technician

product specialist

automotive technician

service valet

service consultant

Checkered Flag Motor Car Company

Work with potential Buyers to assist them in finding a Vehicle that met their needs.  Most Customers had an idea as to what they were after when the came to the dealership as a Consultant, you wanted to listen and make sure what they were asking for met the needs they stated.  Each day began before hours of operation, by walking the lot to see if any new Vehicles had arrived and then an early sales meeting to discuss Goals for the day and any special incentives that may be available.  Working in this environment helped me to continue improving my selling and listening skills.  As for Management, they were results oriented and their priority were number of units sold regardless of who sold them.  Auto sales is a competitive business with a common goal, move as many vehicles in a month as possible.  A lot of hours especially on weekends.  This was necessary due to buying habits of Consumers.  I enjoyed the challenge and knowing my success was up to me and the effort and work I put in.

This is somewhat of a typical dealership however in many ways it has emphasized a drastic change in the way business is now being done. I like the idea of not haggling the customer into a purchase, and I also like the non-negotiation process. I learned effective presentation skills and building better rapport with customers.

 The management style I would say needs a bit more work; some managers aren't fully on board with the new process. In many ways, some push their employees to "sell, sell, sell" and it becomes a constant, frequent nagging throughout the week. 

Some co-workers play fair and others do not which is what makes this job so difficult because not everyone is honest about the "ups" system which is designed to keep people in a line to get customers fairly. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is test driving new cars and learning more about their features and specifications.

Service advisor-
The hours are usually 55-60 hours per week and an occasional Saturday per month. 
The pay is good and is based more on commission, but with how long work hours are, you have no time to enjoy your time off. Service advisors have to be on site by 645am and leave at 6pm everyday.
Work load is manageable, depending on which dealership you work at.
Luxury usually get 4-6 customers daily compared to regular dealerships where you can have about 10-15 customers daily.
Customers can be very difficult from time to time which is understandable when they get bad news about how much it would cost to fix their vehicles.
Management is not that great.
The way people speak behind the curtain can be shocking to some. To put it mild, NSFW statements are made all the time and blown off as “shop talk”.
There is a bullying type mentality from certain leaders at different shops.
This job isn’t for everybody.
You need to have tough skin and willing to sacrifice your personal time due to the heavy demands of work.

From my perspective, Checkered Flag was a very great place for employment for the first year. As I worked over the years, management was degrading, The quality of work was deteriorating. I would be put the blame for actions that I could not defend myself on due to being at the lowest pay grade of the shop which concluded to my termination. The company had me work late night shifts which ended at 8:30 at night which was okay since it went from three days in a row to one day a week. Management had given us a sense of false encouragement when it came to moving up in the company. If looking for an automotive technician job, this company is not recommended. I did enjoy some things throughout my employment. we were provided free food on some days and some training even though the training was not overall worth it. Please take precaution when applying to this company. It is very jaded and corrupt due to its very high-turnover rate

What is the best part of working at the company?
The only upside to working here is a few of your coworkers are great people. Not all but a handful are actually decent people 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management doesn't support good employees and will run them into the ground with little to no appreciation for their work. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic. Bad behavior of team leads and lack luster performance of admins is over looked and ignored. Upper management will play favorites to team leads/sales personnel. All you're ever given is empty promises of how the environment will change.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock in, be bombarded with tasks because the department has two/three other people who would slack off and let task pile up and management didn't care, possibly get a lunch break if timed correctly, continue to try and catch up on your task, go home and wait for your day off.

I loved my coworkers!
I did learn some things and did enjoy my time there as a receptionist.
I was 2-7p M-F...(which I wanted) & 12-4 every Sat...that sucked. 
The hours for everyone else, from service to sales were really long every day! Even open on holidays!!
Doesn't seem like a good balance of work and personal time in my opinion. 
I will say that there is the potential to make money in commissions for some positions. And discounts on purchasing a car and all the other bennies. Health, 401, PTO...yada yada yada

Most management was good, some not so good. As with any company.
My job was cush, although I did handle a million calls per shift. And that's only a mild exaggeration.
Would have stayed and transferred to another department if I had not relocated.
Easy hiring process, however, they do a background, drug & DMV check.
Be prepared.

Checkered flag was a great place to work. It was very fast pace which made time go by fast. also lots of co-workers in the building at once so there was always someone who was there to help if needed. Everyone there was friendly and loved to get together outside of work and have fun. What I really liked about working there was that you got to meet soo many diffrent types of people every day. Doctors, Dentist, Military veterans, and even famous athletes. Nothing was really too hard about the job to me, but there were some stressful times. Such as getting the wrong part in and you've already told the customer their vehicle will be done at a certain time, or  telling a customer that their vehicle has been hit on the lot.

Checkered Flag Motor Corp is a great company to work for, there's room for advancement considering I started off in detail and moved up to a service consultant. They had constant training year round which at the time seemed annoying because of the workload but looking back at it now it did truly teach me everything I know about service consulting. Its also a family owned business so there's none of the corporate issues you'd typically run into at a corporate owned dealership. I worked at the Toyota store for a little over 7 years and have worked at several since leaving, but Checkered Flag is defiantly the best company I've worked for in my career thus far. The hours are long but the pay was above average when I left a few years ago. Overall a great place to work.

Very stressful but challenging. I started as an A/P Clerk and proved my self to a Supervisor position. I learned Title Work, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and personally dealing with Employee growth with our Company.
The hardest part of the job as being a Supervisor was working weekends, and sometimes working to 12:00 at night to meet our deadlines.
The most enjoyable part of the job is working and learning in different enviroments and getting to know all the different personalities of all the employees. It was a family enviroment. I am a people person and love to cross train employees to better improve the productivity of the company.

     The people you work with are generally amazing and everyone likes to work together and help one another out. The schedule is pretty good and the atmosphere is great. The best part of the job is the people.

   Upper management is good and bad, more focused on profits then on a posative workplace. They do not listen to anyone that's not management and has unrealistic expectations in a system that has ups and downs. If it's a slow month they blame sales not the economy or obvious tells as to when people are buying.

   Partly old sales style still exists and they need to modernize more in a personal opinion. 

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