Severely below average - Regional Operations Manager AAMCO Employee Review

1.0
Jun 12, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Reimbursement, work life balance and travel

Cons

1. Failing business foundation. The company revenue has been trending downward for several years. The brand is notorious for scamming customers on repairs, often times with margins on tickets well over triple digits. Literally have seen customers charged 100 dollars for 35 seconds of labor and paying for 3300 dollars for "remanufactured transmissions" when they really bought a used one from a junkyard with decent miles so it can get them past the Warranty. 2. Franchisees (owners)- absolutely the scummiest people you will ever encounter. Blame you for the business shortcomings, and have IDIOTS running their operation with no formal sales training or professional acumen, largely "overtly" (n-word, racial epithets towards Mexicans) racist which is cool if you're into that I guess (sarcasm). Their stores are dirty and when this is brought up they get defensive and trash you as someone they don't like, which can cost you your job. 3. Senior Management does not care. They are getting paid regardless and are very minimally involved with your grooming or development. If the numbers are down, "fix it." 4. Pay. It's 65 K base. 65K base when you're responsible for a 10 million+ dollar grossing operation? Not terrible....until you compare it to similar situated roles. 5. Zero percent chance for growth. Literally. There are 3 vice presidents and 2 of them came from outside the company and the third was in this role for 1000 years before he got promoted. 6. AROM program that is designed to help you is an absolute joke. Period. Recently there was a class of 5 and not a single one was still with the company 90 days later. 7. You aren't managing corporate employees, so your authority on directing is very limited with the Owners (franchisees). Their word is the final authority as they pay the company hefty franchise fees and that's what the organization values. 8. Extremely challenging corporate culture for women.

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AAMCO Response
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Dear valued employee, While I will not take time to address every inaccuracy in your review, there are a few I want to correct very directly. If you have indeed seen the abuses of customer trust you claim, and have not reported them accordingly, you are not doing your job. Over-charging customers and/or being deceptive about the source of a transmission is not only unethical, but it is explicitly against our policies and would be taken very seriously if reported. One of the very important responsibilities of our Regional Operations Managers is to advocate for the customer. If you watched customers be treated badly and didn’t stand up, you failed. Secondly, if you have encountered unprofessional behavior such as racial slurs, we ask that you report it immediately. We will send out a reminder email about our protected employee reporting line. We take this accusation very seriously and would ask that you share any such experiences so we may address them. Also, we have not and will not make employment decisions based on someone “trashing you”—that is not part of our process, as you likely know. Your comments on lack of promotion opportunity are clearly based in anger, and simply not true. The Operations team, just this last year, has had more than 9 promotions and more are planned. We reward results. This role is not for the weak and passive—it requires grit, determination and a positive “never stop” attitude. Successful Regional Operations Managers will learn how to deal directly and professionally with a wide variety of very challenging issues. That is an extremely valuable skill set that will serve our team members throughout their careers. We look forward to continuous improvement of our team, training, and development.

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