lube technician

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SpeeDee Oil Change & Auto Service

A typical day at Speedee included writing up cars for whatever service they needed, bringing the cars into the bays and then starting the 17 point oil change and making any recommendations the vehicle needed to the customer and then if approved proceeded to replace or perform the maintenance. I learned a lot working at speedee, including your basic knowledge of cars and how they "worked", mainly through just repetition on doing the oil changes and through a website they use to "certify" you. Other than that the training is very limited. The management at speedee included two managers and our boss. They all work pretty well with one another and the other coworkers, but it diffidently could be improved and have better communication. The hardest part of working at speedee was knowing there isn't much room to move up. You have your lube techs and then management, but its not like these spots just open up, they'd have to either quit or be fired for these positions to open up, so your stuck at making minimum wage. Ending this on a good note, working at speedee I would have to say the most enjoyable part of the job was the "family" feeling it gives you. That being because there is never more than 10 employees. So you get very close to everyone and its the slow times at work that everyone talking and just having a good time and laughing together that made the job 100% worth it!

Whats a typical day at work?
You clock in, work on cars all day, clean the shop or do online training if business is slow

What I believed I have learned so far?
At most, maybe doing transmission and coolant exchanges but thats it

How is management?
Personally, they only care about sales, they also expect people to work on a car with a specific process and that process only which makes it hard to adapt, not everyone works the same but management doesn’t completely see that. 

What is workplace culture like?
Meh, varies from shop to shop

What is the hardest part about the job?
The stress. It is a very stress inducing job, management always being naggy about things, customers trying to rush you, etc

What is the most enjoyable part about the job?
Personally, I have found nothing enjoyable about it

From my overall experience so far, I see this more as a summer job for some kid in high school over a sustainable full time job. Pay is very low for the amount of work you do everyday, managers teach you to upsell unnecessary services to customers and are impatient with employees.

Overall experience is pretty low as a full timer and would not recommend unless you are looking for a summer job but id still take that recommendation with a grain of salt


They only care about how much you can sell. If you make them money, great. But expect to be pressured to make more. Never enough for them. If you make a mistake, be ready to apply to other jobs. As soon as they start losing money they’ll cut anyone. False promises were made throughout the whole time I worked there. Was supposed to be store manager, but because I’m 21 I’m “too young” so they promoted me to assistant. Never saw anyone in my store get promoted from within. They usually write up and replace, or people quit because of the pressure you receive. In the 1 year I worked there, I had 4 different managers (not including myself). Was also let go because of something I did not do, but being I was there the longest, they had no one else to blame. Also held  my last pay check for an extra week because I didn’t hand uniforms in immediately. Just stay away  from this place, whether you’re a customer or an employee. You will only learn what a shop SHOULDNT be like. 

It was good at first, but the new CEO made multiple changes. First was terrible raises, getting the same raise as someone who was there for 8 months, when I had been there for a couple years. Another thing is all the so called safety regulations, understandable but still irritating. Next is the few holidays you get off are Easter and Christmas. You don't even get holiday pay for working almost all the holiday days. The raises are terrible unless u specifically ask for a dollar raise. They'll give u 25 to 50 cents as a raise. Now instead of having 2 days off u have to work on Sunday now 1 of the guaranteed days off. You used to get, but that's only if u have enough people to work with u. Good thing about this job is the pto, it's easy to accumulate and it's easy to apply for days off. The insurance only depends on what u want from it u gotta choose which options r good. But to get any of the other options u have to take health insurance first to be able to take any other options.

All types of general maintance on all different types of autos, changing oil, belts, hoses, fuel system cleaners, power steering flushes, coolant flushes, changing air filters, changing wiper blades, brakes, tune-ups, and much more. Along with that you are required to order inventory, sell above services, handle customer complaints, train new employee's order and return parts, clean shop, and mow grass. Always something to do, which I don't mind because it makes the day go by faster. However, I had now evaluation in a year and a half, with no chance for a pay increase. I did get 1 week paid vacation, which was truely needed. Since employed I have increased sales and repeat customer base, and reduced cost. I guess you can't really complain it's a job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The day you leave. Its a hostile work environment, full of empty promises and lies

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Your job being threatened for not making customers spend money.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hostile and uncomfortable. Your day is full of lying to people about what they need and convincing them to spend unnecessary money so that you can meet your goals for the day and not get fired.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock in, hope you do good for the day and make a little money whilst getting yelled at by corporate for not producing enough customers

I don’t  recommend working here. If you are not butt kissing the manager you won’t get acknowledged . The manager is very irresponsible . He lacks managerial skills. He yells at his female employees and he talks bad about them behind their backs. The guys goof around too much n blame each other for mistakes. They act like children. The owner knows what’s going on and he doesn’t care as long as they make sales and make him good earnings he’s happy. Some of the employees are high and they work like that. This place is very immature and unfair. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SHOP!!!!! If you work 8 hrs you only get a 30 min lunch

What is the best part of working at the company?
The SpeeDee in Asheville is a great place to work. Everyone gets along like family, pay is good with great bonus. You can make as much money as you want here, you just have to want it.  The management and owners are great, I started as a lube tech and learned a lot. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part of working here is when you get really busy. Sometimes 5 or 6 cars will come in at one time, and they all want to get in and out quick

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Like family

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy at times with plenty of down time

Since SpeeDee is a franchise, I must stress that it was just this particular location that was difficult to work in.  Although, I wouldn't mind working at a different location.  When the managers from corporate would come in, I loved listening to their suggestions to improve customer satisfaction by going the extra mile.  The only unfortunate thing was that management wasn't strong enough to enforce the things we needed to be a stronger team as a whole.  Working here was a lot of fun, there were just some things that needed improvement for the better of the business as a whole.

This job is great, having an awesome concept of customer to technician relationship. Of course this concept can be challenging but for those individuals who crave honesty and personal honor  in the performance of automotive service and maintenance this is the best possible scenario. Customers are allowed to watch technicians work on their automobiles and the technicians liaise directly with the customers generally only bringing in management for the toughest situations.

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