Pros
Excellant health, dental and vision insurance.
Cons
Plain and simple, every flat rate tech at every Firestone everywhere is underpaid. Simple coporate greed. They will hire anyone, regardless of qualifications, to work on vehicles, as long as they will work on flat rate, and as cheap as possilbe. Right now they have some decent techs working for them, because the economy is in bad shape and opportunities are limited, but when things turn around, the exodus will begin, and Firestone will once again be offering $3K sign-on bonuses, and will still be staffed by people who have no business working on a car. They are a stain on the auto repair industry. I have been there over a year, and with a little luck, will be gone before this year is over. I'm sick and tired of 50+ hour weeks for a flat rate I was making 15 years ago.