bare with me!
Midlands-based, salesman.
Is anyone here responsible for listing cars on their website? I'm just intrigued as to how much time is spent in this industry doing the menial tasks rather than focusing on selling cars, or improving a sales team? I've worked in the industry just three years as a salesman.. not long in the grand scheme of things, but I've had virtually no training, no reviews... nothing... in 3 years! I was hired with sales experience, but open to the fact I knew very little about cars.
I have a general manager who spends a huge percentage of his time editing photos for a website. Ie, re-sizing, cropping etc, to go on Auto Trader.
It seems mad to me that someone with decades of experience doesn't have the time to offer insight bar a minute or two here and there when you're with a customer. I would like to steal the knowledge of those more experienced, as it will earn me, and them, more money. But despite them stating they're always on hand to offer help, in reality they're clearly too busy with stuff I don't think they should be doing.
Is this just something where I am, or is it common at larger dealerships for so many hours to be spent advertising the cars, leaving little time to sell them?
Midlands-based, salesman.
Is anyone here responsible for listing cars on their website? I'm just intrigued as to how much time is spent in this industry doing the menial tasks rather than focusing on selling cars, or improving a sales team? I've worked in the industry just three years as a salesman.. not long in the grand scheme of things, but I've had virtually no training, no reviews... nothing... in 3 years! I was hired with sales experience, but open to the fact I knew very little about cars.
I have a general manager who spends a huge percentage of his time editing photos for a website. Ie, re-sizing, cropping etc, to go on Auto Trader.
It seems mad to me that someone with decades of experience doesn't have the time to offer insight bar a minute or two here and there when you're with a customer. I would like to steal the knowledge of those more experienced, as it will earn me, and them, more money. But despite them stating they're always on hand to offer help, in reality they're clearly too busy with stuff I don't think they should be doing.
Is this just something where I am, or is it common at larger dealerships for so many hours to be spent advertising the cars, leaving little time to sell them?