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Hanania Automotive Group

Working as an Audi Brand Specialist here was one of the worst experiences of my life. From the outside, it looks like a prestigious job with a luxury brand, but behind the scenes, it’s chaos, manipulation, and nonstop stress.

Management is completely unqualified. There’s no real structure, no clear expectations, and definitely no support. They micromanage everything you do but offer zero training. I was thrown into the sales floor without proper onboarding and expected to know everything instantly. When I asked for help, I was either ignored or talked down to.

The environment is toxic. Favoritism runs deep, and if you're not part of the clique, you're constantly singled out or overlooked. Some coworkers would lie or sabotage others just to get ahead, and management encouraged this behavior by staying silent or even rewarding it.

Hours are insane, and there's no such thing as work-life balance. You’re expected to be on call constantly, even on your days off. I was once guilt-tripped for not responding to a client text while I was at a family funeral.

As for pay, the commission structure is intentionally vague and constantly changes. There were multiple times where deals were “adjusted” last minute, and my commission got cut without explanation. You don’t get paid what you earn. Period.

They also don’t care about your mental health. Burnout is treated as weakness. People quit left and right, and they don’t replace them—they just dump more work on the rest of the team.

If you’re thinking about applying here, don’t. No amount of money or brand prestige is worth what this place will do to your peace of mind. I wouldn’t wish this job on anyone.

Working at this company can be incredibly rewarding—if you're someone who thrives in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment and you're willing to go the extra mile. The culture is built around performance and results. If you consistently exceed expectations, the compensation can be well above industry average. However, if you're not hitting above-average numbers, the pay structure can be unforgiving.

Leadership is strong—ownership and upper management are very accessible, involved, and committed to the growth of the business. One major plus is how much they invest in marketing, which helps drive traffic and support the sales team.

That said, work-life balance is a real challenge. The store operates seven days a week, and vacation time can feel more like a pause than a break, since performance is still expected to maintain in order to be compensated. There's also a high turnover rate in sales and middle management, largely due to the demanding structure and long hours.

This is a place for hustlers—if you’re looking to shake the tree, push your limits, and earn top-tier income, this environment can reward you well. But it's definitely not for everyone.



working here I learned that you can’t trust everyone you work with.  You would think they have your best Interest at heart. But they’re really waiting for you to drop your guard so they can stab you in the back. 

Would constantly get leads, later the lead would come out my name and go to one of the favorable salesman at the dealership. Then they would work the deal behind my back with the managers And close the deal without you being a part of it.

Would present alot of deals for customers to managers, but due to whatever policy they choose at the moment we’re not able to move forward with the deal. Then would pass the client after one of their favorable sales people.
And close it later. 

You will get thrown a bone occasionally however most of the year deal we get slapped away due to whatever whack policy the company has overall waste of time.

Unless you plan on sitting under the managers desk all day and getting your stroke on You won’t succeed in this environment. 
The top only looks out for the top and the bottom will remain on the bottom

If you’re new to the car industry just know you are their prey they wait for you to set up a lot of deals appointments and take them all from you using whatever policy they deem fit because you know no better. You will learn a lot can’t take that away, but move smart , ask questions. if it doesn’t make sense to you make them explain it


Sidenote:  just know worklife balance needs some work, you’ll  barely have a life


The training period builds up the money to owe them and comes out of your next months sales. With the high turnover they have favorites and of course thats why those ppl have been there for years.  You work 12 hours a day most days with two days off. Well 1\2 every other sunday and Tuesday or Wednesday off. All this pay hours goes towards your pay back money. Management and finance make over 7k a month while most sales members make a little over minimum wage or less (considering pay back). Great company and people in general just taking advantage of the system. You're pretty much self employed paying THEM to sell their cars. On average you'd sell 10-12 vehicles a month. Some sell less, the greats sell 20+. Considering most of your sells are flats (or little to no profit made) you'll earn $150 or so a vehicle which gets taken out of your weekly hours pay. The ppl who've been there a while simply don't clock in at all or do so early but that hurts new employees because they're behind and can't get out of negative even selling a lot of vehicles.

Came on board last Aug. They have delivered on everything they agreed to.  The Owner and Top Mgt. are all very focused on employee and customer satisfaction. They go to great lengths to be sure everyone's pay is correct and on time. If you do the job; you will make a good living. They are very involved in the Community. They are growing very quickly and need good people to join the organization.  Hanania will train people to move up in the company and place a high value on employee loyalty and longevity. Regular and ongoing training to raise the skill level of all employees at all levels is given high priority. The operations are open alot of hours to provide service to our customers. However, the schedules are flexible and fair to allow for a reasonable work - life balance. They provide many and varying Bonus opportunities which other places do not usually. Their HR Dept. is very available and centered on the Team member's best interests.They do not micro manage their personnel.  They have good, fair processes which they expect you to work to succeed.  I expect to have a long and successful career at Hanania Automotive Group.

**** YOU WILL BE "JUST ANOTHER NUMBER"****

Poor management that starts from Mark down.
You will have no work life balance. You are expected to work on your off days and constantly be tied down to the job.
Your job duties will be more than what they tell you.... and then more... and then more. Expect to be taken advantage of and everything to fall on you. 
There is no communication between service/sales/finance/office staff. Free for all workplace.
Zero accountability held at this job.
You need to do a hair sample drug test. 
Managements way of being managers are by being controlling/manipulative and love head games. 
There is no HR department in Porsche Pittsburgh so any complaints go directly back to the people who you will complain about often and nothing will get done.

Take another job and don't be manipulated that this is a "HIGH LINE STORE". Non high line stores are ran better than this. Thank me later.


The managers are super cutthroat and don't care about their employees outside of the hiring process. If you plan on going there to work and decide to peruse another career (which you're going to want to after a month) DO NOT TELL THE MANAGERS THAT YOU'RE LEAVING. I applied at a different job and wanted to be super transparent with my boss. I was terminated on the spot. Super terrible business practices, super bad management. The managers are out of touch with their employees and honestly? It's just not a fun place to work. The employees are disgruntled and absolutely hate their jobs. If you want a good work/life balance, it's a bad place to work. Not worth making that amount of money at all if they're going to work their employees to the bone.

I have been in the automotive industry for over 30 years and had the misfortune of working at a store the Hanania group acquired. Turnover is an inherent part of the industry given the long hours and production based compensation. The Hanania group had more turnover than any dealership that I know of. They demand a high level of commitment from their employees while demonstrating no regard for the commitments they make to their employees. They all but refuse to pay you in a timely manner and are slow to address pay deficiencies. Corporate management is tone deaf and disingenuous in the representations they make to their management and employees. They preach team but practice self-importance.

Let me first say that if you're considering working for this automotive group you haven't done your homework. Let me shed some light on the total dysfunctionality of this automotive group. I was employed for less than a year and a short time there were 16 people in the sales department that left.  Looking at this phenomenon, over 100% of our staff was turned over. Not to mention having to work and excess of 60 hours per week and on most Sundays. The culture is not conducive  for a successful professional life or certainly a home life. There is absolutely no balance it's all about them. Please, do not even consider this company for employment.

The sales and service managers are cut throat. If you address a problem to them, they’ll say they’ll fix and never do. They knew they were getting rid of their detail department and outsource it to an outside company, and didn’t even tell the their detailers until a day before. And everyone who acquired personal time off, lost it and couldn’t take it during the acquisition, they didn’t even compensate the pay that they lost. 

The management is horrible, they only provide customers with crackers, pretzels, coffee and water in the waiting lounge. I’ve seen better waiting lounges at Kia or Ford, this is suppose to be a high end luxury auto dealership.

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