I feel your pain man, I was written up at work because mine was "too loud" and "it sounded as if I was peeling out" wich in truth I dont peel out at work. I swear man.

 

I feel this is more of a work related issue than your car. I have worked for many bosses.

If your boss is the only person at worked concern, then there is a good chance your boss is being an a-hole (and/or) an idiot. This happens in the work place alot. I seen bosses/supervisors pull this crap to make themselves look good and you look bad. In this case your idiot boss is making themselves look bad. I wish I had a solution for you but sometimes you got to take the bad to make a living.

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Suggestion, try planning adhead. Example, if you are good at sale then another boss in the company may like you or another company. Your current boss maybe waiting to screw you.

 

Good luck. I had a similar issue, but resolved it with HR. If you are supplying the car, how can they tell you what to drive? As long as you are able to do your job with the vehicle, what should it matter?

 

Not once did the "boss " mention any customer complained.Only he had issues.Maybe you should give him a pony ride and he might shut up his donkey.

 

There's a lot of tough talk on the internet. Take a good survey of the job market in your area before making any rash decisions or comments to your boss. Just acknowledge his thoughts and keep your sales up. Let your performance speak louder than your exhaust.

Disclaimer: Not directed towards anyone specific.

 

We've established he's an ahole. But unfortunately he's right. In outside sales, perception is reality. You should be driving something appropriate to the job. I'm speaking from personal experience.

But perhaps a bigger question is: why are you willing to ruin your fine ride in this way? Get some old beater for a few grand, and ruin that instead!

 

Assuming your boss has no personal animosity to you, which he shouldn't unless there are other issues, its not about you or your car, its about the company and the perceived effect your car may have on both you and your company.

If there is a chance that your car may deter clients from purchasing whatever you sell or deter clients from becoming involved with you, then your car is not right for your job.

This is why I bought a tungsten and not a GO. I can't roll into my office everyday, much less other locations or to pick up or drive clients around, in a flashy orange muscle car. I love it, but it doesn't convey maturity which is what people want to see. They don't want to see your car (unless that's your product), they want to see or buy your product.

Think of it from the customer perspective. If you were your client and some salesman drives up to your place of business, potentially while you have customers there, in a tweaked out Civic with a giant wing, vinyl stickers up an down the side and a noisy a$$ coffee can muffler, how would you react? Probably the same way I react when little ***** going zipping by my house with fart cans and bass boxes blasting rattling their trunks... Would you want your clients seeing you doing business with the guy who everyone thinks is some hot rod punk or some schmo with a 79 firebird with a flaming chicken, traction bars, big a$$ tires and rusted quarters...

In business, its all about perception and very little about you.

If your car is part of your job, it is something to consider, like it or not.

Its the same reason there are very few professions you can roll into work with a big tattoo of a naked chick on your neck and not have it affect your job...

 

This is a simple and complete contradiction to this whole fake personal individuality that is claimed in America. It's OK for some people of the right "persuasions" to legally be able to come to work dressed as a woman, if you are a man. That right is now protected in Europe and many states.

Amazing how if you happen to like some things in life that are not feminine, and don't harm any one elses life, how suddenly everyone has the right to have a problem with it, but yet wouldn't dare mention it if it were gender obscure or feminine, everything else being equal.

Your Mustang gets better milage than many cars and SUV's, it is beautifully designed, and kept in great condition, but yet since it isn't the "correct" type of "showy" car in a mixed gender sense, you are being called out for it.

There will be much more of this coming, so buckle up folks, Erik

 

Ok, thats kind of a contradiction. he should not drive his nice looking newer car because of perception but driving an "old beater" he got for a few grand would be? In his field his customers could care less what he is driving. If he were cutting million dollar deals with multi national companies then they might think it odd he drive something so cheap. In that case you want your customers to think you do very well so that they trust you. You wear a nice suit and drive a BMW. He does not have to worry about that. Most guys that do his type of sales also do installation and drive white vans,. His car is more then likely appropriate for his income level. It looks great and is taken care of. There is nothing about his car that should turn off sales to his customer base. I dont do sales but I do travel to the biggest compaines in the US......and abroad. I would have no problem pulling up in his car. I would not pick clients up in it or take them to lunch because its too small. There are ways around that.

 

I say add what you want, just keep it looking presentible. If you pay for your car and own it do what you want. If it starts to look too much like a race car or too flashy they might have a guideline somewhere on that. As far as too loud, that's all subjective unless he has an SPL meter, but he is the boss so just watch your own back.

 

I say he has no right to even say a word about what you drive. I use my car for work occasionally and have strict rules myself about what I will pickup (nothing dirtly,large, overly heavy, or items that will scratch anything).

What it comes down to that unless there are some terms in your employee contract that talks about your car I would tell him that he has to provide you with a vehicle if he has a problem with what you drive.

If you wanted to drive a ferrari for work and pay for it that is your business (although for sales that might not be wise)

Truth be told, people do judge what you pull up in while making sales calls. You are always better off in an average looking car than a flashy new toy. Instead of people saying "gee he must be successful and good at his craft because he can afford that" They say "gee, he must be overcharging"

 

Ain't that the truth. People think that they're anonymous on the internet... quite the opposite actually. Then they cry foul when someone digs up something about their life that they posted in public.

Also not directed at anybody in particular

 

I am also speaking from personal experience. I traded my BMW for my GT/CS. I took a chance not knowing what the result would be. I asked my manager if he thought it was ok. His reply was that it was not a problem. The typical car in my area of work is a big SUV or Mercedes or a BMW so I took a big chance IMO. I still have a bit of worry when I will go to a clients home in the Mustang. Waht will they think I ask myself? So far I have not lost 1 client and not had one client act as if I were in the wrong vehicle. I have been so happy. The clients have been happy to see my car. Compliment after compliment. I hope that I don't have that problem but it is something that I have to worry about. I am the only one in my area that I have seen in the specific sales that I am in, driving a new Mustang. That is why I went for the GT/CS thinking it looks more expensive an it is!!!

 

Another thing I will add to the whole sales thing is as long as you keep your sales up there should be no problem with the mustang...

 

Sales is about image and being seen and it shows being top in your sales .The mustang is a great convesation starter and should only help out . Tell your boss from one lime green owner to another that the best thing he could do for sales is get "ALL" the sales staff into mustangs

 

Is there not a thing called a constitution etc freedom of speach and so on ? Your boss has a Vett doesn't he/she , There must be something in legal wrting that they cannot tell you what and hoe your car looks , I should think that as long as it is safe and pass's all legal safteys that your good , so if they want you to drive a lexus well they should get you and pay for a lease vehicle. I'm with you on rippin the JK

 

No let get the Boss's boss convinced that his boss can make a sweet lease afreement with Ford and then they all get Mustangs. lol

 

Hey John, Bet your boss drives a chevy!

 

Is this a joke? Now we're bringing the CONSTITUTION into this? Take a freakin' government class so you know what freedom of speech is and what it pertains to. I'm not sure what the laws are in the state the poster is from, but many states have something called Employment At-Will. You might want to check into that one too.

 

Actually, he drives a Pontiac SUV that he just got. He sold his Jap mini SUV and is moving up in the world...

For the "take the Boss for a ride..." I have done that too. He and I have made two trips for business to STL in it.

It just seems that ever chance he gets...