severely underpaid technicians - Service Technician AutoNation Employee Review

1.0
Jan 7, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

None what so ever horrible pay for technician no value to the people that know the most

Cons

No respect for technicians with thousands of dollars in tools invested and thousands in schooling and and even the porters make more money than us service advisors make 4 times what the technician makes and they require no training whatsoever parts department and service parts salesman make 4 times as much as the technicians with nothing invested in career no quality technicians will be in this industry in the next 3 years only kids with no tools experience and automotive skill will be left fixing the valuable customers cars.. this is the respect for the customer that spends money a risk to there well being by allowing inexperienced technicians endangering the safety of the customer and there passengers with inexperienced technicians while they charge $146 an hour and pay there best technicians not even a 8%:of there own labor

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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