-lack of morals/ethics toward customers and staff
-inadequate training accross the board
-payroll errors, delay in processing, payscale changes. You have to micromanage your every move and minute to make sure they pay you correctly.
-favoritism- their ‘promote from within’ efforts resulted in a ‘boys club’ type of environment from my experience
-good staff are heavily throttled because upper management DONT/CANT pay attention, theyre too busy trying to keep their head above water to make progress
-lack of real marketing team chokes out the sales teams efforts and causes backed up inventory which then results in lower grosses on units and smaller paychecks
-lack of bonuses (holiday, show performance, spiffs, etc)
-heavy hours
-heavy show season with required travel long distance and in bad weather
-ugly uniform
-disorganization from top to bottom- noone ever knows whats going on, where the owner is, or whats next- dealership managers struggle to make even seemingly basic decisions without the ok of the owner.
-micromanagement on all the wrong things
-heavily tollerated alcohol and drug use within the workplace, especially during ‘show season’ in my experience.
-lack of planning
-lack of accountability/proper role assignments
-interdepartmental and follow up communication by other departments was a struggle 90% of the time
-HR is 100% for the company and not there to help any employees from my and shared experiences.
-Job security is not there- there is no real transparency from this ‘family’ on how the business is doing, they surprise employees with buying or closing dealerships, cutting bonuses, changing the payscales, denying raises, etc.
-harassment is commonplace if you are a female in my experience
-motivation methods were seemingly hateful toward other dealers, and predatory toward customers instead of rooted in confidence in sales ability and product.
