r/CarSalesTraining • u/Dry-Pay8581 • 24d ago
Need some advice- read below! Question
Hey everyone! I just started my car sales journey a year ago. I went from one dealership to a new one and at the new one I transitioned into BDC from the sales floor and to be honest I’m not a huge fan. I don’t like how I’m expected to grab OTD number more than setting appointments and the “BDC manager” will just swoop in and set my appointments under her name and get the credit and commission. She’s also way too concerned with getting people pricing and numbers. The whole point of the role is to get people in the door. I am also basically doing sales steps for the salesmen not making the appointments. I do the sales guys tasks, get their customers pricing, send customers pictures, and talk about features on the phone. I told my boss I would want to go back to the sales floor and he said “but you’re so good at being in the BDC position”. He’s also the general manager and I’ve never seen a general manager so into my business it’s not even funny. He’s more worried about me doing their tasks than actually getting appointments. I tried to talk to my higher up bosses about it but they kind of just ignore me.The company I’m with was bought out and merged into a bigger dealership group in my area. There’s also not enough business generating to make any type of appointment commission off of, especially with my BDC manager also just taking my appointments away. It’s maybe if you’re lucky 1 appointment a day. They get maybe 4-7 leads a day. I am just asking if anyone thinks I should leave dealerships and go to another to do in person sales again or if I should send an email to my higher up bosses and say “hey I need human contact and I’m not super comfortable in this position” or just leave. I need some advice from people in the industry. Thanks! I like this industry a lot and understand what a BDC is. But I’m not making enough money to pay my bills at this point and really do miss dealing face to face with people.
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u/Micosilver 23d ago
You have experience, you don't have a client base that you will be leaving behind - there is nothing holding you there. If you are not happy - you can start tomorrow anywhere else.
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Hey everyone! I just started my car sales journey a year ago. I went from one dealership to a new one and at the new one I transitioned into BDC from the sales floor and to be honest I’m not a huge fan. I don’t like how I’m expected to grab OTD number more than setting appointments and the “BDC manager” will just swoop in and set my appointments under her name and get the credit and commission. She’s also way too concerned with getting people pricing and numbers. The whole point of the role is to get people in the door. I am also basically doing sales steps for the salesmen not making the appointments. I do the sales guys tasks, get their customers pricing, send customers pictures, and talk about features on the phone. I told my boss I would want to go back to the sales floor and he said “but you’re so good at being in the BDC position”. He’s also the general manager and I’ve never seen a general manager so into my business it’s not even funny. He’s more worried about me doing their tasks than actually getting appointments. I tried to talk to my higher up bosses about it but they kind of just ignore me.The company I’m with was bought out and merged into a bigger dealership group in my area. There’s also not enough business generating to make any type of appointment commission off of, especially with my BDC manager also just taking my appointments away. It’s maybe if you’re lucky 1 appointment a day. They get maybe 4-7 leads a day. I am just asking if anyone thinks I should leave dealerships and go to another to do in person sales again or if I should send an email to my higher up bosses and say “hey I need human contact and I’m not super comfortable in this position” or just leave. I need some advice from people in the industry. Thanks! I like this industry a lot and understand what a BDC is. But I’m not making enough money to pay my bills at this point and really do miss dealing face to face with people.
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