diesel mechanic

counter sales representative

parts driver

service advisor

outside sales representative

Jx-Enterprises

As a dealership the location is run down and looks terrible. The location is old and falling apart, the lot is not paved and is poorly maintained, at one point there was a pothole about 12 inches deep and big enough to fit a semi tractor in when pulling into the lot. The garage doors are different colors panels and they have a massive draft coming threw the seals. The regular doors are not much better most of them take a special technique to get to latch when trying to lock them. the floor inside the shop had some kind of epoxy coating on it, that is coming off partially and makes working under the truck with jacks or creepers nearly impossible. The sink that is used by the technicians in the shop the cold water handle was broke over a year ago and had a vice grip on til the technician took his tool back, so now there is only hot water available. The shop equipment is not maintained at all, the air compressor head gasket leaks more air than it builds on one of the cylinders, the pressure washer had a catastrophic failure from never being checked over. Pretty much have to be creative to get jobs done since there are tools for the job that they will not buy. The shop is too small for the amount of technicians we have working in it but yet they want more. I'm sure I am forgetting stuff but that is it about the shop/location.

Corporate is runs each location by controlling the managers. They will come in once and a while and ask us how to improve the work environment/shop and equipment, say they will be doing multiple things to improve it and years later it still will not happen.  When the pressure washer broke, we were told we were not going to be getting a new one even though it is a useful tool to prevent contamination when doing internal repairs on any components such as engines and transmissions. When the workload slows down and there is not enough to keep all the employees busy they will send us home even though you are "full time" its only when they can keep us busy which is most of the time but there are times where shops slow down and do not have a lot of work. As a full time employee I expect 40 hours a week as I have bills I have to pay and that is what I expected when I started here.They  do not want us working on repairing the shop equipment or building they would rather pay a company to come in and charge more money to do the job even though we are very capable to do a lot of the repairs.  Same with the company vehicles we can not work on them since we will take advantage of repairing the companies equipment. Corporate has frothy Friday's from what I have heard, even though at any of the locations were to have a beer after work is over those employees would be fired. The company is extremely anti-gun not that most companies are gun friendly. The ceo will send a Christmas card with him hunting pheasants even though they are anti gun. There are a lot of things that do not make sense with corporate since most of the people calling the shots for the dealerships have never worked on the floor. 

As a technician I have around $70,000 of my tools in the shop, I do not have access to them when the shop is not open. So if I am working on my personal vehicle I need to plan every tool I will possibly need to bring home also because we can not work on them in the shop  since corporate does not trust their employees, used to be ok as long as someone else was there. You can not use any shop tool or equipment for personal use without a repair order open. So hopefully you do not have a flat tire or have any issues with your vehicle or your on your own changing fuel filters in -45 windchill. 

The old service manager pushed away a lot of technicians and customers in the 2 years he was in charge but yet they did not blink an eye to believe anything he would tell them on why a customer no longer came or why a technician would leave the company. The new one is a lot better but can tell he is very restricted by corporate. 

The "sign on bonus" would be nice if they could keep you busy enough to have a shot at getting it since its based on efficiency. Your manager can make a case of why you should still get it if you were close but in the end you still will not get it. Also has a monthly incentive which also gets affected when there is no work, it is attainable but not really noticeable. 

Parts department is busy and it affect the shop quite a bit. We have to send emails to get the parts we need for repairs, sometimes they are on the ball and you get them within half hour sometimes its hours for even smaller things. There no barely any brass that is stocked so when you need to replace a fitting it either needs to be ordered in or you have to combine 3-6 different pieces to get the right size on each end. 

Pretty much everyone is great and easy to get along with, they make it tolerable to work for the company on a day to day basis. They are willing to send you to training but it takes a long time to get signed up for the classes. 

Overall it is tolerable for now.

First of all I held a position as a delivery driver, 1+yrs. A typical day at work for me was loading the vehicle, being told at the last moment that additional orders were being added and that would cause a lot of unloading and reloading. This was the norm even though there was supposedly a cut-off time for orders to be added. This is a far-cry from reality. If the Salesman wants it to go- it will go and you will be late running your route. . Your route will start with more deliveries than you can possibly handle. And you will be bringing back loads of returns and very heavy cores. No one cares when you get home. Suck it up, Buttercup! 
As for Management, they will urinate on you and tell you it's only raining, don't fret. 
The work place culture is Us V.S. Them. If you are not a part of the Management circle than you do not matter. And they have no problem showing how they feel through disrespectful language, attitude, and more work. And quite a few management personnel will not even acknowledge your presents BUT will greet one another. 
The hardest part of this job was just going in and being treated like a dumb monkey. Lots of complaining and the attitude of "what more you can do for the company", and side step any of your concerns that may involve management to do any extra work on your behalf. You are on your own! Forget about raises. There small and not worth talking about. Nepotism is high,gossip is entertainment for all, and politics is a must to fit in at this job. And this will gain you favoritism that will earn you the right to bend the rules, and move up in rank very quickly!
The most enjoyable part of this job was quitting. I did not enjoy working around pot heads, drunks and predator like Management.   

This is a high stress job with too low of pay for what you have to know. Working on trucks these days requires major computer skills and mechanical knowledge. There is no good school to learn this and it takes years of experience to become good. JX does not want to pay people enough to stay so this is a good place to work and get that experience to take you to a well paying job. It may as well be a on the job school that you get paid at. 
    Management is poor and disorganized it is way too controlled up top.   All you are is a employee number to them and you are rated by how many hours are billed out. Nobody holds anybody accountable for anything except what your numbers are. 
    The shop is new but there is no paint booth so they spray paint open air in the body shop. Lots of wasted time driving trucks in and out and then managers wondering why jobs take so long. Let alone the smell of paint and over spray on everything in there. 
    Shop tools are very old and managers whine every time we need something. We built a new shop for 5 million but could not upgrade our tools. This was built much more a a showcase than a workplace. 
    On the bright side almost nobody is ever let go and they can not find anybody good to bring in so job security is great. 

So if you like a high stress, low pay, job where you have to get dirty a lot and have great mechanical and computer skills this is the job for you.... or not.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The only thing that was barely worth being there was being hybrid

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There is absolutely no communication between employees, the training was horrendous and basically nonexistent, the upper management cares very little for their employees. I can go on and on. My time there was definitely more bad stressful high anxiety days than good ones. They have high turn over because they don’t focus on what matters. All their employees are expendable but they can keep terrible management. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
“Do what I say not what I do” should be apart of their mission statement. The culture is cold personalities with snippy put down replies. The work environment is HIGH stress due to extremely poor training that you will be put down for simply for not knowing things you aren’t shown. They need to put “be psychic” in their job descriptions! 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Everyday you are overwhelmed from the time you start your day till the moment you clock out. From the demands of the management to the demands of the customers and branches you are pull in a 100 directions at once. They have huge turnover due to the strain this place puts on you.

Overall it is a good place to start out as a mechanic. I learned a lot and I would not be where I am today in my career without the people I worked with here. 

Sadly there is little incentive to progress in the company. Every training opportunity has a 2 year contract attached to it. If you don't go to the training you won't get a raise. If you sign the contract they can get rid of you and you need to pay back the thousands for the classes. I only got decent raises after most the good mechanics on my shift quit and then I had a heavy workload. 

I didn't like most of the manager that I had. There was always a reason you couldn't have a raise and it was typically more lies or that you missed your efficiency goal by a few percentage points. Or you didn't sign a contract to go to class. 

Some of the mechanics I worked with were the best I probably ever will. Great people with lots of knowledge, and who were willing to teach. Sadly those people are getting older and retiring with nobody to replace them. The company is bad so new people don't stick around to grow. 

You NEED to start valuing your employees because they are the backbone of your business. Without them you are nothing. Heck you might as well already be nothing.

I worked at this location plus they're Bolingbrook location collectively for almost 8 years. I work the parts counter and eventually service counter for many years. There are a ton of great people there; that includes the managers and the higher-ups. There's a great transparency throughout the company and they give you all the tools to succeed in your position. There are a lot of people that have been there for quite some time and there's a good reason for it. It's like a home away from home. Yes just like any other company there are some rough days. But even on those days working with the co-workers you have there, they don't last long. I recommend anybody looking to start or continue their career; JX is definitely a wise choice. Benefits are great as well. The positives in that building greatly outweigh the negatives. The only thing I would say is since the company is very comfortable and family like it can be easy to eventually become complacent. If you avoid that complacency, the managers in that building notice and promotions can and will happen. 10 out of 10 for the company, the place, and of course the people!

Where do I start?... OK so I was hired by JX enterprise to be what they title an Truck Transfer Hiker which is a person who picks up & delivers trucks to their various dealerships in the Midwest. 

In their defense they hired me in an on-call position.  It just wasn't clear that it would be a rarely called position. 
Technically I still work for this company to this day, as I never quit. But I'm pretty sure they just assume he must be working somewhere else by now. To this day Im trying to figure out why they hired me? Back to the story...

 I was hired in December 2023. From mid December to early February 2024 I received 2 calls for an assignment(together totaling 8 hours of work). From February to mid-March 1 call for a few hours of work, then From mid March to early May for another 1 day(6 hours) of work. Oh  I forgot that each assignment was sent out about 1 hour ahead of the time they needed me to start as if I would not have already planned my day or something.
I think this is a pretty good company to work for just understand that on-call could mean rarely called!!

A typical day at work will include; picking parts for customer pick up or delivery orders, stocking incoming day or night parts deliveries, assisting parts counter in tasks such as inventory counting, finding missing parts, and cleaning. Also a couple times a week a bank run for an deposit will be done. 

What I've learned in this current job is not much besides using common since. 

Management for is different than most job(s) in general. At the location I work at we have a Team Leader who is in charge. The actual parts manager  is over all of the Indiana locations. So he comes on site usually once a week for the most part.  

The hardest part of the job in (IMO) is nothing really besides the typical every job type stress.

The most enjoyable part of the job would be the people I work with hands down. Like with any job a typical muttonhead or two can rear there ugly head if you will. Other than that I made friends with all of my co-workers besides two of them overall.

The benefits are great and the pay is average to above average for this career. The company is stable allowing employees to feel secure. The departments do not work well together as a team selling our product or supporting one another. The bar doesn’t seem to be set very high when hiring or choosing employees. Several employees are under educated for the position, lazy, childish, show up late on a regular bases and flat out just don’t care. The employees that care and take pride in what they do work two to three times harder to pick up the slack. Technicians have an individual bonus program based on how they perform. Advisors have a group incentive program that not every advisor pulls his or her weight to help achieve. The shop lacks tooling compared to other dealers I have worked with and we are also behind on the technology curve.

This was by far the worst company I've worked for since graduating college. The absolute worst time off policy I've ever seen for salaried employees. 5 days PTO until you've worked there more than 5 YEARS! Even doctor's appointments must be approved by your manager/HR. I was once talked to about coming in at 8:01 am. Yes, one minute late even though I was salaried and MORE than happy to work until 5:01 pm. You're basically treated like a kindergartner. There are good people working there but the management couldn't care less. They're never even in the office. There's been turnover but at the time, a very gossipy environment, lots of whispering, closed door meetings, just uncomfortable all around. Some managers never worked and just walked around the office all-day chatting. The only plus was getting free food or playing games for the mo thly appreciation events.

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