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Autobell Car Wash

A typical work day really depends on the day and the weather. If it's any weekday, besides Friday, or a Sunday, cars are consistent with a few breaks here and there. Easy to manage and not incredibly stressful. If it's Friday or a Saturday, it's constantly busy. We've easily gotten dozens of cars, if not hundreds. You have to really put in work those two days. There are more cars on hotter days than anything, and less cars on cloudy/rainy days mostly. I get paid $7.25 as a Crew Member in Virginia, which is minimum wage. Tips really boost your take home pay. You have to claim half every day, but it's still nice to go home with cash from tips.
The hardest part is the heat combined with when it's really busy. It can get to you if you aren't hydrated and eating, and the managers really stress the importance of hydrating and letting them know if you aren't feeling good.
It's a pretty nice place to work though. The work in itself isn't so hard. It's just the most stressful when it's busy, like it is for most other establishments.
Crew Members are the ones who wipe down cars and take care of them and the customer. Managers will also jump in if it's really busy or really slow even just to lend a hand. We also put the towels in a washer and dryer, fill spray bottles, sweep the premises, vacuum cars, help close the store by vacuuming, mopping, and sweeping.
The only things that really bugs me about the job are the heat and scheduling. The heat isn't the managers' faults obviously so that's a personal problem. But times aren't really varied of when you come in, at least for me. You have to request if you want different times specifically, which is fair, but if rotations with times could be made automaticaly where it's allowed, that would be nice. We also don't have set times off. You leave if it's raining really hard sometimes, when another person comes in for their shift, or if it's slow. But they'll keep you as long as it's busy, which can suck but is fair enough. Other than that, scheduling is flexible, even during the school year, and requesting time off is fair as well. Most of these are personal problems, and they aren't that big a deal honestly.
Everyone is really nice though. The managers and other crew members are really easy to talk to and get along with, especially since most crew members are in high school or college. There's also lots of room for advancement in the company. You can go from a crew member to a cashier/crew member, to a manager in a reasonable amount of time as long as you work hard and show your commitment.
Overall, it's a great place to work. I would think it's a great first job too and a good job to have while you're in school because of flexibility. There are also no super late hours. The store closes at 7:30pm on Sunday and 8pm every other day so the latest you might stay if you help close is 9pm if that. 
If you don't mind being slightly active, (we do jog or run or fast walk sometimes to get to where we need to be to get a car done faster), are good with heat (be prepared to sweat a lot, carry a paper towel to wipe the sweat away if you need it), pay attention to detail, don't mind an occasional whacky customer, like tips and easygoing people, I'd say it's the place for you.

This is a good summer job if you need an activity to do. My title was Crew/ Team Member. However, it's hard to plan any other major activity the day that you are scheduled to work, because you may be texted to start at an earlier or later time than the schedule says. This is because the job is based on the number of cars needing to be washed, which is based on the weather. Cashiers, which have more experience/have worked there longer than the Crew, have a little more reliable schedule, I think.

The job itself: cars' outsides are washed by a machine. After that, depending on the service the customer bought, you towel dry the outside (body and wheels), spray a disinfectant on the interior, spray glass cleaner and another spray on the interior, vacuum the interior, put tire gloss on the tires.

Some customers give tips, which you are supposed to report.

The hardest part was not knowing the exact length of a shift.

I think that Autobell is probably one of the best jobs out there for a college student due to easy application and quick interview, decent training, and you get to meet a lot of cool people. Managers can be iffy, especially Store Managers. If you get a micromanager it just makes work a pain. 


Nonexistent benefits until you become a Store Manager, besides a weekly car wash. Base pay is pretty bad being minimum wage, and being an Assistant manager doesn’t give you much more. Tips are good but can vary depending on location and have gotten worse due to price raises, and for cashiers, sadly Commission is NOT guarenteed, if your extras are even a single cent below the floor, you are getting nothing for your effort. Great opportunities to move up, but only if the Store Manager favors you. 

Favoritism is pretty big at Autobell and can be a determining factor if you get hours, promotions, and a good work environment. Overall, despite the drawbacks, I enjoyed my time working here, especially before I was promoted. I wish upper management focused more on the employees and not just blind profit and I’d probably make this a four or five star review.

You basically can pick your hours and call out whenever you need to. Busy days are the only real exception. The negative of that is if you want to work a lot to earn money, you have to be better than your coworkers or you won’t get the hours. If you put in any effort whatsoever you’ll be competitive for promotions and pay increases. Becoming a manager means you make less money because you won’t get as many tips or a worthwhile pay increase, but you get the work experience. 
The biggest difficulty of the job is doing relatively hard labor outside in the heat and cold. No heavy lifting but you are expected to run and work fast which means you will sweat, a lot. I’ve had my foot run over twice, slipped in car polish dozens of times, and slipped on ice too. 
With tips I probably averaged 13-15$ an hour. Busy days you could easily make 20$ an hour depending on the generosity of customers. Cash tips get taxed, but only if you claim them.

Great place to work and gives lots of room to improve and get promoted however a few cons was dealing with picky customers who expected a $150 detail for $30 car wash. Everything else was great about the job other than that and also hours aren’t amazing, you get called out a lot if you aren’t working like your being paid $20 an hour. You make minimum wage+tips but are expected to do way more work and put in a lot more effort in than what you actually get paid for but it isn’t a difficult job. Be respectful and do what you’re supposed to do and you’ll be treated well. I would recommend this job heavily especially if your looking for your first job in high school or even college.

Autobell is a job that you can go to and fully expect to instantly feel apart of a family. All of the crew members constantly help each other out without question, the relationships between boss and coworker are so sincere, all of the managers are very understanding and will help you in your work life as well as your personal life. Autobell is very personal. Don’t expect to go to work with your head down and do your job quietly, because soon all of your best friends are the people you work with and work becomes something different entirely. The start pay isn’t bad for the tips, you can easily receive a $20 tip for one car you detail. Your hourly rate when working here is much higher than $7.25 once you add tips into the mix. The only issue with the pay is your hours are always changing, on busy days you could be there for 8 hours and slow days only be there for an hour or be called off.

As my first and only job, Autobell proved to be an enjoyable work experience. Days were variable based upon weather, but during a clear day, the crew members, or entry level staff, would hustle to detail cars in a timely and efficient manner. With the great management to back their work, things ran smoothly at this store. People were able to realize when it was time to work, but at the same time, the staff was relaxed. There were hardly any problems, but if in the instance one had occurred, the management staff would handle the incidents swiftly and effectively. The hardest thing to do there was to handle the large volumes of cars that would come in during busy days. Other than that, the place was enjoyable.

I worked this job as a crew member washing/detailing cars back in college. It's a good job for someone in school (whether high school or college) who needs an easy, laid back job that provides some extra spending money. 

At the time they paid minimum wage and then you got tips too. Tips were hit and miss but my hourly wage usually ended up averaging to around $15 per hour, including the minimum wage + tips. And that was years ago so maybe inflation will have driven that average hourly wage up nowadays. 

There were some guys (who were in college still) who got promoted to shift managers, they still got to detail cars sometimes and make tips. So if you want to get some management experience or move up, you can. 

All in all the job was alright for what it was. 

Working at the car wash was a good experience. A typical day involved washing, drying, vacuuming, and cleaning customers’ vehicles while making sure they were satisfied with the service. I learned how to work quickly, pay attention to detail, and work well as part of a team. Management was supportive and expected everyone to stay busy and help each other. The workplace was fast-paced, especially on weekends or during nice weather. The hardest part of the job was working outside in the heat, cold, or rain and staying on your feet for long periods. The most enjoyable part was working with my coworkers, seeing the finished cars, and meeting different customers every day.

Auto-Bell is a good starter job, for high schoolers and such. But not really for anybody else. The hours are totally weather/busyness based. I once worked 3-4hours in a whole week because it was a rainy week and nobody wanted a car wash. So if you need consistency this isn’t the place. You make minimum wage but on a busy day you can take home hundreds of dollars in tips. But be prepared to be stiffed plenty of the time as well. Management is ok, but everyone at my location (including full grown men) acted like they were immature 15 year olds constantly. Hot days are hard, it can get over 110 degrees on the blacktop if the average temp is in the 90’s and there isn’t a lot of time for breaks or getting water. It’s rough over all, but like I said busy days can bring in a lot of cash tips. 

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