Jori Campbelle, I am a Line Tech and I have been here with Town Nissan 6 years and in the industry 6 years.
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Our shop is closed Sundays for family day. The advisor/tech schedule is on a three-week rotation. For example, an advisor and their team will have Monday off and work Tuesday-Saturday. The next two weeks they would work Monday through Friday, then the cycle starts again. We find that having a weekday off allows you flexibility and 3-day weekends are always nice!
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Here are some of our staff picks for Shop Talk post of the month. Be sure to vote for your favorite and leave a comment below on why you chose the post. Voting ends on Monday, June 7th:
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Coming Soon!!!!!! One position for our next Service Advisor!!!! No experience necessary! The single most important trait to cement the success of joining our winning team is a great personality, a willingness and wanting to learn, grow, get better, play well with others, be part of a "team" thought process, supportive, great energy, a desirer to provide a high level of service to each other and our clients. Likes being appreciated, Ok with working 5 days a week, having major holidays off, Ok with leaving work at 5:00PM, Make a great living, plan on having a career not a job for the next 20 + years. Look us up and browse our positions. Have a question? All you have to do is ask! Our emails and phone numbers are all over the place.
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🎉 As we celebrate 10 years under the ownership of Jackson Automotive Group, join us in honoring Alex, our outstanding Service Drive Manager! 🎉
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One of our clients, Craig’s Car Care, recently connected with a technician via WrenchWay. Their goals aligned so well that the technician accepted a position and decided to make the big move from North Carolina to Texas to work at the shop.
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Congratulations to Joshua Bowman for guessing last week’s Loneliest Number!
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🌟 Employee Spotlight: Congratulations to Cody, our Employee of the Month! 🌟
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Joe's gives back to local fundraisers by donating fun gift baskets with a Joe's Gift Card!
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Beautiful Red 356C here for maintenance
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LBCC Dyno Day is always a blast. This year we got to feature the new BZ4X and GR Corolla to some future and current students!
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We had the pleasure of hosting the Houston Lead Program (Letting Everyone Achieve Dreams) students at Chastang Ford as part of their field trip to explore various career opportunities in the Automotive industry. We took them on test drives and allowed them to experience the power and agility of the Ford Lightning, Bronco Sport, and Ford Raptor! We were thrilled to showcase our dealership and provide insight into the day-to-day operations of an Automotive dealership while also giving them a hands-on experience with some of our most exciting vehicles. It's always great to see the next generation of professionals taking steps toward their future careers. Thanks for visiting, Houston Lead Program students!
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One of our very own technicians, Julio Losh, and the Goon Squad drift team stealing the show at the Monster Truck Insanity Tour!
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Just a few of our coworkers enjoying a day at the park ⚾️
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Fox Valley Buick GMC is honored to be able to partner with Naomi's House. Naomi's house is a Chicago based rehabilitation program for women that come out of the human trafficking industry. Fox Valley Buick GMC is honored to be able to provided vehicles to these women to help propel them forward in their journey.
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Jay Goninen, Co-Founder & President of WrenchWay, discusses our recent article where technicians answered: What is the one thing that needs to change to improve the technician shortage? Some of the topics covered include compensation, public perception of the trade, charging for diagnostics, relationships with managers, and much more! View the full article: https://wrenchway.com/blog/technicians-on-how-to-fix-the-technician-shortage/
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Individual had to do a turbo on a 2.7L truck, reports took him 4-5 hours, got done, looked up the OEM scale, and found it pays 2.2. Currently doing a front crank seal on a LM2. Gotta pull the radiator. Very, very tough job, pays 4.7, while the much easier base trucks pay 5.3. There is often no rhyme nor reason to the labor times. At least my OEM released 5 videos of them doing time studies so I see what they put in that 21% they add to every ticket. But I've beat that horse to death. So, we attempt to address these issues with our leadership, and get blown off as whiny techs, or told, "So and so can do the work in that time." So and so must be the technician the store needs. I am failing to do it in twice the time I'm paid. I must be the problem. "Hey Siri, what are some excellent career choices for former mechanics?" By no means did I mean this to be another whiny technician post. There's a lot to running a business, and a lot of people don't want to do the hard work of wading through the personnel difficulties required to build a top notch team. As Lucas Underwood said in the podcast I listened to this morning, "Flat Rate is a lazy man's management method." However, just throwing money at a person also isn't the right answer. It takes having a plan for professional development tailored to the individual to build them up and achieve both the goals of the shop and the goals of the individual. (edited)
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