To be successful, you must have thick skin and care about your customers.
Pros
It was exciting to live in Europe, and living overseas was a educational enrichment in learning different cultures. You learn sales skills and how to properly qualify a customer. You should like working outside on the lot as there is no money sitting in the office. Being able to understand key sales words like "just checking my options"(customer has no options), " my Grandmother passed away" (Customer need s the $100 deposit to go to the Club) and my favorite, "can I just pay you every month?"(Customers credit is so bad that his last car was buy here pay here program in the US and he/she liked that)
Cons
50+ hours a week, commission based only, paying local Taxes, micro managed, more sales agents then customer, training new agents without any recognition from management, using own commissions to pay for Fuel in show cars when moving to and from the shop for recalls, even when the car is not your costumer. Paying for everything related to the sales location, cleaning supplies, toilet paper, soap, vacuum for cleaning cars, jumper cables, fasteners for displaying banners, bungee cords but you can save all those receipts to write it off on your taxes!
