car wash attendant

cashier

truck driver

attendant

general manager

Blue Beacon Truck Wash

Blue Beacon is a good company to work for but sadly this job and location was not exactly what I had expected or hoped for but may work for someone else. 

The best way for eligibility and consideration for hire here is to apply at the location. Sometimes a immediate interview is conducted. This company does perform drug tests and background checks. (A lot of telephone calls on this question)

Beginning your employment as a cashier, you are only allowed 3 days for OJT so be prepared for 10-12 hour shifts during that training period, then after that you are on your own with minimal help. During your shift expect to solely and accurately run and manage 2 bay registers, CAT scale register, answer the telephone 90% of the time, log employees in and out for work as well as for lunch breaks, make a few deposit drops in the safe, retrieve money a few times a day from the safe for adequate cash in registers, constantly paying attention to the camera TV monitor on both bay lanes to log in times in the computer for trucks entering and leaving the bays, on the telephone several times a day getting a verifiable PO # for customers check, clean restrooms at least 2x’s on your shift, wipe down counter surfaces, change and take out trash, and sweep/mop. 
This is not a complete list but a fair part of your daily responsibilities. Being that you are the only cashier on your shift, it’s not uncommon to daily manage some of these job functions at the same time which can be very hectic and stressful. Multi-tasking abilities are a MUST for this position. 

The work environment is fast paced (when weather is coorperative) with a great deal of diversity of an approximately 30-40 combined shift employees, some are approachable and friendly and others are somber. 

Management is relatively laid back but could use some training on communicating better with their staff and be more personable. If you are one to expect a pat on the back for a job well done by management then this is not the job for you. That acknowledgment don’t exist here. 

Casual attire is the normal expectancy, skinny jeans and tight pants are NOT allowed, only loose fitting bootcut jeans or black/tan khakis along with a Blue Beacon logo shirt which will be supplied to you. All other logo attire must be purchased out of your pocket. 

The computer system actually takes some time to familiar yourself with. Ringing out a customer is not a simple ring out like most cashiering jobs, there’s alot of navigating in the computer system for different types of washes and trucks for an accurate ring up. 

This place can be either VERY busy or slow depending on the weather. Working hours are unpredictable, You can have 50 hours one week and 20 the next due to the weather. Your working schedule can range in days and hours. Must be flexible with your hours  Working weekends can be required.  This is a 24 hour operating business.  

You ONLY get ONE unpaid 30 mintue break (lunch) during your 8-12 hr work shift with no other unpaid/paid breaks. So if you are a smoker then this isn’t the job for you. I would highly recommend to bring a lunch as there is limited places to eat in this area. Hourly pay is decent but you defiantly work for it. Don’t expect any raises anytime soon as the company just raised the pay. Benefits are not the best but better than nothing at all. 

Overall, this job is not a place to make a career out of but is do-able while searching for something better.

When you're in High school/college= good Job.
Management is good but has its flaws( a lot). They give higher job positions to people who don't deserve it. You wash about 20+ trucks on a busy day for each bay. The workplace culture changes every year when new people come and older people leave. Getting a raise and hours in this job is the worst. You have to kiss butt to get anywhere. Even then the people who been there ahead of you has to quit for you to move up in job positions. Pays decent for high school and college student. Takes a long time to get up in position and raise. Morning shift you will get more hours because it's busy a lot. Working hard don't get you anywhere in this job. They will work with your hours if needed. Some supervisor or bayleaders will keep tips if they get them. The people are "ok" there. Some people are nice and really kind but most are cruel and think they know it all. There changing stuff every week which get confusing. The most enjoyable part of the job was talking to the drivers about their experience driving truck. The hardest part about the job was washing so fast and many trucks all day while keeping it clean at the same time. Their system is flawed. Overall it was a hard and ok job. Not the best to work out or somewhere you want to be all your life (speaking from a washer position or supervisor). I enjoyed some parts of the job but dread going to work everyday. There was always something wrong everyday. From people not showing up or just not caring about working hard that day. People would show up everyday late and nothing would happen to them. It took them 10 weeks to even say something to someone. Managers will get on some people but not say anything to others. Some drivers get treated way better then others. I worked there for 3 years and was a bay leader. They were giving people supervisor positions over me just because I had 3 days off because of college. I worked  more hours, knew what i was doing and worked harder then the people who had one or two days off but they picked them for the position. The way they choice who become a high position or not needs to be changed.  I went to work everyday hating my job and didn't want to be there . When you first start out the environment is good but after a while it get tiring and horrible and you find out all the flaws. I can keep going on for hours on here about this job but just to sum things up. This is a good PART TIME/  in between job but its not a job you want to be at for  long period of time. I hope this helps out future people looking to work here. Bye!

Blue Beacon Truck Wash is a terrible place to work because of the lack of support and accountability from the managers. In this establishment, the managers do not provide any assistance or guidance to the employees, allowing them to do as they please without consequences. This lack of supervision results in a chaotic work environment where employees can neglect their duties, such as washing the trucks that are inside the building.

One of the main responsibilities of the employees at Blue Beacon Truck Wash is to wash the trucks that come in for service. However, due to the lack of oversight from the managers, employees often neglect this task, leaving the trucks dirty and unsatisfactory to the customers. This not only reflects poorly on the establishment but also affects the overall customer satisfaction and reputation of the business.

Furthermore, the managers at Blue Beacon Truck Wash do not take any action to address these issues or hold employees accountable for their actions. This lack of accountability creates a culture of irresponsibility and negligence among the employees, leading to further deterioration of the work environment.

In conclusion, Blue Beacon Truck Wash is a terrible place to work due to the ineffective management and lack of support for the employees. Without proper guidance and accountability, the employees are left to their own devices, resulting in a chaotic and unproductive work environment. It is essential for the managers to take a more active role in supervising and supporting the employees to ensure that the business operates efficiently and effectively.

First, I did not go into this job knowing that it was all weather-permitting. if it rains, employees get cut. if its a slow day, employees get cut, if it snowed, employees get cut. at first it was alright, but after awhile, you realize working only 2 days a week is not going to pay the bills. I stuck it out as long as i could. with rent, car payment, phone bill, cable, not to mention a 2 year old, i was barely making ends meet. i needed to do something to better myself and of course my family. i get that everyone has some sort of issues in their home lives, but thats not a good enough reason to constantly take it out on employees everyday. The manager did just that. not the Operations manager, the General Manager. everyday, he would scream and yell at every employee and also gave out threats of firing everyone...everyday all day. within the past month(May 2014) 4 employees have quit. this job has a very quick turn-a-round rate. eventually the owners of the company need to look real deep at the MANAGEMENT. they need to see that if so many people have been hired, then a month later, quit, something is wrong here. even employees that have been with this company for over 3 years have just walked out because they coudnt deal with the threats of being fired and being talked to like you were 12. these were dedicated employees that couldnt take the manager anymore. neither could I. you know how they always say, ¨dont mix work life with home life¨? its the truth. thats all this manager did. people can only take so much.

It's just repetitive work, washing trucks. Some days be busy to where you would be washing all day and some days it would be slow to the point where they would have to send people home. They like to maintain a high standard of maintenance and cleanliness which most would not expect from a truck wash. Not the best of place starting out as an new employee but when a person starts to get used to the techniques and procedures, then the work gets easier to handle and the workplace becomes more comfortable. The hardest part of the job is having to wash the trucks, often times for the whole shift, and dealing with the customers concerns. Sometimes a person would have to work 6 days a week when it is short staffed. The best part about the job is that it develops a person. A bay attendant leans to be more organized, develops muscles, and learns how to be more communicative. Depending on how far up a person moves with the company, he/she can learn how to maintain wash equipment, communicate better with the customers, learn cash handling skills, as well as using Microsoft Word and Excel. All in all, it's a good place to work at if a person is all about his/her money. Though it may be rough getting used to the ever changing procedures and techniques and constantly being wet and in a loud environment, a person can learn to tolerate it. It's really the people I work with that kept me around. Other than that, I grown to dislike the company the longer I worked there. It could be due to the lack of understanding as well as learning more about it

A typical day at work consists of checking our security camera system to confirm that the times that our cashiers have clocked trucks in and out at is correct. Once the checking is done one has to enter the correction into the computer system. After that you sort the days' tickets into types of sales, run a tape to calculate sales totals, rubber band the tickets and print a Cash Balance Sheet. then you would check time cards and labor sheets to determine hourly labor cost and bonus percentages if applicable. the last thing to do would be the daily deposit and then any other tasks that the managers may need you to do. I have learned that nobody is perfect and mistakes are made. when mistakes are made there is always somebody that you can ask for advice on how to fix it. The management at the location has recently changed for my store, I am not thrilled about it because before the manager was official he asked me how much I made being a book keeper. When I told him the amount he said that the first thing that he was going to do was give me a raise. Upon asking him for this raise, keep in mind I was performing my job as well as cashiering on a regular basis, his response was that I was paid for the job that I did,. I found this unacceptable. The hardest part of the job is keeping everybody happy. The best, for me, is that most of the workers were guys, I am not "boy crazy" I am just one of those people that would prefer to work around men.

The job itself is easy once you get the hang of it , but favoritism is a Very big thing here. No matter how good of an employee you may be the family hired by the GM will always win out on promotions and anything job related. The supervisors kind of try to lead the employees but it turns out being more of a boss than leadership type of lead. If you want to move up you have to be a yes man anything asked of you must be able to be done by you if you plan on ever succeeding here or having a decent side to work on the truck with you.  They believe in micro management to the fullest cameras are everywhere atleast 6 in each bay alone and the OM will walk around and watch you. If you make a mistake depending on how noticeable it is you may get away with it whether you know you did it or not , it wont become a problem until the GM is watching. It's a good first job it teaches you how the world is never fair and sometimes more often than you might wish sometimes you just have to be quite and act as if everything is fine and keep it moving. The insurance is okay dont expect any orthodontist work if needed. Your schedule can begin to change at any moment  always keep an eye on it the GM likes to make changes and not notify people especially if you called in on a previous day or if the site closed due to an issue. Depending on what you look like drivers may or may not disturb you or constantly watch and only check your side.  The pay is okay unless you dont have someone helping you with bills.

If you have a cool guy nick name from high school and just graduated with friends that work here....this is the place for YOU.   If you're a 45 year old man just trying to work a job you like to do you should move on. Management is terrible at all angles and very immature. When i was washing there whatever bay i was in did the best and most work with no re washes or bad comments one after another. I was involved in a bay record setting most transactions in a single shift....more money for the company without even so much as great job from leaders. Cameras literally everywhere on premises with someone watching at all times to see if you were sticking to procedure and doing it right.  It was a few years ago that i worked the worse experience of my ENTIRE life. What i do know isif they don't like you or your name you are treated like you've never been treated before that's how silly it is. The manager treated me like garbage and i could have got a law suit on his butt with cameras to back me up in court for the terrible unfair crimes he and leaders were committing against me.  I called the HR department in some other state and told them everything. They decided to give me a week off with pay and to possibly find a new job. A week went by and no new job yet so i returned to Streaken Beacon waiting for a job lead to call. My hours had shrunk down to about 25 hrs a week and nothing really changed going back. Long story short....i called the place a s---hole and the manager ended my Blue beacon career so he put it....LOL.

While working in the wash bays, the days were fairly straight forward - a group of 3-7 people would wash the trucks in an assembly line like fashion and clean the bays or premises while on down time.

The management was extremely fair and easy to work with.  This is one place where an 'open door policy' is what it says it is.

I learned how to take leadership skills from the military and use them productively with a civilian business (working with teenager employees can sometimes be difficult).  While in a supervisor position, I had to work with customers (truck drivers) professionally.  This broadened my social skills immensely.

The worst situation I had was when I had to deal with an irate customer who was [much] bigger than myself.  He attempted to intimidate me just short of physical violence.  Management allowed me to work with the individual until demands became out of my hands.  I was happy that management was confident enough to allow me to take control of the situation, but protected me at the same time.

Management saw skills I possessed outside of my daily responsibilities and allowed me to work in other areas.  This included the pump room, fixing equipment, and working as a cashier.

They even accommodate my schedule for when I went to college with a part time schedule.

Blue Beacon is a decent company to work for if you're looking to do something that only someone with a a HS diploma or no education can do.

The work is very physical and you will definitely get wet at some point by either the water, the chemicals, or your own sweat.

You get paid weekly, which is nice, but the pay caps out pretty quickly. The benefits are not all that great. The medical plans are expensive in comparison to the pay and there is no dental insurance at all. They really try to sell you on what they call a cafeteria plan, but it's one of those "use it or lose it" by the end of the year type of things.

If you're lucky you'll work with people who actually take pride in their work, even if it is just washing trucks. In my experience, it was like that in one location but not the other and it really affects the atmosphere of the job.

Management is all salary and just like any other place you have good and bad ones.

My chief complaint is that there is no set Standard Procedure when it comes to the job. It all varies depending on the location which can lead to customers getting upset because one location differs from another in what they can and cannot do.

If you're looking to advance, good luck. There are only so many slots and if the person in one of those slots refuses to advance, you are pretty much stuck, unless you are willing to relocate at your own expense. The exception to that is if your are relocating into a salaried manager position.

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