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Balise Motor Sales

I worked at this dealership for about six months as a sales consultant. The store has potential and there are good people working there, but unfortunately the environment made it very difficult to succeed.

One of the biggest challenges was the management structure. Expectations were often inconsistent and communication from leadership was not always constructive. Sales staff were frequently criticized for performance metrics such as phone calls and emails, even when those efforts were being made consistently. Coaching and development were limited, and much of the feedback tended to focus on activity numbers rather than helping salespeople improve their process or build long-term success.

Another issue was workload distribution. Salespeople were expected to handle many responsibilities beyond selling, including tasks that would normally be handled by support departments such as BDC, inventory coordination, and other operational duties. This often left less time to actually focus on customers and building relationships.

Work–life balance was also a significant challenge. Days off were not always respected, and employees were sometimes asked to return to the dealership or handle tasks even when scheduled to be off. In some situations, personal commitments such as medical appointments had to be missed or rescheduled due to last-minute demands from management. While long hours can be expected in automotive sales, the lack of clear boundaries between work time and personal time made the environment particularly difficult to maintain over the long term.

The dealership also experienced very high turnover during my time there. Multiple employees across departments left within a short period, which created instability and additional pressure on the remaining staff. From a compensation standpoint, earnings were also inconsistent compared to the workload and expectations placed on the sales team.

On a positive note, the experience did reinforce the importance of perseverance and adaptability in a demanding industry. However, for someone looking for strong mentorship, structured processes, and stable earning potential, this store may present significant challenges.


I worked for the Allstate office inside of Balise, when you first start they pour advancement and career opportunities down your throat to give you hope. You then learn that there is none of that there. They'll lie to you about rotating nights and weekends, just to give the manager just about every weekend off. The manager does not know what she is talking about, and is really only there to talk about the LSPs to the managers in Rhode Island. You can do anything for them but as soon as there are problems they stop replying to emails, and when you quit they'll drop you like it's nothing and not thank you for everything you do for their agency. They shouldn't be soliciting insurance in the process of customers buying cars, and working there means they'll want you to be a shark and convince people to buy insurance that is more than likely much more expensive than what they have now. You'll be making cold calls to people who have their number in the database because they are getting service done to their car. Managers are not up to date on Massachusetts regulations and forms. They pay less than other insurance agencies. Only plus side to working for their insurance department is they will pay for your P&C license after you pass. The manager at the west Springfield store is more worried about her personal life with males than about her customers. It is a very unprofessional environment.  Everybody I know that has worked there has left after being miserable for months.

A typical day at work begins with a daily meeting with my superiors to exchange updates on existing projects, introduce new projects, and discuss future events/projects/etc.

I have learned an array of tools here at BDS, such as scheduling, event planning, expense reporting, working with IT departments to update databases as efficiently as possible, creating systems to alleviate inconsistent communication, and working closely with my team to ensure we are working towards our goals as a group.

The most difficult aspect of this position can be learning how to use certain software to pull particular information. This is a learning curve that I have learned to embrace. Change is an aspect that I find exciting and encouraging, as change facilitates acquiring knowledge, and overall growth.

The most rewarding aspect of this position would have to be seeing your superiors pleased with the final product you've worked on behind the scenes, whether it be a report, an event, a document, etc. This is the perfect job for a "people pleaser".

Working there was alright the people who work in the shop were helpful to the best of their ability. Sadly the current management there isn't very hands on and lacks the effective training routine for newer auto techs. Their version of training is sitting there and watching you for an hour and walking away then wonder why mistakes happen. You have to rely asking questions to your fellow co-workers to get anything done. Management also makes you push for adding recommendations to peoples cars and when you do management get's annoyed you're not getting enough sold hours due to the insane prices they set for added work. You like job security? Goodluck, you get threatened to be fired every other week due to constant poor results from corporate that they give this dealership to the point where the service manager is about to be fired.  He rather fire you then himself be fired clearly. To top it all off you are underpaid especially if you're newer in the field so don't expect any big paychecks until you can produce 50+ hours consistently. Overall, if you wanna be underpaid, threated to be fired every other week and get little to no training work here!

I was employed with the company for 16 years, and for a year or so previous to that, so I’m very familiar with the company.  I had done the parts driver job for most of the time that I worked there.  It seems that the managers seem to change pretty often, and the staff does too (in fact, I remember a customer that I was bringing home saying that she didn’t recognize a single person there, with a couple of exceptions, and she had been there for an oil change probably a few months previous).  It was a good work-life balance, much better than it is now at my current job (I had a set schedule, although it might have been extended for an hour or so, when the Service and Parts Department closed for the day.) At the end, I was commuting an hour each way to get to work, but not receiving really any kind of a pay raise, and was getting burned out. I had also worked out of the Sales Department as the Lot Utility person as well.

I worked out of the Subaru location in Warwick for a few years. Constant change in upper management definitely didn’t help anyone’s moral. I consistently performed 15-25 cars a month. For me the money made sense, but I was always stretching to maintain a life. If I had kids I don’t know if I could have continued to do it, I wouldn’t have loved my wife or family as much as they wanted. However in my early 20’s it was a great opportunity to make a lot of money and gain life experience. I traded in my 2 year old Bmw 340 for a new m3 for crying out loud. Just don’t lose sight of you’re only as good as your last month, your pto time will be held against you if you’re constantly using all of it, and nomatter how much overtime you work there is no flexibility to come in later even by 10 minutes. They expect you to die for the company. 

My first two years employed with Balise VW were great, I was consistently a top performer from the very first month, enjoyed waking up everyday and driving an hour one way to work, then, the diesel situation arrives and my next two years employed for Balise were complete chaos, from management changes all the way down, went through so many different sales strategies, schedule was increased due to lack of employers, long story short this was part of the reason that caused my separation with my sons mother, 8yr relationship all gone because I worked too much, I would love to get into details but I’ll save it for my book, this story would be multiple chapters of my book, the hardest decision of my life is when I decided to leave the situation all together and start my new chapter down here in Florida, seeking a new career opportunity and hoping someone is willing to reach out.

I was hired as a parts driver for Balises subcontracted auto parts divivsion.I attended orientation and then went to my "assigned location". By the time I arrived I had an emergency at home with day care provider.So I stopped and spoke with my manager at my assigned location ,explained the situation and was told it was ok and he understood and once I rectified the problem to let him know. Well I then recieve a letter in the mail notifing me Ive been TERMINATED as well as a small payment for my time? When we called and spoke to a very aggressive angry women in H R, she had a different story that I was a "no show". So not only was there a misunderstanding that as soon as I found stable day care for my daughter I could return but  then I was terminated and blacklisted and told to get an attorney???

I worked at the West Springfield collision center for over 10 years. It was a good place to work as long as you stay busy and turn good hours. They don’t really care about quality as long as it gets out the door. Near the last few years it went full cost cutting. Shop was constantly running out of sandpaper, paint, rags, body filler and working equipment. Never seen anything like this before new management came onboard. They literally call it a meat grinder shop. You’re the meat. Appraisals are hit and miss. Sometimes good times on jobs others have you fixing obviously total cars only to get them 50% completed then total it costing you major time losses. Everything is very rushed with a do or die mentality. Lots of top tier techs have come and gone to other shops because of this. 

For a typical desk job, the work can be very stressful as you're expected to meet daily quotas and continually keep up that level of performance. The management for the other sales team can be difficult to work with and occasionally disrespectful, but at the end of the day it's all about the most efficient way to make money. The most difficult part of the job is hands down the quota meeting, as it's mostly down to luck and the customer you're working with being willing to take the financial risk of buying a new/used vehicle. The schedule itself is very flexible and I was able to take advantage of more or less choosing when I wanted to work, take off any days I requested, and have plenty of leniency in doing so.

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