[dark0821]

Hey Revscene, I know I know... wrong section, but since my last post about car sales is already in this sub-forum lolol.

once again, long read////


Anyhow, different from last time, I already took the offer at Translink, but I guess technically havn't started training at Translink yet.

Gonna become a bus driver... not community shuttle, those big ones haha~

Some background info:
Currently:
- been working as a Hyundai sales @ Richmond Hyundai for full 3 years (started Aug 2022)
- Pretty much 5 days of obligation with a high chance of going in on my day offs
- full benefits (extended health + dental for the whole fam)
- making about 70K-80K a year
- paid 2 weeks vacation a year
- very unstable, will either be making bank or starving.
- Pay plan continuously getting worse year over year. It went from selling 8-10 cars netting you close or over $10K (before deductions) to selling 16 cars and still don't make $10K


Obligations:
- mortgage
- NO LONGER sole income earner in the fam, wife is part time but will become full time in 2 years
- daughter starting high school + son starting grade 5
- as you can see, still broke ass and cant afford shit


Reasons for the leap/ what I think translink will be like?
- I don't dream about M cars or P cars or dare I say F cars anymore, I am getting old and FAAAATTTT
- Now I dream about stability, pension, even better benefits
- Too much stress worrying about performance, making below minimum wage, the constant $3,700 of fixed cost per month to keep the family going.
- Spoke to a few sales managers, the pay isn't really there and honestly the industry is... not going in the correct direction.
- transit operator don't make good money, make enough money (for an used miata eventually? XD)
- have to tough it out for 2 years of shitty schedules
- lower but guarantee income
- one of the best benefit packages eventually
- good pension
- govt job, CMBC said they have fired people for misconduct, but have never laid anyone off when I asked during interview
- not too much growth opportunity, as transit supervisor/other desk job loses lots of potential for overtime

Actually same scenario as before, recommendation of a few friends

I am in approaching 40 soon, This will probably gonna be the last change, I gotta stick to it to see the pension come to fruition.

So here we are, thoughts/suggestions/insights/reason for/against?

Sorry for the long post, thanks guys.

Yaaaassss I totally copied my old post and just re-type the details~~~