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[–] DicJacobus 1 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Im not a salesperson, but I do work at one.

This has been a very "First they came for the Insurance Then they came for journalists then they came for salespeople" kind of feel

Technology doesn't make more better jobs for people. It just eliminates jobs, and people move on to usually worse jobs. or none at all

The moment someone ponies up and decides to pay my bills, I'll quit my job and join the rah rah crowd. but until then, I speak for both the innocent office workers, the technicians, service advisors, and the sleazy salespeople, they all gotta fucken eat.

[–] AtariDump 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

…I speak for both the innocent office workers,

I get that

the technicians,

Needed to fix issues. Makes sense.

service advisors,

Starting to lose me

and the sleazy salespeople

They can get fucked. And not just sleazy car salesmen but all sleazy salespeople.

The moment someone ponies up and decides to pay my bills….

Why does the responsibility fall on someone else for you not to be a (self proclaimed) sleazy salesperson?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Why does the responsibility fall on someone else for you not to be a (self proclaimed) sleazy salesperson?

Ah yes, Lemmy, where we realize that the working class has it hard and people take whatever job they can get, UNLESS it's a job you don't like, in which case they should get fucked and find a different job.

They were making a point. The salespeople probably got those jobs because there was nothing else available that they could reliably do. Your enemy isn't the salesperson who's trying to make the best of their situation, it's the legally mandated dealer network.

[–] AtariDump 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just because they’re a salesperson doesn’t mean they have to be sleazy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I mean yeah, but the unfortunate bit is that they're heavily incentivized to be sleazy, by the commission system.

Tons of sales jobs out there literally pay minimum wage at most if you don't sell enough. Idk if it's the same for car sales.

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