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I feel compelled to share my experience at Bud Clary VW to provide insight into the workplace dynamics. While I entered the role with enthusiasm and an eagerness to contribute, the reality of my time there was quite different.

One of the most concerning aspects of my experience was the culture of fear and intimidation. I witnessed several instances where employees would threaten and create a hostile environment, which was distressing. Despite approaching management about these issues, I felt that concerns raised went unaddressed, allowing the toxic behavior to persist.

The lack of intervention from leadership not only affected team morale but also made collaboration nearly impossible. Many colleagues, including myself, felt unsafe and unsupported in voicing our concerns. Ultimately, I made the difficult decision to resign from my position, as I could no longer work in such a negative environment.

I believe that a workplace should foster respect, collaboration, and safety for all employees. Unfortunately, my experience at Bud Clary VW fell short of these standards. I hope that in the future, the company prioritizes employee well-being and addresses issues of intimidation and hostility effectively.

Start the day as one of the first people there. responsible for opening procedure, i.e. unlocking and opening all entrances, removing vehicles from inside the shop, moving merchandise outside, etc. day continued with working on vehicles and helping other technicians, running company errands, sometimes covering for car washers, cleaning up the shop at slower points in the day and closing procedure, same as opening, just in reverse.
I learned that if you don't figure out a fast and effective routine quickly, they won't keep you.
Co -workers were very friendly and willing to help out.
The hardest part of the job was trying to get a routine going when I wasn't allowed to work alone. It made it impossible to figure out the best way to get everything done in the shortest time. They had me shadow the other employees who all had their own routine and expected me to have one as soon as I started, knowing that I just finished school and had no in the field experience.

Giving 4 stars as this is the first company I have worked for that actually had decent work/life balance and decent benefits. Vision and dental could be better, but better than nothing.

I don't hate the place. I believe the company needs to invest more into their lower level employees to decrease the turnover rate and increase longevity.

Pay needs improvement. Experience doesn't seem to change the outcome. 

Enjoyed the comradery between the other employees. 

Relaxed environment for being a customer facing job.  

Management is more concerned about filling empty positions with a body than finding qualified individuals to fill the empty positions (pay does play a part in this).

Training is okayish. Also an area that needs improvement.

Communication between departments was okay. Definitely could be better.

Most of the stressful and time consuming aspects came from service and BDC/scheduling.

Otherwise, it is typical parts stuff, just dealer/manufacture specific.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The service manager was awesome

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to make hours with no work coming in and the work that did come in was recalls and warranty which didn’t pay good at all

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The morale in the shop was at an all time low when I left everyone was looking for another job

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Sit at your toolbox and wait for work to come in and if you were lucky and got some work you would knock it out fast and hope more work came in

This company's management practices are beyond unethical. They expect their workers to receive bare minimum, for government funded work that requires real skills that are not aquired through a days worth of training. After years of backlash about pay they then began to tease employees with performance raises based off efficiency work; then didn't have enough "work" to fulfill said performance efficiency. When asked about promotions, or areas for growth, and training; they shut you down and insist that you leave the company if you want financial growth, or anything else from the company. 

Family owned since 1959, and as the group has grown to a large dealer with many differant stores throughout washington state the family feel is still there. They truly care about their employees and the work / life balance. In the 7 years I have been here I have been able to see more of my kids sporting events, graduations, special occasions with zero hesitation from excutive managers or owners. Family is important! This is exact opposite from my prevoius 16 years in the auto industry. 

Family owned dealer group where I’ve met with the owners several times. They seem like genuinely nice people.

Their fixed operations were handled by a consulting firm which pushed a pay plan that was beneficial to their own contract and not the employee nor customer.

The general manager was a nice guy as well. He had no control over fixed operations which was saddening.

Morale was very low and turnover extremely high.

I don’t see that improving.

As an employee at Bud Clary my manager is always willing to teach me new things and help me grow as a person and employee. I've found my long term career path with Bud Clary and will be here for many more years. I love what I do! They also work with me with my kids sports and school schedules. Family is important to them and that starts with the owners all the way through to the managers. This is literally the best place to work!

I would never recommend working there. The people that are there were great. Management changed hands so often and the one manager that was good left because even he could not handle it there. Why stay in a job where nobody wants to be there? The people who do care about the customers are often the ones that get screwed over.

They claim automotive detailing here but that’s far from the truth. It’s a quick wipe and rinse. At They sometimes get heavy dirty cars and will take them away from you to send it off to another detailing shop to do the work for you. They lack in products and if they can’t get the stains out they send them out anyways. I tested this place by not even touching/cleaning the car and they still continued to sell the car to a customer. This place is a joke and the pay isn’t worth anything. 

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