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Originally Posted by hekiliko'olau  I can't tell you what to do, but if you are currently employed, and I think you are, you can afford to hold out for what you really want. In my opinion, you would be jumping out of the pan and into the fire if you go to ERAC. You are in a better position now than you would be after 6 years with ERAC. Ask anyone here. Years ago, ERAC was growing at a cancerous rate, and people were getting promoted just a few months into their "career" and they were making ridiculous amounts of money. ERAC has reached a plateau, and the only promotions available are due to vacancies rather than growth. Your paycheck as a manager depends heavily on growth and sales. The growth just isn't happening, and customers are getting wise about the "optional coverages" that you sell, which are a big source of revenue. The less coverage they buy, the smaller your paycheck is. There is more competition now, which drives prices down and that means less in your pocket, if you are a manager. Also, you make some of your money from the resale of the cars, and and if you haven't noticed, car dealers are practically giving away cars in our poor economy. |
Sounds like the same situation I am in right now, I sell major home appliances for Sears, at first I don't mind it at all, Sears was the tops in home appliances, over 40% market share just 5 years ago still, then it's been going downhill since, I caught just the tail end of the good ol' days. Now the competition is fierce and I can go work for any one of my competitions and make money but I kind of want to get out of it totally just for the sake of something new. I can probably get a lot of jobs pertaining to sales and customer service and make decent money and I don’t mind selling at all, I like that part of it but I will not do outside sales and cold calls. Right now I am just so sick of Sears as a company that I could make the mistake of get out just to get out and jump into something worse, geez… someone knock some sense into me
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