staff accountant

payroll administrator

accounting clerk

sales

benefits administrator

Gillman Automotive Group

Typical day: Respond to your leads, bring people through the door. 
At times take pics of the inventory for customers

Learning Experience: I learned a lot about cars, the car business, how to talk to people. The car business is an accelerated course on Psychology and how the world works. You will get to learn something new everyday. Be ready to put your head down and hit your numbers. 

Management: Depending on the store location, if you are blessed with a manager who can show you the ropes and bat for you, awesome. 

Workplace culture: The office I worked in was amazing. Some of the greatest minds to be around, the morale and support was unbelievable! 

Hardest part of the job: You will run into situations where you will be out of your comfort zone. You will become a master juggler of hitting quota, adjusting your word tracks for different kinds of people, you will learn how to maneuver working with people who are opportunistic. 

Most enjoyable part of the job: I got to have a family away from home, fighting in the trenches with sales and service, providing customers with their best purchasing experience. We live and die for the rewarding deals where you made a purchase possible for the person who doesn't think they can walk out with a car that day. 

With sales, a typical day is either 9:00am - 6:00pm or 12:00pm-9:00pm. Except for the end of the month and Saturdays, Saturdays are always 9am-8pm and the end of the month is always 9am-9pm. Most days there's a meeting at noon when everybody's there, and there's always a Saturday morning meeting. Spiffs are pretty common too. Management on the new car side is great for the most part. If you get on their good side, you'll always have a free lunch when they inevitably send somebody to get food. New car management is pretty helpful and for the most part isn't scared to talk to customers if needed. They'll usually work with you to close a deal rather than sending in another sales person.

The inventory is decent, there are a lot of high performance vehicles like TRXs, Scat Packs and occasionally Hellcats coming through. The management cares about gross and doesn't go for minis easily.

At this location there is a gammet of potential. Unfortunately they have too many sale personnel in the department. With this economy it makes for an uneasy workplace at times when we are all going after the same client walking through the door trying to ensure a pay check at the end of the month. Working on commission alone is no easy task for any sales person. The management team individually are great people but the team work is lacking. I do however commend their compassion for the famiy end. Because our schedule is long and grueling they do give allowances through the day to handle family affairs as long as it is not habitual and doesn't take away from our selling. Over all if there were less sales people this would be the ideal job.

A productive and fun workplace combines efficiency with enjoyment, creating an environment where employees feel motivated, valued, and engaged. Team collaboration, open communication, and mutual respect foster creativity and innovation, while regular team-building activities, celebrations, and a positive atmosphere help maintain morale. Providing opportunities for professional growth alongside flexible work arrangements encourages a healthy work-life balance. When employees are supported, inspired, and appreciated, productivity naturally increases, and the workplace becomes a space where people are excited to contribute their best.


Executive leadership has never sold a car, written service or take an F&I turn in their lives, but sure can tell you what you’re doing wrong.   If there’s a way to add expense to something (packs) they will do it so they don’t have to pay their employees.   When inexperienced, non-leadership-type people are given executive level positions, they will overcompensate by acting arrogant and condescending.

If your working at Gillman company then you are standing outside most of the time trying to get a walk in or you are cold calling over 50 people a day to maybe get an appointment. The pay sucks, you make less than $250 per car sold and the used cars managers throw in another person on your deal almost every time which also splits your profit.

This place is a disgrace. I worked for Gillman Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram in BDC. I started in October 2018 and the management back there changed 4 times. The work expectations greatly outweigh the pay. No one over the age of 18 can make an honest living off of $10. They want you to set the appointments and make sure your appointments actually show up. Oh but wait, even though you aren’t a sales person... you are blamed if your customer doesn’t buy. “BDC will always be blamed when customers don’t buy”, is what we were told by a sales manager.

Very solid business with clear vision, strong on policy and procedure very positive work environment, very high ethics and moral in all aspects of the business, high customer and employee retention and satisfaction, very smart powerful leadership,

Working in a low-volume car sales job can offer a relatively stress-free environment, as you're not constantly hustling to meet high sales quotas. However, the trade-off is that the earnings tend to be modest, as fewer cars are sold each month. It's a career choice that might appeal to those who prioritize work-life balance over maximizing income, but it may not be the best fit for those seeking substantial financial rewards in the sales industry.

I didn't much like the flag rate pay, and I felt that in my certain department, favoritism ran pretty strong, and I felt like the FNG, didn't like that very much. Preferred it when I was paid hourly and respected for the hard work I put in when I did. Some disrespect was also something that seemed to be a thing. Other than that, other managers and sales people were pretty cool.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Staff accountant 1 salary reported	$60,000 per year
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Benefits administrator 1 salary reported	$49,920 per year

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