[trikkonceptz]

Here is an excellent reason;

-I have essentially lost my job ...

I have spent the past 5 years working for the auto industry, first in sales, then moved into the aftermarket side of sales and continued into marketing and event planning, like car shows, special edition vehicles etc ...

My recent venture put me in the hands of Ford, where I have been for 2 yrs. Our dealership has been losing close to $300,000 a month since March of this year. To quantify it, we use to sell 400 new vehicles a month, last month we sold 61.

So in an effort to keep the building open, they went around the company and slashed pay. Offering everyone the chance to stay and tough it out or quit to try and find a new job. For me it meant reducing my pay by 2/3.

As of Jan 1 I will be making slightly more that unemployment will pay and working 30hrs a week.

I consider myself lucky in that we have not been one of the dealerships that has had to close its doors recently and they are trying to stay open to weather these difficult times.

I however am looking at difficult decisions of my own. My skill set is in the automotive field, everything I know from sales to marketing to engineering is related to the automotive field and now for the first time in a long time I have to look for another job.

I would like to get into engineering work, but I have not yet completed my degree, do any of you know what companies out there have entry level engineering work? I obviously have the aptitude for the work, but limited experience due to my involvement in the auto industry.

So as you can see these high level decisions can and will have local ramifications very quickly.