So, I'm driving home from work, get a call, don't recognize the number. 9 times outta ten I'd let it go to voicemail because phones are evil outside of my job. I decide to answer it.
A guy says he got my name from my old boss (well, technically a couple bosses ago) and was wondering if I might be interested in applying for a parts managerial job.
I said yeah, I would be, what kinda details can you give me?
Its a 3 line dealership, Chevy, Nissan and Mercedes (there's a combo eh?). The guy who's retiring has been there for a long time, which, in the car biz I take as a good sign. In fact all 3 managers, sales, parts, and service, have been there for a long time. Benefits are better than what I currently am offered, as is the pay.
They're ideally looking for a hungry younger guy to come in and grow the business. Since I constantly bitch at my current job about how we AREN'T growing the business, its something I'd love to be a parts of. Talk is cheap though.
Downsides, its at the EXTREME end of commuting range so if I'd get the job and accept it, we'd have to move somewhere between wifey and I's jobs, which would mean farther from our families. I could do the commute for a few months, but long term? No way.
So, its not like I have the job or anything, still have the entire interview process to go through.
I'm fairly certain I won't get it, just due to my lack of managerial experience, but it still felt good that a guy I hadn't worked for in 3 years at this point thought of me when a friend of him asked if he knew of any potential managers.
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