You are fired

[allwheeldrive]

I wish i could trim down the number in our shop. There's too many people for the amount of work out there right now with the economy sucking.

[evil_twin]

Yah that sucks a lot. Goodluck with your decision...

[gazellebeigem3]

I wish i could trim down the number in our shop. There's too many people for the amount of work out there right now with the economy sucking.

where do you work?

[BMWLA]

bmw dealer in so cal, we get in trouble for posting the name in forums or places like myspace tho

[cferb]

I wish i could trim down the number in our shop. There's too many people for the amount of work out there right now with the economy sucking.

Of course I don't work for BMW, but I'm with you, they tend to hire people at the times that we need people the least, and give us no house, then when it's busiest they fire people and overwork us.

I know they do it because there are times of the season that are slow and times that are busy, so they're preparing, but fuck, they're still illogical about it. Then they give us a few 4 hour shifts instead of less 8 hour shifts, makes no sense.

[der affe]

"bmw dealer in so cal, we get in trouble for posting the name in forums or places like myspace tho"



was that something stated in the employee hand book or in a memo?

[rThor432]

Other than Nick Alexander, how many dealers are there in LA?

[BMWLA]

"bmw dealer in so cal, we get in trouble for posting the name in forums or places like myspace tho"



was that something stated in the employee hand book or in a memo?

that came down from someone getting FIRED for it

[BMWLA]

Other than Nick Alexander, how many dealers are there in LA?

quite a few in la county

[Collin]

I like that this thread is now directly below my "I got a job!" thread.

edit: now above

[jflip2002]

Most places do not give a fuck if they are overstaffed, as far as techs go. I know here they do not. They only pay you for the work you do anyhow. The more techs, the better and more closely you will look over the car for up sales. Thus earning the dealership more money. They (everyone IVe worked at) dont really give much about the tech's hours earned, rather their total in net profit.

[Victell]

Laid off is much better than fired. Unemployment benefits to tide you over, and your reputation stays intact. Unless there are gross offenders, usually the last hired is the first let go.

But an out of work technichian is in a potentially very lucrative self-emloyment position. Especially tough times like these where people are looking to save money, namely in the repair of their autos. One of our former techs is making so much free-lance that he probably will not come back to a dealer.

[allwheeldrive]

where do you work?

I work for a Toyota dealer. The past couple months have sucked royally. :(


and jflip has hit the nail on the head.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Other than Nick Alexander, how many dealers are there in LA?

more than a few in the LA area. There are two within 25 miles of me, and I'm on the outskirts of LA county. Savage, and Assel.

[MoparJ]

I work for a Toyota dealer. The past couple months have sucked royally. :(


and jflip has hit the nail on the head.

Think you have it bad? I work at a Pontiac/Dodge/Mazda dealer; that's 2/3 of suck right there......100% depending on who you ask. ;)

We (the parts dept.) just did inventory last week, so this week was the annual mass firing spree for the year. That place is almost running on a skeleton crew now. If GM implodes at the end of the year, we will be royally screwed....