Tired of Car dealership sales, looking for other options in sales

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Sep 11, 2019 16 Comments

Been in the auto industry for 6 years. And it seems like compensation has been declining yet work load has been the same or even more.

Currently A sales Manager at a Nissan dealership.
Tired of 12-14 hours workdays, no personal life at all and working every single holiday except for christmas day. And having only one day off a week.
And no actual good benefits at all.

Looking to make a switch but do not know which route to go that will pay the same or more doing sales.

At the moment tc is
TC:$144k
But have made up to $244k in a year as well

is there any other options out there that will pay anywhere close to what i have made yet have a better schedule and decent personal life?

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  • Airbnb
    wise taco

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    wise taco
    If you can sell software, there is. How tech savvy are you?
    Sep 11, 2019 6
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      ee506795

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      Nissan
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      OP
      Thank you! Would definitely give that a try. You have provided really good information and knowledge. Iโ€™m excited to give it a try
      Sep 11, 2019
    • Airbnb
      wise taco

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      wise taco
      Good luck!
      Sep 11, 2019
  • Boeing
    NPR๐Ÿฅฐ

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    NPR๐Ÿฅฐ
    taco is wise indeed. look for companies that offer rigorous training programs to ramp up their new people. consulting, tech, finance, pharma.
    Sep 11, 2019 2
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      ee506795

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      Nissan
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      OP
      Thanks.
      Any companies in specific that you might recommend looking into?
      And Iโ€™m guessing that compensation varies depending on the actual field that I pick
      Sep 11, 2019
    • Boeing
      NPR๐Ÿฅฐ

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      NPR๐Ÿฅฐ
      i am not smart on where the biggest TC or best training/development programs are... make sure to join 1 or 2 professional organizations. get a masters or certificate. network your butt off on LinkedIN. have a long-range vision. pursue whatever jobs & corporate values fit with you.
      Sep 11, 2019
  • Netflix
    razorlab

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    razorlab
    Go work for a mid stage SaaS company, and sale their software. If you are good, can easily earn your current comp. At my old start up with a sales team of 30 people, the top guys in enterprise (mid 30s). Close 1 contact thatโ€™s totals 1m. Commission is 30%.
    Sep 11, 2019 2
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      ee506795

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      Nissan
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      OP
      Thatโ€™s a great option! Any easy way to find some of these companies and apply towards this position? Iโ€™m definitely really good at sales and have manage a lot for my age in the auto industry. So I believe I can do great at this
      Sep 11, 2019
    • Netflix
      razorlab

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      razorlab
      Look up SaaS for an account executive role. Salesforce, Zendesk, Concurr, Asana, Slack, etc etc. Interview normally will be you pitching something. From there the sales manager will assess your skill and offer you a position. Sometimes it will be a sale role. If you are not ready, youโ€™ll be qualifying leads before getting promoted to a sales roles. There are so many of these roles you wonโ€™t believe...
      Sep 12, 2019
  • AT&T
    MsdR32

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    MsdR32
    I've heard AWS sales get $$$, might be worth a try.
    Sep 12, 2019 0
  • Microsoft / Eng
    coolbloke

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    coolbloke
    What are your hours currently? How many hours are you willing to put up with learning tech stuff per week?
    Sep 11, 2019 1
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      ee506795

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      OP
      Current hours are 14 hours a day for 6 days a week which comes down to an average of 84-90 hours per week. Iโ€™m willing to put the same amount of time Iโ€™m currently doing to learn tech stuff and to advance in any field at this point honestly
      Sep 11, 2019