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[ANTIQUARIAN]

Good morning Rook, ARC & Jim.

 

[pepperj]

Morning Dave, Rook

Thanks Dave
Glad to take off the respirator after 3 days.

I moved the roost from the inner coop to the new outer coop. Reused the horse gate for the main entrance into the coop area.
I will build other roosts as the needs be, but for now the brooder part is done.
It was the easiest to make as I used 24" aluminum roll stock and made it into a 55" long oval.
Rounded corners are needed for the day olds so they don't pileup for warmth and suffocate each other.
The others will hear the chirping when they return in the evening and wonder what's up with the new noisy neighbours.

 

[pepperj]

How did Beta treat you Rook, any problems with the rainfall?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I'm interested in your opinions.

I'm thinking of applying for the job below, but what bothers me, is what I consider to be the 'unrealistic expectations' by the employer of the sales reps.
I believe that making 'quality sales calls over quantity' is much more productive, but what this company is requiring of their sales reps is ridiculous in my opinion.

Thanks,
Dave


Territory Sales Manager - Ritchie Bros. Company Ontario, Canada
Territory: Southern Ontario - Ontario South (Oshawa, Peterborough, Kingston, Kawartha Region)

Job Description:

This job will require you to:
· Meet or exceed core sales activities, such as:
· 16 customer meetings per week.
· A total of 100 customer interactions beyond meetings per week.
· 100% Salesforce (CRM Tool) Compliance.
· 10 hours of documented professional sales training per quarter.
· Participation in 4 professional organization networking and prospecting events.
· Attend 4 to 6 auction sales, 1 to 2 days each in duration within the region, where you'll meet with your customers and your colleagues.
· Travel overnight approximately 5 to 7 days per month to cover the territory and 1 to 2 days prior to each auction sale.
· Work primarily from a home office and on the road.

About the company:

Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets. Operating in a multitude of sectors, including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, mining, and forestry, the company’s selling channels include: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer offers live auction events with online bidding.


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[RustyRelics]

You'll run yourself ragged doing that kind of work in my opinion.

 

[RustyRelics]

Good morning.

 

[RustyRelics]

You’re helmet looks freaking awesome too! Did you paint the eagle? I hope you get a chance to go to a rally. That was probably it for Ohio. IDK how to find out the itinerary.

The eagle is a dry transfer decal. I Liked the way it was put on very much, compared to the water slide ones which look terrible imo.


He has to make it to Kentucky sometime... I remember he made a stop in Huntington WV which is close by, but we didn't know about it until we saw him on TV.

 

[bill from lachine]

Good morning ARC, Dave, Jim, Rook & Rusty.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

You'll run yourself ragged doing that kind of work in my opinion.

Good morning Rusty.
I agree, how could anyone be expected to meet these demands.
Thanks.

 

[bill from lachine]

Dave,

100 customer interactions per week is like 20 per day on the phone plus 16 per week face to face. Sounds like a treadmill to me I'd pass.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Dave,

100 customer interactions per week is like 20 per day on the phone plus 16 per week face to face. Sounds like a treadmill to me I'd pass.

I knew that you'd have issue with this too Bill, having been a sales rep in your career as well.
Thanks,
Dave

 

[pepperj]

I'm interested in your opinions.

I'm thinking of applying for the job below, but what bothers me, is what I consider to be the 'unrealistic expectations' by the employer of the sales reps.
I believe that making 'quality sales calls over quantity' is much more productive, but what this company is requiring of their sales reps is ridiculous in my opinion.

Thanks,
Dave


Territory Sales Manager - Ritchie Bros. Company Ontario, Canada
Territory: Southern Ontario - Ontario South (Oshawa, Peterborough, Kingston, Kawartha Region)

Well Dave maybe you've had it too good over the years and now a cold reality is setting in that the sales teams/force out there works harder-getting less.
$1.
That or the expectations of the Richie Bros. is high up the ladder and I would think they have no time for less at this stage in the company's history.
The sales of their auctions is known world wide, the reputation goes second to none in the industry.


Job Description:

This job will require you to:
· Meet or exceed core sales activities, such as:
· 16 customer meetings per week.
· A total of 100 customer interactions beyond meetings per week.
· 100% Salesforce (CRM Tool) Compliance.
· 10 hours of documented professional sales training per quarter.
· Participation in 4 professional organization networking and prospecting events.
· Attend 4 to 6 auction sales, 1 to 2 days each in duration within the region, where you'll meet with your customers and your colleagues.
· Travel overnight approximately 5 to 7 days per month to cover the territory and 1 to 2 days prior to each auction sale.
· Work primarily from a home office and on the road.

About the company:

Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets. Operating in a multitude of sectors, including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, mining, and forestry, the company’s selling channels include: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer offers live auction events with online bidding.


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One would have to ask themselves what they want/expect from joining the team.

You might realize that the sales positions that you have held in the past-might have put you in a position of having it a tad easy.
I'm not saying you're a slacker or anything Dave, it's that you are looking at a company that has what 40 locations around the globe? $1.3 Billion in sales, 2200 employees.

62yrs in business they have no-time to set aside for anyone that might think that they have an edge up. It's preform-preform-and more, any less go look someplace else.
They didn't get where they are today in having a laid back approach in market place.

The auction world is made up of split minute decisions, not a schmooze/massage type of sales.

Then again I made it through many decades of buying and selling out of the auctions-but never on the level of the Richie Bros. type of sales.
One needed deep pockets, and a big set of you know whats to go after the assets that were being sold.

 

[pepperj]

Morning Rusty, Bill

(I'm not implying that you need a tad shot of oil Bill)

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

One would have to ask themselves what they want/expect from joining the team.

You might realize that the sales positions that you have held in the past-might have put you in a position of having it a tad easy.
I'm not saying you're a slacker or anything Dave, it's that you are looking at a company that has what 40 locations around the globe? $1.3 Billion in sales, 2200 employees.

62yrs in business they have no-time to set aside for anyone that might think that they have an edge up. It's preform-preform-and more, any less go look someplace else.
They didn't get where they are today in having a laid back approach in market place.

The auction world is made up of split minute decisions, not a schmooze/massage type of sales.

Then again I made it through many decades of buying and selling out of the auctions-but never on the level of the Richie Bros. type of sales.
One needed deep pockets, and a big set of you know whats to go after the assets that were being sold.

I agree Jim, I had a good thing going while I was at Wacker Neuson, my position was more a matter of 'maintaining the companies existing business'.
I'm also a hunter/gatherer and thrive on seeing sales potential where others couldn't.

I too have been to the Ritchie Bros. Auctions in Bolton, ON and they're very exciting.
The part of the job that appeals to me most, is the potential to find equipment that contractors or farmers need or want to sell, then selling it for the highest dollar possible.

Thanks for your opinion Jim,
Dave

 

[pepperj]

I agree Jim, I had a good thing going while I was at Wacker Neuson, my position was more a matter of 'maintaining the companies existing business'.
I'm also a hunter/gatherer and thrive on seeing sales potential where others couldn't.

I too have been to the Ritchie Bros. Auctions in Bolton, ON and they're very exciting.
The part of the job that appeals to me most, is the potential to find equipment that contractors or farmers need or want to sell, then selling it for the highest dollar possible.

Thanks for your opinion Jim,
Dave

Their place in Bolton is over whelming when one considers how the assets flow in and out of the gates.

Funny that a large local company sent up a rock truck to the auction-the float truck operator was commenting he went back up and got the same rock truck and brought it over to another quarry down the road.
Rb has 28+ subsidiaries. Just looking at the Salvagesale and the WN assets that are going up for sale in Alberta.

I'm thinking Dave this position is for a "very hungry person"-not a sales person that is looking for a position where the customer interactions are 1st.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Good morning, ARC, Bill, Antiquarian, Pepperj, rook, Rusty, and whoever else is up.

 

[Rookster]

Morning RR and bill

 

[pepperj]

Morning WD

 

[Rookster]

Dave those expectations sound a little like my company I retired from. It sounds like the people in the big glass tower at the home office have bonuses they work for as well so they push the hell out of the sales team. As I was beginning to ride my replacement around he told me the company was graduating from a commission base pay scale to commission on yearly growth. Basically salary plus growth. They thrived on young people fresh out of college eager for jobs but no experience.

 

[Rookster]

Morning WD