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Old 2008-03-26
whatdude whatdude is offline
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Default Re: Here's my situation and I am considering working for enterprise

Not to sound like a broken record, but don't bother. If you do go to work for Enterprise, 6 months from now you'll be in exactly the same position you are in now, only you'll be getting paid less. Also - I could be wrong here - when you sell an appliance at Sears, I'd think you can pretty much guarantee the product, feel confident in standing behind it and know that you are selling something that people genuinely need. You also have all the tools necessary to do your job, meaning that if you tell someone you'll sell them a certain product, you know that you can follow through on it. Don't count on that at Enterprise. You'll have days where everything runs smoothly, but you'll also have days where you promise a customer a vehicle in 1/2 an hour, have that vehicle ready to go and have the keys in hand when you promise it to them, only to be forced by your manager/area manager to rent that vehicle to a body shop or dealership or give it to another branch 10 minutes before your customer walks in the door. You will be left standing there, on your own looking like a deer in headlights, to explain to the customer that you don't have the car you promised them 1/2 an hour ago. The only help you'll get is "work your magic", "don't worry, another car will come back" or my personal favorite, "put them in that cargo van and switch them out later". Some people don't care about things like that, I just always had a problem telling someone I'd do something for them and then not being able to follow through on it because of someone else's decision.

If you can sell and don't mind doing it, I would suggest trying to find a sales position in an industry that interests you or that you care about. There are millions of products that need to be sold and tons of companies looking for people to sell them. My advice would be to stay where you are and let a recruiting or headhunting firm place you - they can put you in a position to interview with companies you would have never thought of and would never have come across on your own.
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