well, that did not go well

[mrsoul]

i am the gsm at a car dealership. i have worked for the man who runs all three of our stores for 3 years here, and 5 more at another organization when i first started selling cars in 1998. he wanted to make some changes at the biggest store we have and wanted me to come there to be the used car manager which is really what i do best anyway.
i told him i did not care what title they call me as long they pay me correctly. so today we sit down to negotiate the pay plan. i knew he was gonna be tough on this because the first thing he started to do was complain about how far behind my store was for the month. so as we talk he explains to me that he would guarantee me the same amount of money i am making now. i explain that considering i would be working more hours with more stress and trying to fix a department that has been run in the ground, i would expect to make more than i am now. makes sense right? more work more money?


he becomes angry and tries to bluff me by saying well lets just forget it and you stay where you are. the problem with this is he is ready to fire the other guy and has someone in place for my store, i am the only piece missing. so when he said that i said ok and closed my notebook. so now he starts plan b and starts telling me how overpayed i am and that i should feel lucky. anyway, he got so mad he threatened to fire me! fianlly he told me to leave and i came back to my store.

he came by to look at the add for the paper this week and acted like nothing had happened. i am sure we will resume negotiations at some point. i need my job but i don't want to be taken advantage of either. i feel like i stood up for myself and in the long run he will repect me for it. the main reason i am not worried is because while i was in his office, i was praying to God to direct my words and to say and do what he would have me say and do.

 

[Amazon Doll]

You did good and stood your ground

He acted all mad becuase he is a salesman and was trying to close the deal on his term, that's why he acted like nothing happened, because he wasn't mad about it...just acting.

If he wants you, now he knows he has to pay you!

 

[mrsoul]

You did good and stood your ground

He acted all mad becuase he is a salesman and was trying to close the deal on his term, that's why he acted like nothing happened, because he wasn't mad about it...just acting.

If he wants you, now he knows he has to pay you!

thanks. that was what i was thinking as well. he made comments like " i hope you can get another job in october, and if you keep this attitude up you won't work for me another 5 minutes". your right he is a hell of a salesmen and he was pulling out all stops to close me because he knows how important my family is to me. but i am not afraid. i am very good at what i do and i am an asset to this company and would be wherever i go.

 

[Amazon Doll]

You are in sales.

As long as you sell, they will keep you.

If you were a sales manager, as long as your salemen sold, they will keep you.

I thought it pretty funny that he was pulling out all the stops to harass you into lower pay, but I guess that is what his job is. I would have called him on it with a smile on my face as I said it.

 

[hotttsauce]

Sounds like you handled it very professionaly. Just remember, like they say, you have to make yourself worth them NOT letting go of you, which I am sure you do.

 

[Jay's-gonna-get-huge]

i explain that considering i would be working more hours with more stress and trying to fix a department that has been run in the ground, i would expect to make more than i am now. makes sense right? more work more money?

I think you have a very valid point.....he obviously wants to put you there cause he knows you have what it takes to fix things---it would be stupid for him to let you go---his job is to fix things while spending the least amount of money possible and that is exactly what he is trying to do---hold out and you'll get what you want..... just don't be to greedy but definietely don't be afraid of being tactfully (not brutally) honest

 

[thebrick]

I am glad you stood your ground against his bluff. In the end he will respect you more.

 

[Amazon Doll]

I would have called him on it with a smile on my face as I said it.

this is that brutal honesty thing that Jay was talking about that always gets me in trouble

good thing you didn't do this

Listen to Jay not me

 

[mrsoul]

update time finally. after several days of making me sweat it out, the boss finally came in today, the day before my vacation and made me an offer. insted of running just one used car dept. he is going to combine the used car departments from 2 of our stores and make it a used car superstore.
he offered me more money than i was asking for and through in season tickets to our nba team!
i am so relieved and excited that there is finally an outcome and it is one my family and i are happy with. pretty scary when you are the only income in your house, wife in grad. school, son in playschool ( he is 15 mo.) and the boss talking about firing you! thank God.

 

[lynx]

That's awesome! ::ction-sm

 

[nosmas]

WAY TO GO BUDDY! W-A-Y T-O-G-O-!

 

[Amazon Doll]

I kinda thought it would end this way.

 

[thebrick]

Congratulations!! You see? You WERE worth it.

 

[Jay's-gonna-get-huge]

congrats

 

[mrsoul]

thanks for all the support pro muscle!