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...what exactly is the difference between a Sales Porter, Lot Porter, & Lot Attendant? Their descriptions all seem pretty similar including lot maintenance, errand running, and car washing.
Many dealerships use these terms interchangeably, so the position and tasks may be divided separately, and may vary more if the dealership is big, and combine the tasks if its a small dealership.
Your basic division is sales and service, after that, your best bet is to learn as much about everything you can; this way you get respect from other sub-departments and pick up some skills (and possibly a promotion).
Usually, it's like this...
Sales Porter: Move the new/used cars, demos, trade ins, keep the front lot neat and orderly. Probably the one job in a dealership that gets zero credit for making a first impression on a buyer. Would you buy a car from a place that has customer, trade-ins, demos, et cetera, parked chaotically?
Lot Porter: Moving the new/used cars around, parking them neatly and such. Overlap with the Sales Porter.
Lot Attendant: General do-boy. You might drive cars, move cars, park caars, driver people places, get parts/equipment, collect manuals, booklets, keys, paperwork, fetch stuff, take out the trash, escort guests to the showroom...a vague description. Every dealership tells you what the limits are.
Trouble is, you start out as low-man on the totem pole, but you bear almost no responsibility other than doing your job, so you really have to try hard to get fired. It's easy to impress and promote yourself if you're willing to do your job properly, since it's a job many people screw-up with idleness, lazyness, poor appearance, pinch items form a customer's car, et cetera. Or they scratch a car, and don't tell any one.
I used to set traps for valets/porters/car washers to test their honesty. I'd hide a one-dollar bill in a clean ashtray or pocket, just to see if they'd take it. If they got caught twice, I'd fire them; I didn't like doing it, especially if that valet was 30+, rather than 18, but how would you feel if that were your car? I has one kid fired because he ignored customers, he'd run away when it got busy. Seriously, it's an easy job. Just do it, or don't bother showing up.
Anyone with half a brain can do it; the thing that will separate yourself form the pack is that a lot of employees at those posts tend to show up with a quarter-tank or less. You might have to suck up to move up, but unless making $8.00/hour is a lifelong goal, nobody will accuse you of doing the wrong thing by trying to move up.
Wow...
