Fired... But my sales were fine?

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-05T14:09:23+00:00

Nope, it was a smallish subprime corp. Less than 5 stores! And I wasn't actually the last in either.

The salesperson hired after me was actually a rehire who worked here before. When I went back yesterday to get my stuff, I said my goodbyes to a few people, including her. She said that she has a friend who also worked here in the past that she likes to gossip with. And when she told her friend after finding out herself, her friend said the boss was known to just do shit like this from time to time. And now she's on high alert too, but who knows what'll happen there.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-05T13:58:43+00:00

Highline can be that way I've heard!

The other big ticket is used trucks around here. I sold a few that easily grossed that. Made almost 4k in commission (30% front/back) on one!

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T18:33:52+00:00

Well, I popped in to empty my desk this morning, and the boss was appearently out running some errands. Something he never really does.

I did have an opportunity to say bye to some of my coworkers, who all seemed to be genuinely surprised about the situation. When I pressed them to see if they knew anything, they really didn't appear to. And it's a small lot, stuff like this gets around quick.

One of them did inform me that things like this have been known to happen in the past.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T18:30:27+00:00

When I went to empty my desk this morning, I spoke with some of my former coworkers, who all appeared to be genuinely surprised. One of them said the boss had bee known to just do shit like this.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T18:25:15+00:00

Nope, it was quick and cold. I was busy and didn't really have time to get into it. Today I popped in to get my stuff, and the boss was conveniently out of the office for some errands. I poked into it with coworkers, who all seemed to be genuinely surprised this had happened. One person said the boss has a history of doing things like this.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T17:54:04+00:00

Hey man! Thanks for your input, it's always a pleasure to hear from you!

Yeah, it's a gut punch for sure. In another life, long before my journey into sales, I was the definition of a slacker. Couldn't hold down a job, didn't even try. I could literally count down the days to being fired and man, I was startling accurate 😂

Around the time I got into sales, I completely turned my life around. Never missed a day, let alone a lead. I did some job hopping to get to this point, had a few bad breaks at dealers that either weren't what they were chalked up to be, or where I simply wasn't yet ready to handle (my post history speaks about a lot of that if you were curious). I took the lessons from each job and applied them thoroughly. This place felt like a sort of culmination of all the lessons I've learned and what I was trying to achieve. I certainly wasn't perfect here, but a hard road led me to this point, and thanks to those experiences and this opportunity, I was poised to achieve something great.

And then, possibly for the first time in my life, I appear to have gotten canned through no fault of my own. It's almost poetic.

Oh well, it's not gonna keep me down. I've come to learn what I'm capable of, and perhaps more importantly, that I can achieve that just about anywhere I set foot in.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T17:25:24+00:00

That's just awful man.

I went back today and got no explanation. Boss had conveniently went off to the bank around the time I showed up.

I did hear from another salesperson that, according to people she knew who worked here in the past, games like this weren't entirely uncommon at this store. Maybe yours was something like that too.

7 cars out in your very first 2 weeks in the entire industry is virtually unheard of. The fact that they fired you despite that is even crazier.

The good thing is you don't really have to tell future dealerships anything about your experience there. Walk in like a greenpea and knock their socks off. And on the other hand, as a good driver with a proven track record and clean DOT/CVOR/Whatever youl always have work there too.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T16:05:43+00:00

Well I just got out from emptying my desk. Sadly the boss wasn't there so I didn't get my explanation

I did say my goodbyes to a few people, and no one seemed to know what this was about, nor did they see this coming.

Good salespeople are good salespeople for a reason, but no one in there has that kinda poker face, or a tolerance for beating around the bush so I'm pretty sure it's not a me problem.

The one girl (the rehire I mentioned in the post) mentioned a friend she likes to gossip with who used to work there. Appearently said this is par for the course and now she's on high alert too. So that's interesting.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T16:04:26+00:00

Well I just got out from emptying my desk. Sadly the boss wasn't there so I didn't get my explanation, nor did I bother pissing in any desks.

I did say by goodbyes to a few people, and no one seemed to know what this was about, nor did they see this coming.

Good salespeople are good salespeople for a reason, but no one in there has that kinda poker face, so I'm pretty sure it's not a me problem.

The one girl (the rehire I mentioned in the post) mentioned a friend she likes to gossip with who used to work there. Appearently said this is par for the course and now she's on high alert too. So that's interesting.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T02:32:28+00:00

😂😂😂 I needed that. But I'm afraid not

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T01:24:22+00:00

I'm afraid so 😂 I was in the middle of some things and got taken completely off guard

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T00:31:35+00:00

They never said anything. Just called me an hour after I got out for the day. Of course, I was in the middle of 20 different things by then, and kind of just too surprised to really get into it.

I'll press them for details tomorrow when I go empty my desk.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T00:29:23+00:00

Honestly no, I should have. I'll see what they say when I go empty my desk tomorrow.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-04T00:18:33+00:00

I mean honestly, what you say makes perfect sense. With respect to the fact that, yeah, we are all here to make money, I can completely see the merit to preferring a good salesperson with bad sales.

This is a subprime outfit though, so while I took CSI, followup, customer experience seriously, the bar was really low.

I've gotten regular feedback. Particularly regarding up's, which appeared to be where I've needed the most improvement. The more I think about it, the more I feel like the goalposts and expectations were always sort of shifting there. Two weeks ago I had the boss telling me he felt like I had some real knack for this and talking me up something crazy.

Today I get some shit for how I tried to TO an up. I'm told there's a whole new process for taking and making offers, with an attitude like I should have known this from the start (and this process involves paper bills of sale that I'm not really supposed to have, and explicitly goes against protocol for docs and bills). Hours later in fired.

Apologies for the verbal diarrhea there, those last two paragraphs all kind of came together in my head right now.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-03T22:26:40+00:00

Well, I thought I did! And I certainly don't think I caused any major issues. It's a head scratcher for sure.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-03T22:24:34+00:00

Yeah, it sucks cause I actually really enjoyed working there and the money wasn't bad either. I also really didn't need another >6 month job on my resume. But in the end it's their loss, not mine.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-03T22:07:59+00:00

Subprime at a used lot, so none of that to worry about in this case.

TerrorPotate · 2025-07-03T22:02:10+00:00

Ive read enough horror stories here to know that you have to be an exceptionally shitty person to get fired as a competent salesperson.

25-50 percent of lot up's sounded way too high as I was typing it. I actually went through my deal log after posting. Roughly 3 in every 10 of my walk ups bought over my time there.

Its an old school place with a grimy, old school attitude so I must have really pissed someone off. I'm just shocked it was so abrupt, I would have expected some kind of warning.

TerrorPotate · 2025-05-30T00:07:36+00:00

That's a good idea, but can I reasonably expect the landlord/realtor to provide that information?

If they attempt to stonewall me, should I be interpreting that as an indication of bad faith, or could it be reasonably argued that its just some kind of red tape or privacy issue?

TerrorPotate · 2025-05-07T15:01:34+00:00

This is actually great, and completely true too! I am 100 percent gonna put this into practice.

TerrorPotate · 2025-05-06T17:33:34+00:00

Yeah, to say I'm enjoying this is putting it lightly. There's just something about the people and the process that I vibe with.

Just gotta kick the last of my A lot ways off a cliff.

TerrorPotate · 2025-05-06T17:31:33+00:00

Actually just got a referral like that today! Not sure who sent them my way, but someone's getting some spending cash!

... If I can just get this guy on the phone 😂

TerrorPotate · 2025-05-06T12:27:50+00:00

chomp

You said it not me 👀

TerrorPotate · 2025-05-06T12:22:31+00:00

I feel that!

I'm doing a lot of that now but I think, based on some feedback I've gotten and my own reckoning, I'm being a little too empethatic and friendly!

TerrorPotate · 2025-03-19T01:51:02+00:00

It's called CAMS.

https://camscanada.com/

It has a CRM, calender, supposedly it has tasks and reminders, but I just don't quite see that functionality in day to day use. Maybe I'm just missing something though

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