I was a commissioned sales employee with Garage Envy from 2008 to 2009. During this time I had Garage Envy deliver their sales trailer to different locations so I could look for customers at events. I met Barry at World Class Motoring in Agoura Hills during an event, Barry told me that he knew Jay Leno and could possibly get a meeting together with Jay. Jeff my sales manager helped get an e-mail to Jays right hand man, Bernard, to set up a meeting and see what GE could do for Jay.
Garage Envy Owner Jaime Dietenhofer, Sales Manager Jeff, Barry and myself, and flooring expert, Kenny met Bernard in Burbank at Jays showroom to look at the floor. The floor was badly pealing and bubbling from toxic residue under the ground; flooring samples were taken and sent to a lab to be analyzed to find the cause of the problem.
Over the next 9 months I would ask Jaime Deitenhofer, Owner and sales manager, what the progress of the flooring was, he would not give me a truthful answer. I was then cut out of the communication between Garage Envy and Jay. I never received recognition, commission or acknowledgement that I was the person that brought in this lead. My co-workers, Greg, Whitney, Ken, Ed, David, and Barbara knew that I was the person responsible for Jay Lenos work performed.
When a self generated lead was brought in such as Jays this would pay a 15% commission; I estimate the sale at over $500,000 for the job that was done on Jays floor, his garage at his home, and all the free advertising that Garage Envy is getting from promoting Jay Leno. This is over $75,000 I should have received for my dedicated, diligent, hard work. I got nothing; I wonder if Jaime collected my commission?
Over the last few years I have had several other sales people working at Garage Envy call me and tell me similar stories that they have had with Jaime not paying them for their jobs.
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