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And I find that ironic because I’m first generation American who’s no stranger to how other countries’ working class operates. Low paying jobs are being outsourced for dollars and cents; because they’re taking advantage of people who would be happy to work for $5/hr versus local minimum wage and benefits. Which raises the question: why do we have to pay so much more for local employees? Simple, because cost of living is so much more here, yet all these companies aren’t going to increase salaries every time inflation or cost of living spikes. And guess what, employers have more of a stranglehold on those outsourced workers because they simply don’t have as many opportunities. Funny enough, a lot of those employees in other countries would kill to move to a country like the US to make barely enough money to get an apartment outside of their war torn or poverty stricken country. This discussion blew out of proportion, my bottom line is this: I’m all for holding people accountable, but only when it’s actually worth it and the actions justify the means. I’m all for improving efficiency and integrity, but I believe this could have been handled better. Hell, who knows. MAYBE the owner of the car brought this video to the attention of the dealership manager, they might have told him to get lost and further disrespected him/her, which now resulted in the video being posted on YouTube. Who knows. |
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I think you are overreacting. No one is threatening anything against they people in this video directly. Their identities are protected, to the credit of the poster.
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Low pay isnt an excuse but it is a result.
People with proper mindset and that have a meticulose attitude to their work know that thats worth something, and it is in general a trait that is in demand by employers. Those people usually get the jobs, the type of work and the raises and carreer opportunities that go with that. Those people dont do oil changes. People who dont have that attitude or mindset, those are the ones that get the stupid jobs, and however you put it, changing oil is a stupid job. It takes a moron 11 minutes with a car lift like you see in the video. And then they get some icecream. The chief mechanic who probably has a better attitude to his work and the customers, he doesnt do oil changes. He's working on the car that needs new camshafts or something. If you bring your car to a garage that has a whole staff of mechanics (dealership), you know that the supidest, lowest one will do the oil service. Because its stupid work.
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Looks like standard work fuckery. Don’t really agree with the car being used to get ice cream, though. Are they driving it to get ice cream to also make sure everything is running fine?
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The low pay excuse is bull shit.
You get paid a low wage because you're not a decent enough human to pull yourself out of the shit. I've known and worked with many techs (specifically at MBZ) who get paid 100k+. But they were real techs, not these oil change morons. Some of you act high and mighty but when your car gets trashed at a dealer I guarantee you'll sing a different story.
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But taking a car for a test drive after having work done is considered good practice. Even after an oil change or filters change.
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I guess it would never occur to me to post a youtube video to solve my problem. I deal with them like a grown up and fight my own battles..... Lets take this public shaming to one of its possible outcomes. The dealership loses business because of this rather than allowing the dealership to address a minor issue with staff. My hole issue with the social media SJW outrage approach is that its all or nothing. Fire them, burn them at the stake etc. I hope none of you find yourself video taped doing something that gets you shit canned or your employer put in a position where several livelihoods are effected because of a momentary lapse in judgement.....who wants to cast the first stone? Last edited by RABAUKE; 03-24-2018 at 08:49 PM.. |
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I would be pissed off too. They charge crazy labor rates at dealerships and the justification is that the car is being handled correctly and cared for. If they are not even reading the work order, might as well take it to a random mechanic shop. People pay dealer rates for quality service and getting ice cream in a customer's car isn't that. If the employees want ice cream, let them use their own car, not mine.
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Again, you get what you pay for. People have known for literally decades that taking your car to a dealership doesn’t mean your car is getting pampered with the best treatment. This isn’t a surprise to me at all.
Go to a high end reputable shop instead. Those guys compete for your continued business and loyalty, and will do whatever they can to treat you right. Their business depends on it. |
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You're paying for the nice building, location, expensive coffee machine for the customers, advertizing and foremost the pockets of the franchice holder. Working on cars is peoples work. Paying more doesnt automatically mean better work is done. It means more profit is made. If you want a better chance on good treatment, go to a place where there is a solid connection between the person who does the work and the amount of profit made. Thats when people start to care about the car and the work. Then you might find a place like this (this is my favorite MBenz video...) A good example why someone with a 250k car didnt bring it to the stealership.....
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Reading the posts of apologists is really amazing. The owner of this car was cheated, his car was used to run an errand and buy ice cream, and people are defending the techs for their fraud and misconduct. I find that both astounding and depressing. The techs should be fired and the customer should be refunded whatever he paid. If not, the dealership should lose its franchise. I'd like to know what happened.
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