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I'll start off with the hours since that's what a lot of people look for.
• If you're looking for decent hours, do NOT apply between the months of November to April (at least for the Las Vegas side of the company). This is their slow season where not many vehicles are in the lot. Manufacturers send their prototypes to Vegas for dry heat testing, so it's understandable as to why it's slow between this time of year. You'll work once a week, if that.
• You want hours? Apply any time once April starts. Summer is when they have too many vehicles and a too minimal amount of drivers. You'll work seven days a week if you so desire and are needed.
• DISCLAIMER: This is a part-time job! You are allowed a max amount of 1,500 hours a year. Those hours add up quickly, so if you work too much, say 5 days a week for a few months, you'll hit those hours before the year ends. Keep track of that!

Now for the work environment. I can only give my experience from PM/Night shifts since those are the hours I work personally, so I don't know if it's the same for AM/Morning shifts.
• Extremely laidback! It doesn't have a competitive or rushed atmosphere like a lot of other jobs have.
• Every driver there as of February 2022 is very nice and relaxed. They're all here either for the love of cars, the atmosphere, or the flexible schedule. There's no judging, we're pretty diverse, and everybody loves everybody. The only negative review I have for drivers is that background checks are minimal if at all. Because of this, we are prone to get some, not so great people. I've had my own experience with one, but he was luckily fired almost instantaneously after an incident report was written.
• PM/Night shifts only have two on-site supervisors (one on weekdays, one on weekends) whereas AM/Morning shifts have multiple along with other higher-ups. Both PM/Night supervisors are extremely nice and laidback like your fellow drivers. They both truthfully and completely care about your wellbeing (I speak from experience), but Please be patient with them! Understand that they are by themselves and have a lot of paperwork to do along with helping drivers whenever they're called. It's a lot of work for a single person (which is why AM/Morning shift have more people, but I won't get into all that). The fill-in supervisors are really chill as well and are drivers like us when on-site supervisors are there.

Lastly, our job as drivers.
• Our job is as stated, test drivers and evaluators.
• You have two days of training to get the main just of everything, and that's really all you need!
• We receive a binder with paperwork we need to fill out for each vehicle, which is how we do our evaluations. The paperwork differs per manufacturer. For example, Ford has the most in-detail and thorough paperwork, whereas Nissan has the least. Once you've done each set a few times, it gets easier and easier to manage (although Ford's is almost always time-consuming, just a warning). Along with the paperwork, you'll get Negative Issues Reports. This is your main job point. You have to fill out two issues per shift/vehicle, and it doesn't matter what it is. It could be something simple like comfort related, something being too complicated or technological, or it could be a bigger issue like a noise with the drivetrain. It's decently simple and gets easier as you go.

Hope this helps!

I was hired for a test driving job in Warren for an auto supplier.. 

it is dishonest for them  to say this is a part time job. One to no shifts a week is common even if you are fully available.

Hiring and onboarding was  disorganized.. I I was offered a job with no explanation of it, just asked to do background checks and a blood test and very basic driving test. I knew some details from a friend ant another location about how the scheduling process worked there. I received redundant notices, requests for info I already sent, incomplete information, contradictory information from employees. When I arrived when/where i was told for blood work I wasn’t on their schedule. 

They continue hiring when fully staffed and they’ll hire anyone and end up with employees that misuse vehicles or use them for personal use. Good employees are punished for bad behavior of others with policy changes  and long lectures because there are no performance reviews,  just a record of attendance. If you are late at all for any reason your shift is given to someone else, you go home unpaid whether you notify management or not. 

Orientation included talk about how cool the job was and opportunities and expectations that don’t match  reality. We received a packet with sample paperwork and basically a rule book that didn’t match the discussion and seemed outdated.. We didn’t go over the paperwork.

At training, paperwork was glossed over and when I asked questions it was treated with indifference.. I was shown some of the features of a couple cars for two days and had someone there to ask questions while they observed my driving. I asked questions to employees and shift leads that had been there a while and later learned was given bad information . 

They didn’t train on use of the gamins used for navigating routes which would be ok but they anre often in disrepair.  when the route is wrong, or it acts up, you have no reference so it is very distracting on the road. but you are lectured daily to stay on the route even if you were told during training exceptions about routes; or have had trainers make stops that are not allowed. And they shift leads lecture almost daily if you’re going off route it is grounds for termination. 

After “training” you follow an employee on their route. One of my leads was truly awful and had no regard for the job and is still there.

The result of all this is frustrated shift leads that dislike their jobs. Instead of pulling someone aside and asking them about something they did, all employees get lectured and punished with policies that don’t address the fundamental lack of
communication, careless hiring process and training. They also remind you it’s a part time job but will schedule you zero shifts while the offenders work more
shifts.

The job itself should be desirable and satisfying but it is frustrating. It’s a shock that any major manufacturer would hire such incompetent companies and allow them to place people behind the wheel of expensive and powerful vehicles. 


PDW advertises on a few college campuses in the area.  The ad basically says, "Get paid to drive cool car!".  However since they are test vehicles you could be placed in something nice or something that screeches every time you turn or apply the brakes.  Worked the A.M shift, you get there by 5:30 so you can line up & clock in by 5:45.  You then stand in line for 30-40 minutes waiting to hopefully be assigned a car.
The thing is they get a list of how many people are working each shift & they know how many cars will be available for each.  Depends on if the test vehicle is on the lot or being worked on.  However despite knowing this info, you wait, only to end up being sent home.  My drive to & from Allen Park was about 35 minutes.  Wouldn't mind the drive if I actually worked enough hours to pay for gas wastes.  Guys at the front desk play favorites, even if you're in line, they will call out favorites to get keys & drive.  Even if the person is in the back of the line.  While there's other college kids there in the summer, it's mostly retires & people looking to hopefully make a quick check.
A couple of the older guys are creepy.
Both of my senior drivers( you drive in duos or trios, 1 to each car) my first two shifts, got into arguments with each other & tried to get me to side with one of them.  They want you to be thorough on the paperwork you need to fill out for each vehicle.  A few of the leads I worked with do not thoroughly evaluate & write what's needed.  Only generalize cause they feel that if the car was fine a day or two before, it'll be fine today.  Sad, cause it actually doesn't take long to do it right once you know what to do.

Once on the schedule you may or may not be chosen to drive an 8 or 10 hour day. Which means you may show up for your shift at 4am but won't find out if your chosen to drive until you arrive. If your not chosen they'll give you 2 hours automatically.  I don't like getting up early only to get sent home if the chosen drivers come in. You'll be chosen as a standby driver.

Drivers are chosen by who they want to drive period. Not by right or wrong but who they feel comfortable with and like. So it's a buddy system at this place. As a part time driver your expendable and they know it.

When you do get a chance your paid to drive cars basically. That's the easy part for most. But you have to given formal reports on the vehicles and everyone has there own way of doing the reports. You get 2 days of  so called training and that's it. So your expected to figure things out with a paperwork and a phone app.

This place has a high turnover rate due to various reasons. I consider myself a good reliable worker. But I don't like showing up only to potentially get sent home, it's a waste of my time.

This job can be a good gig, but not knowing if you'll make money per day isn't cool. 

Also some of the vehicles has issues and you'll have to drive it around. As a cdl driver that's put even more responsibility on your shoulders.  Alot of Management dont have a cdl but will still tell you what to do with the vehicle 🤔. What your back by checking everything on the vehicle.

Only take this gig if you can afford unreliable work hours. If you need a steady source of income then look elsewhere.

There are only two shifts (choose in 1-week prior before the posted shift):
AM Shift-5:00 AM-1:30PM
PM Shift-4:00 PM-12:30AM
Choose wisely, or no excuse to call off once it posted. (Points deduct)

Seasonal Demands:
-More drivers demand in Summer/Autumn 50-75 workers per vehicle. 
-Very fewer drivers require in Winter/Spring 20-30 workers per car.
-CDL drivers will have more advantage of the available spot.

People will call off drivers the day before the shift, due to:
-Fewer cars available (Seasonal demand effect)
-Vehicles mechanical issues (Cars down regularly. Very unpredictable)

Things that can terminate in the past three years:
-Damaging the vehicles (your fault or not, it is the company testing vehicle got destroyed)
-Twelve points system from the previous discussion.
-Eating or texting/calling while in parked testing vehicles.
-Not following the direction from GPS navigation (black box tracks you everywhere)
-Driving etiquette is a priority.

Things I like:
Great people
New vehicles released to the public testers.
Evaluating vehicle paper is easy — basic writing.
Driving in a new region of the state that you never went.
Free gas mileage points
Driving by yourself in a quiet vehicle.
State average wage earning.
Great for veterans, seniors, and college students who want earning.

Typical work day.. Arrive at PDW location around 4:30-4:45am. If your lucky to be on the manager's " I like you list !! You will get work driving a fashionable vehicle with all the bells and whistles.. However !! If you are not on that list ? Then you're an extra and will be sent home more often and if there are vehicles available you will get the same piece of junk every time that you do work.. Favoritism play's a key part in this position and if you don't like it then there's the companies high turnover rate that will boot you out the door quicker than you arrived. The unfairest part of the job is the two 15 minute break's and half hour for lunch.. That is the time you have to spend inspecting every aspect of the vehicle per PDW's checklist and writing a report... So expect your break's to be productive with lot's of company paperwork !!  Then there's the manager's "Hide behind approach to simply rectifying an issue.Wether your guilty or not.. Your word is nothing to this company !! If they want to get rid of you or suspect you of eating, drinking, smoking, vaping or speeding there is no defense!! They will use one of the mentioned for termination.  The manager simply call's the main office in Michigan and they will call you at home and terminate your position with PDW !!! There is NO proving your case or evidence to the offense that will exonerate the finding's. This company is not worth the extra mile !!

Got this job since I am a student and I need a part time employment. This company is not interested in their employees, nor their safety unless if they are profiting from it. It is a limited contract company that works hand by hand with another company, and you guess it right, the management is poor/horrible and you will be the one that will suffer about it. Your availability does not matter since your are called off if a car is not available for you (nobody will tell you this, since you have to show up for work). The job lacks of constant workflow, which it makes it very unreliable since during specific time of the year there are NO vehicles to work with. You are working minimum wage with no benefits and no career opportunity. You will be driving the same vehicle over and over and still pretending to find problems when there is nothing to write about. 
The turnover ratio is so high that you will have new colleagues almost every week. I got fire for not wearing a seatbelt while driving at 10mph for 1min, while doing sequential stops in a parking lot. Save yourself time, do not apply here, you are better than this "company".     

When you become a driver for PDW it's fine.  As of late, they will literally hire anyone that knows how to count to 1.   The job itself is great.  Occasionally there are really cool vehicles to drive. Other times they are still brand new vehicles.  You follow a simple route and fill out an evaluation form.  Its ridiculous how easy the job is.  So if anyone complains about the pay (which is more than fair)  they will complain about anything.   The management at the site is NOT PDW.  And they are very mellow and easy to deal with.  PDW acts basically as a hiring agency.   They hire fire and schedule people.   That's it.    They have not improved the process whatsoever.  They have a point system that they do not follow very well so on one hand. Someone can have 3 no call no shows before being terminated.  But they also add points when they mess up your schedule due to lack of them paying attention to your availability.     Overall it's a pretty cool job if you like cars!  Lately you may have to tolerate some of the interesting people PDW has hired.  But oh well

● Work-life balance
Its flexible and great for part time but very boring driving whole day only 2 breaks

● Job security and advancement
The evaluators suck and dont give you a fair chance. Hasty and historical.

● Management
These people dont give a fair shot and there leads are irrational. One of them yelled at me and stormed off for the smallest reason.

● Culture
These guys expect you to learn everything right away and the leads are emotional. I had to tell one of them to relax a couple times just because I kept asking questions like yoo I was tryna learn Jesus pieces.

● Overall
If you rebel they eliminate you. The evaluators so called leads suck. Well atleast from dealing with one of them. They are hasty and emotional. One yelled at me and stormed off when I was just tryna figure things out. She really blamed me for not getting enough miles in. She said I was suppose to keep up at a 1 car distance. How absurd can you be to say that after 4 years working there. Thats a dangerous place to be following somebody. This job isn't that hard just a few things you need to learn and is ok for part time but the staff is poor.

Very flexible schedule with this position. You tell them this week which days you are available next week. They won't schedule you for any more. Maybe less but not more. Have gotten alot of calls to drive on my days off, but can say no. The pay is good for what the job really is. More than minimum wage. You drive and evaluate new vehicles. There is paperwork involved, but it's not terrible. You are never on the road alone,  and help is usually a phone call away. Management is structured a little weird, but it gets the job done. One corporate engineer from Michigan, and one local coordinator/ scheduler. They are all about safety. We live where there is sometimes extreme winter weather. If you don't feel safe, you don't have to drive. If they think it might be unsafe, they'll pull you off the road or call of your whole shift. Safety really is first. I would recommend this job for someone who actually wants to work. Very little negative so far.

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