The sellers of cars of foreign brands who have lost their jobs and left the Russian market are en masse becoming real estate agents in Moscow, RIA Real Estate reports, citing representatives of real estate agencies and other companies. Here, unlike car retail, life is in full swing.
Such “transitions” were confirmed in the federal company “Etazhi”, real estate agencies “Prostor”, Penny Lane Realty and “Azbuka Zhilya”, stating that the outflow of dealer staff began in the spring.
After the start of the special operation in Ukraine, a number of car brands announced the cessation of production and delivery of cars to Russia. Volkswagen, Skoda, Toyota, Lexus, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, Daimler Truck, Scania, Volvo trucks, Ford and General Motors have ceased operations.
Real estate companies say that former car salesmen are valuable employees, and employees with car sales experience are willing to hire people because the principles of selling and interacting with a customer are very similar in these areas.
In both cases we are talking about expensive purchases, so as a rule successful car salesmen show good results from the first months of work in the real estate sector, experts say.