automotive technician

car sales executive

service advisor

business development center representative

receptionist

Jim Ellis Auto Group

What is the best part of working at the company?
Choice of Upper management by owners and VP’s are poor. Very little accountability and lots or sacrificing or good employees to satisfy department head accountability from the Ellis family. Was the place to work for 10 plus years ago , now they are scraping the bottom of the barrel just to have live bodies! Lots of forceful emails and directives … No investment in Moral! The best time to work for this organization is over! Sorry to say. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The lack of department here, accountability and training to your fellow, subordinate coworkers. They like to take the best person and the most skilled person and apply pressure on them to satisfy the needs of the whole department rather than counsel. The ones who are not meeting their goals and help them get up to speed to have a full team of skilled employees . 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful. However, it can be lucrative to work there if you don’t have a life. Destroyed my relationship and I’m so glad I did not have children during that 9.5 years I work for this company. 10-14 days , coming in on your day off even coming in on days like Sundays, where the dealership was closed for business to actually catch up to meet and exceed deadlines. 
Constant ridicule for the minor and imperfections.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Early in and late out every day on average to 6 to 7 days a week. This place is the home of office politics hired management, not the family, I’m more worried about their personal and professional egos versus the clientele, and the overall legitimacy and longevity of the organization.

During the interview I gave my salary expectations. I was told that I would greatly exceed that.
Only to make less than a crew worker at a fast food joint, to many advisors perhaps?
Other senior advisors would take work out of your name and put in theirs without recourse. I confronted advisor when management would not.
Different standards and policy treatment for some.
I had highest maintained CSI score and never had a complaint from a customer.
I was praised one minute and literally 2 hours later was called into office and fired, being told because of our earlier discussion, which was how slow business was, so i'm thinking okay I understand new kid on the block so I have to be laid off.
Only when I get home and read my separation notice it says due to customer handling. I am thinking manager made a mistake, when I contacted him about this, he stated no it was correct.
Not one time was I spoken to or made aware of any issues. No warning nothing.
That's okay, karma you know what they say about that, during the unemployment hearing he showed how illiterate of a manager he was the woman giving the interview was blown away at how he handled or rather did not handle the situation.
I won the appeal and was awarded unemployment.
God doesn't like ugly.
I realize it was a Blessing in disguise, I didn't know how miserable I was and did not belong there until I was gone. 
I had heard about dealerships that run like this where advisors steal or back bite with one another but had never experienced until this. 
I see they are advertising for advisors again, someone should teach them how to keep the good ones for a less of turn over.

I was told I was overqualified but when an opportunity presented it self I was not considered.  I was not respected by the office manager.  I was very professional and persons who followed were not up to the task of accurately fulfilling all of the duties assigned.    I did not have a good assessment of human resources when I felt like I was provoked.  No upper management to communicate with to discuss my concerns.  Was written up several times for issues that should have been discussed 

Never felt secure in my position, felt like I could easily be replaced at any time.  Never felt comfortable voicing my corcerns or my  experience to ensure job performane. was satisfactory.  Was also told on a number of occasions that additional duties would be added and that I have  no choice but to do them or be fired.

I learned more about stocking of vehicles, issuing purchase orders and scanning all payables and deals upon rerquest.  Hardest part of the job was feeling isolated by the rest of the team.  I was not clear nf what dept of the team I was a part of.  Most enjoyable part was the interaction with customers and sales staff.

On my last day, I was terminated and told that I did not work well with others and did not possess a positive attitude towards customers as well as internal employees.

Being in at Jim Ellis was a great experience of knowing there are owners who still care about their employees. Only issue was how my department was eliminated without notice under a GM who had not even introduced himself, or cared to know who we were. I felt the hiring of that General Manager was a bad choice on behalf of Jim Ellis. Considering this GM locked myself along with another coworker out of our office without notice, and then finished with dismissing us without even a word from him. 

Overall, I met great people. I had formally worked with lots of the employees through my years in the automotive business. The familiarity made it easier to come to your job daily.

If the General Manager whom was there, at the time I was eliminated, would have made a personal effort to understand the Business Development Center and the employees, I honestly think he would have not carried through with eliminating my department.

The Ellises are great family who stands with making people work together. I hope they still have that mentality that has made them successful for many decades.

Jim Ellis Audi Marietta was a great place to work.  It was a family oriented environment, where everyone knew everyone.  Any questions or support needed was always available through colleague, which encouraged me to work harder each day.  It was a place I enjoyed going to every morning.  The environment was very pleasant and the employee were all a joy to work with.  There were so many things I liked about working there.   One of those enjoyments were the games and prizes we won during those once a month meeting . The company also feed their employees every Saturday, which I've always been grateful.  The thing most proud of would probably be the yearly donation to needy families during certain holidays. My disappointments were in my opinion, poor management.  Great people to work with, but lack connections with customer and their concerns or issues, which use to bother me very much.  However, I have more good to say over anything bad.  Audi Marietta was overall, a great place to work.

A day at Jim Ellis is enjoyable and agonizing at the same time.  Everyone knows what they need to do when they get to work, but there is so much micro-managing and nonsense that goes on that it gets in the way of working.  People at this job are very sarcastic and let emotions run wild.  There are few team players and more lone wolves.  At the end of each day everyone gets their work done, but at the cost of being stressed, yelling, and being watched 24/7 it seems.  

My time there I have learned a lot.  First off, this job has taught me how to work on cars, talk about them, and drive manual transmission vehicles.  It has also given me a hard shell when dealing with employees and certain types of clients that come into the service department.  My favorite part of the job is seeing smiling faces and meeting people from all walks of life who have bought Mazda vehicles.  My least favorite part of my job is certain employees at the dealership.  Finally, the hardest part is dealing with hard to solve customer issues, but a challenge is always accepted.

While the work itself is basic and nothing difficult, the real problem arise from how express people are treated in the company. You are constantly talked down to as if you don't know how to do your job, while any complaints you have will be pushed to side or just outright ignored. If you have a family emergency and you need to leave, management won't allow it and if you try leave/call-out for it they will write you up/threaten to fire over it. Asking for time off, even if it's a month in advance may be denied if management doesn't think "it's important enough for you to have that time off". There is only one bonus at the start of the year (the amount of it depends on how long you stayed there last year), and you don't get any PTO paid or unpaid. Don't expect to learn anything if you have any experience in the industry. Also, they are really selective about who they "promote", with only one or two people being promoted yearly. The paid is decent though.

Volvo Cars of Marietta was always a great place to work and I looked forward to going everyday.  The company feed their employees every Saturday and played games at least once a month with great incentives during the monthly meetings.  These monthly meetings took places because Volvo thrived on quality performance and wanted to ensure each employee were meeting those goals.  I was most proud of the yearly donation and contribution made to needy families during special holidays.  The employees support one another for the most apart and I found that very rewarding.  This company also offer many benefit, such as health insurance, FLMA, PTO, and more.  My only concern would be poor management and their lack of connection with customers who have complaints or concerns, be it minor or serious.  Outside of that, Volvo Cars of Marietta was a great place to work. 

The workplace balance strongly waivers. It is evident that if you're liked you'll succeed.  It is difficult to advance within this family owned business. There are limited opportunities for growth especially in smaller sectioned departments due to nepotism and/or friendships regardless of lack of education or skill. Mandatory training and re-training for primary and secondary management with a concentration on professionalism and equality is a must. Compensation lacks in competitiveness compared to other organizations and positions. Benefits are subpar. As well as an obvious lack of diversity. 

There were a few enjoyable moments within the company but none that outweigh injustice and poor management of the HR/payroll department secondary management. 



What is the best part of working at the company?
interaction with employees and customers

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
working for the company was never stressful it was worth the drive every morning going in depending the full day work getting out of it what you put into it

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
everyone got along it was a pleasant atmosphere and if there was an issue we found the way to resolve it before it got bigger than it needed to be

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
typical day at the company was contacting previously's calling new leads and corresponding with customers online about the vehicle they're looking to purchase work on closing the deal and making 
them happy

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