I wouldn't want to mop up that mess in Hamilton! Especially not C141.

Do you think an account could look you in the eye as a BM or ARM and believe you when you tell them this time it is going to be different? Why should they believe that at all? I know I wouldn't.

The Hamilton market is so saturated with rental companies, that they have pigeon holed themselves into near obsolescence (sp). Body shops, dealerships, insurance brokers, etc... have all figured out the game. They basically want you to go out there and drop your pants just to keep Ecar's number in the same room as a telephone.

"When are you bringing us coffees?"
"When are you taking me out to lunch?"
"When are we golfing?"
"When are you gonna give my sister's friend's aunt a minivan for the long weekend and only charge $20/day?"

and my personal favourite from out in Stoney Creek:

"When are you going to take delivery of the rest of your 100 Chevrolets for this year?"

The fact of the matter is that rental has become such a joke that businesses can't even be bothered to explain to a new MT every 3 months who is out "marketing" why they stopped using Ecars the past 8 times because of a), b), and c). They just don't care. If you think you stand to benefit from a dealership more than they believe they can benefit from you, you are unfortunately grossly mistaken. Rental does not affect 99% of what goes on at a dealership. The service dept. really only cares about their customers, and trust me, cdw disputes, damage, paying for fuel, etc... are all headaches for service managers/advisors.

They really don't care at all about "great service" or "direct billing", this is just what you are lead to believe as a new employee.

It really is unfortunate, because I believe Ecars can be a great place to work. Besides being paid less than a high school dropout in a factory packaging plastic synthetic horse insemenators (once again, sp?), and trying to pay off some tens of thousands of dollars worth of education bills, it is great experience. For many people, it is a job that will show them business from the most simple stand point. It teaches you a solid work ethic, responsibility, and how to keep a low profile and slink through the ranks of corporate America.

They do however dangle that golden carrot pretty hard. It really doesn't take long to notice that you are praised and spoon fed compliments from the outset, but then as responsibility mounts and things go a little sour, they like to place blame squarely on the shoulders of subordinates.

For all the new jacks, if you have read this far, I say stick it out for at least a year, learn how to market not only your business, but yourself as well. And most of all, take your experience on to bigger and better things...

Believe it or not, there are jobs that pay well for 9 to 5, with no Saturdays, and that allow you to keep a pair of dress shoes for more than 6 weeks...

But in the end, Ecars is as much or as little as you make of it.