car wash attendant

sales associate

assistant manager

general manager

crew leader

Club Car Wash

This will be more or less advice to future would-be employees from a long-time carwash industry vet.    

This job can either be a cushy, flexible, and supplemental form of income or a serious career boost and door opener. All jobs have their pitfalls and advantages. 

High School and College students will find the aforementioned benefits I stated above. If you're in this group of people just know from the second you walk through that door Club will be grooming you to become future manager/long-term employees. The money is good. But I have personally seen far to many young people shirk better dreams for the promise of big bucks. If the carwash industry seems like your career of choice then go for it.

To those looking to make their way into management/corporate understand that once you take up that mantle understand that this no longer becomes a job but a lifestyle. Work/life balance is nonexistent here. You'll be compelled into working 50 hour plus work weeks with little to no full days off. If your someone like me who's a proud workaholic you'll find this job to be your sanctuary. Otherwise if you have familial obligations and don't have the time to be called-in this isn't for you. The payout for all of these trade-offs is huge. Its not uncommon for General Managers who make bonus ever quarter to earn 75k plus a year. Definitely room for advancement. The road up the corporate ladder here isn't always a fair one. Many times often than not I've seen many employees be promoted up who just weren't ready for the responsibility the position demanded. Don't make mistakes. 
Club doesn't have much tolerance for those who fall behind the learning curve. If you can hack it, you'll be golden. If you don't, when you fall, crawl to the next closest opportunity.

Overall Club Carwash has offered many lessons in the realm of my professional and personal life I can thank them for. This the kind of job you either fall in line and become one with the corporate "family" or you come in and take what  they can offer and leave out on to a better industry/field with more qualifications.





The Club Carwashes ran in Kansas are new editions to the Missouri based company and over the last year has had a rapid expansion in which they have no idea how to handle....management disappears regularly and only attempts to help help the crew when higher ups appear. Large amount of favoritism and unequal distribution of duties based on ones popularity within the location. Hours are handled similarly in the fact that your hours are based on how well you can hold up everything they drop on you.....they regularly call employees off and allow a single employee to run multiple positions alone which in turn effects the speediness and overall cleanliness of the cars being washed...they do take tips which are to be split up between employees equally after each full days shift but management has been seen on multiple occasions pocketing the large bills before dividing whats left for the employees actually doing the work, also giving tips earned by employees on shift to those not working because they are liked better and or are related to a management figure. They make a schedule 3 weeks out but will confirm then switch your shift at random or schedule you on a day off less then 24 hours ahead without giving notice or any reason other than they want you there...you then have this short period to try and rearrange whatever you may have planned because they make sure its in the schedule that way if you don't come then they can write you up for it. I wouldn't recommend this company for many reasons but the main ones are listed above....if your looking for false promises of advancement and being trained to run everything within the location without receiving compensation i.e. promotions/raises then go for it but if you like to be paid accordingly and want a good place to grow and call home, this isn't it

Working at club carwash has been the best thing for me and my family. This company holds and has high standards for their employees, and wants everyone to succeed. For those who are able to be humble and take the feedback and coaching to improve themselves professionally, those people go far. For those unable or unwilling  to receive the coaching and feedback they do not do so well.
For me, I have taken every challenge given, taken every opportunity available, and produced results for the company and Club has returned my efforts with promotions and acknowledgment. If you are looking for a company who recognizes hard work and you are result driven, this is a good company for you.  
You may read some poor reviews from employees where Club was not a good fit, the fact is we want people who WANT to be here, and if there are those who cannot or will not uphold our standards and expectations to the customer and company, we would rather part ways. Club always wants to set their employees up for success, this is why we will mostly promote from within, but with every business there are up and down periods, areas where there are mistakes made, and Club is not perfect... but I have seen many lives changed through our professional growth and development. Club is not for everyone, and that is okay, we recognize this, but those who stick with us enjoy their work, love the company and will retire with us. Imagine retiring from a carwash, crazy idea, but if you are someone who wants to have a real impact on peoples lives, to mold the youth of tomorrow, and are interested in providing an exceptional customer experience then give us a try. 


This company started off a dream. They teach you how the entire business runs , provided expectations and boundaries. Then you leave corporate with a wealth of knowledge and head off in the world to make your business grows.  This was exciting hiring, training developing employees building the brand and business up. Company paid trips , community involvement, team outtings and industry growth to sustainability. At some point the upper leadership completly changed and everyone one from regional manager to most all general managers were let go, moved away or just simply quit. This company has been a shining star of poor leadership , a lack of experience in people and business management. The direction is continually changing, your hours are ever varying regardless that your on call for business 24/7 This company requires you to either live this company as a lifestyle or they will just decide to burry you , patronize you and push you to the point that you'll quit or they will just fire you without reason .  

They pay well for the lack of experience but , you have to not only be fast at learning in depth mechanical  knowledge but , be very much a people pleaser to upper leadership or they will just push you out. 

There is no quailty of life or consistency with this company and is shows now everytime I drive by a local location they are dead. This company is surviving off of what ever memberships it can maintain but they do not care about the employees or the customers at the end of the day.

Your coworkers are not your friends. HR is not your friend. No matter how hard your work you are replaceable. Alot of drama ALOT. This job is mentally exhausting and physically stressful. Be careful what you say because working here is like working on eggshells while carrying 100 pounds of concrete on your back. It'll kill you. And the pay isn't the best either especially when you do other roles that people get payed more to do and you have to do it for them. Overall it's OK just to much drama do to way too much freetime in between cars mostly because of the teenagers they hire there but also because they don't have anything better to do management is cool. But your coworkers no matter how much you joke and laugh with them they are not your friends. They will 100% turn on you.  Best just to stay clear and avoid this place. I think the worst part is, when you wake up in the morning you dread going to work because you know it's going to be the same die hard customers who come in everyday. And when you blow some steam with your coworkers or shoot the dice with them be careful bc no matter what you say your going to upset someone. If you do work here. Do your best to shut up, go in, clock in, do your job, clock out and leave keep your head down. 

the job mostly consists of being in an extremely hot tunnel (depending on location) some locations have outside tunnels where its free air, however if you're unlucky and get a location with a tunnel facing the east, you'll rarely get airflow in the tunnel making it upwards of 140 degrees in the tunnel on summer days. the water is recycled and comes straight from the pit, and is atomized through the "prep guns" going into your mouth, nose, hair. definitely not healthy for long term exposure. including the bug goo they spray onto the vehicles, with most of the time it spraying back into your eyes and face, burning and leaving your face red at the end of the day. the most you'll ever do, physically is cleaning the pit, moving wheelbarrows close to 150-200 lbs of mud, and goo that smells absolutely foul and rancid. the management is okay, just depending on what store you're located at of course. if your manager doesnt like you, you will most likely get terminated. even if you request to go to a different store, where other managers like you. (typically after about 1 month of working there you'll have an opportunity to work at a different location.) Oh, and the CEO has a private jet. 

Working at club car wash consists of dealing with awful customers, terrible managers, being watching on cameras all day. Managers sit around and do nothing all day, every once in awhile corporate will show up, watch you for 30 minutes and any time you make a mistake ridicule you for it. This is bad enough when corporate is in town the store employees text each other to warn everyone else. You will either be overworked or struggling to get enough hours depending on the week. You are watched on camera by upper management waiting for the opportunity to see you make a mistake. Very strict dress code, no facial hair, no tattoos, no hair over the ears, no ear rings, etc. Summer time the tunnel is well over 120 degrees, winter time it sits right at 35. You will be outside during the winter when there’s no traffic, leaf blowing, pressure washing, wiping down vacuum hoses, regardless of temperature. This company plays by favorites, you’ll be told you’re getting a promotion and weeks later it will be given to someone else, and then that person won’t get the raise for another 8 months. The only redeeming quality about the place is the people i got to work with. I wouldn’t recommend ANYONE take a job here. Does not pay enough for everything you have to deal with. 

The job itself is great, easy and at times fun with the right co-workers. The pay is also great, the harder you work, the more money you make. We made tips and if you sold memberships, you’d make commission. However, the company and management is absolutely terrible. They will fire anyone without a warning if a mistake was made. They also show favoritism to certain employees of a certain race. The job demands you to always be available 24/7. If you plan to take a day off, don’t even try it because it won’t be approved. You are expected to work 7 days a week and work MORE than 40 hours a week if there is a short staff. As a former team leader, I was expected to do everything from fixing things when they break, such as the conveyor belt that push cars, chemicals, customer complaints, damage claims, deposits, closing/ opening the store, etc. In conclusion, the pay is what keeps you going because everything else is miserable. Your very own manager will have it out for you.

I have worked at club car wash for about a year and half now. It started out being a fun summer job but slowly started becoming something I dreaded. The uppers constantly mito manage you and watch you from their air conditioned offfices all day. When they do come down they won’t shake your hand and get in your face saying you are a horrible employee and that should replace you. They have yanked the prep gun out of my hands multiple times only to prep twice as slow and not fully clean the cars. They will then proceed to pocket any tips customers hand them because they don’t make enough money off us. They do not allow breaks and when I go to get a drink after prepping 400 cars in a row I get yelled at because they think we are not humans. If you have a tiny bit of stubble from shaving the previous day you are threaded to be fired without warning. Their chemicals are very toxic and harmful yet we aren’t allowed any safety equipment and when it fades our clothing we have to spend even more money just to work. I could go on for hours.

A typical day involves reviewing new claims and associated evidence/camera footage, talking with managers and customers to base decision of claim outcome. Handle calls and emails from customers, managers and repair shops for claims in progress. Handle/file paper and electronic documentation including estimates, final invoices and payments  associated with claims.
You can learn something new every day to help you make better decisions about claim handling or better ways to organize to handle the volume.
Management and support is there when needed.
Workplace is comfortable and friendly.
The hardest part of the job is trying to explain to a customer that we are not responsible for damage to their car when they are never going to accept that as an answer.
I enjoy the people I work with and the responsibilities and organization the job requires.

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