car wash attendant

receptionist

mechanical technician

facilities maintenance technician

Penske Motor Group

I am a Sales Consultant and have been with Longo for about four months. So far this is one of the best companies to work for. 

One of the hardest parts of this position is the hiring process. There are a lot of candidates that apply for this position and only a few get selected. The whole hiring process took me 3-4 weeks. Some candidates in different departments took months to get hired. I had to go through several interviews: I talked to 3 sales managers, one with the general sales director and one with the general manager. After, I had to take an online assessment which consist of two parts: 
first section is 10 minutes testing on knowledge like 
-patterns 2,4,6 _?, 1/3 of 75 is? 
-what is the opposite of good..... etc

second section was about company fit like
-How well do you work in teams?
-How well can you multitask?
-How well can you solve problems?

From what I heard, the assessment is another consideration. I don't know what exactly Longo looks for on the assessment. I knew people who applied and didn't get hired because of it.
Also, the manager who considered me called all my references and asked about my performance. I did have prior car sales experience(6 months at Nissan). I really didn't think I was going to get hired because of my short experience and people told me Longo only hires people with lots of experience. During the interview, I stressed how even though I wasn't top salesman, I enjoyed helping customers. So bottom line is you really don't need much experience to be a car salesman at Longo. By the way, I am only 22 years old, recently graduated with a degree in Business. 

Hardest part of the job is long hours. If you want to make money, you have to commit to staying late nights and working weekends.

Company culture is awesome. Everyone always smile and wave to each other. Also, if I didn't know something, there was always someone to help me. All the managers are willing to help if you ask.

Good benefits and 401k. 

Has a gym and college downstairs.

Free company lunches once every month.

Pay is good for someone who just recently graduated from college. Pay is really dependent on the cars you sell. Sell more, make more.

It's a great company to work for because managers and most colleagues are fun to work with. As long as you fulfill your role, managers won't really bother you too much. The company makes sure that you are proud to work here by holding multiple company events per year. 

Unfortunately, it's easy for you to get taken advantage for free help so some salespeople do not have to split a deal. You can't really say no because management will be aware of this and all the blame will be placed on you. This behavior promotes laziness in the sales department, knowing they have people to do their grunt work. This position forces you to assume multiple tasks that are not related to your job title without additional pay. You don't get paid enough to keep up with inflation. Management knows about this but little can be done because those salespeople bring in money to the company.

This position is supposed to train you to advance further into a sales role, but the company doesn't seem to be interested in promoting from within. They feel that outside hires are more valuable than those who are trained in almost every aspects of selling a car the Penske way.

Unless the company decides to change their stance on promoting, this position is good for those who are new to the auto industry and want to gain experience.

My typical workday consisted of setting up my workspace, interacting with management, checking inventory, contacting current and potential customer leads. I spent time marketing and creating leads for potential customers, as well.

I learned new marketing strategies, closing techniques and following up with present and past customer bases. Also, creating and professional relationships with peers and management alike. I learned about creating and maintaining personal customer relationships, past, present and future. I spent time mentoring new sales employees.

I was fortunate to have a professional and encouraging management team, who were eager and available for my necessities.

My workplace was friendly and competitive. I looked forward to going into work everyday.

The hardest part of my job was creating new contacts. The most enjoyable part of my job was creating new contacts and building relationships with them, learning about their families, lives and culture, also their desires and/or needs for a new, used or lease vehicle. I also enjoyed a little showing off of my Toyota vehicle knowledge.

Autocratic management style with minimum flexibility. Employee ideas and suggestions are never taken into consideration. Non-manager employees are not taken seriously and are used as minions to achieve the overall sales target. NEPOTISM runs strong within the roots of this dealership. Frequent abusive behavior and connotation towards employees. Unprofessional language and profanities used towards employees daily. Unethical withholding of information on a daily basis such as hiding rate hikes from guests and misinforming one staff to skew success towards another staff. 
The advertised salary on sales job postings are unrealistic and deceitful. Read the details and you will understand that the average salary is 63% lower than advertised. But again, the average salary is still not a realistic salary. Therefore, expect about 30% of advertised salary if you do not have previous sales experience. Even if you do have prior experience, expect the same because you'll be handicapped by their good ole' NEPOTISM.

As the Finance Director at Lexus of Stevens Creek, I was responsible for overseeing over 400 loan applications per month.  In addition I also prepared and executed over 85 contracts personally.  Developed and trained the entire department, raised the per copy average by over 35% and also raised CSI scores simultaneously.  I personally trained several top sales associates which later where promoted into management positions.  Enjoyed working directly with my co workers in all areas of the dealership.  We were able to develop very rewarding relationships with both the captive lender, as well as outside sources.  The most challenging part of the job related to the increase in responsibilities due the elimination of direct business office and DMV support.

I applied online for a position which was full time and with a certain pay. When I got hired they said I would be "temping" for just ONE MONTH with the pay from my previous job (which was not what it was advertised as). I agreed because I believed in their word that I would get hired and get my raise in one month. Surely that did not happen. I had to keep following up. The management at the business office is horrible! She wants you to work at the fastest pace and nags about every little thing she sees at your desk. She gives horrible critiques that make you feel like you are not valued and not worth working for her. I had never felt so unappreciated in my life! I could no longer stand working under her supervision. Beware the business office! THIS JOB IS ACTUALLY TEMP TO HIRE, BEWARE! THEY WILL NOT START THE PAY RATE AS WHAT IT IS ADVERTISED! YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AN AGENCY FIRST.

The company takes care of customers and pressure is at a reasonable level.  They take care of the environment and the building.   Pay is fair, but not great.  Biggest flaw is upper management whcih tends to care mostly about appearance and avoiding trouble as opposed to growth and employee development.  They take little pride in promoting within and for such a large group they have zero cross promotional opportunities.  It operates like a bunch of independent dealerships with many common limitations and few common opportunities for growth or shared wisdom.  You'd expect top performers to get a shot at the next level, but even though they have 1,000's of employees, they constantly hire from the outside, strange when you control over a dozen stores in the same area.  

A typical work day for myself consists of drawing up 15-20 repair orders in the service department.  The difficulty of management of each repair order would depend on how much attention each one would require.

I learned more people oriented skills in this position since success depends on retention of each of our guests.

Work culture is very relaxed, especially since we work as teams to assist our guests.

The most difficult part of the job is assessing and following up on what each guest needs.

I enjoy working with the people at Longo Toyota.  I find this to be the most of enjoyable part of the job.  I have made lifetime friends in this dealership.

A typical day at work involves making sure that our guest's needs are fully satisfied. They are the reason why everyone in the dealership has a job to begin with, which is the reason why the company places so much emphasis on customer service. Everyone that works at Longo really takes it upon themselves to go far and beyond what they are asked of. Interacting with my co-workers is what makes the most enjoyable part of the job. I have learned so much that some times does not involve work since I began working at Longo. The owner of the dealership takes it upon himself to go and meet all of his employees when he has the chance and even remembers the slightest details about you. Such a remarkable owner and company to work for!

I worked for Penske Motor Group as a college student and was by far the hardest years trying to make ends meet. I worked part time and was paid minimum wage living in Silicon Valley. The workload for my position was way over what we were paid. We had to work outside in freezing / scorching heat conditions for minimum wage and was never offered a raise during that time. The company claimed the advancement in the company from our position was the reasoning for such a low pay. 

It was really hard to support this company as time went on. Upper management, salesman, service advisors only cared about hitting their numbers and technicians, valets, car washers are left in the dust.

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Mechanical technician 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
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