Posted by NY 986 on December 14, 2009 at 16:38:22 from (32.178.211.219):
In Reply to: dealerships posted by olliekid on December 14, 2009 at 13:10:32:
I worked for a dealership briefly and had other exposure to the farm equipment business. I will say the opportunities are there but you will most likely have to consider relocation. Salaries for those not a part of ownership will range from 8 to 11 dollars per hour with minimal benefits. You will have to figure out if you can live on that by yourself. I would expect with the boom on commodity prices fading away (already gone with dairy) dealerships will again be re-evaluating employee compensation like they did in the 1980's (after the 1970's boom) and when a lot of consolidation happened in the 1990's (at least here in NY). I think there will be fewer employees being paid over 10 dollars per hour as dealers will be again looking for ways to enhance profit for ownership. Supply and demand. There are plenty of qualified individuals to fill the relatively few dealer positions available. Used to be you could have a leg up if you trained on the newer technology but for anybody to survived this long as an employee probably means they have done the same. I felt the same as you going into college 25 plus years ago but I don't think the future is promising in it.
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