It's a place to start, but not to make a full career - Service Runner Citrin Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You didn't get off at terrible times, get to sit in cars a good portion of your day, can converse when the dealership isn't busy. A lot of opportunities to become manager due to the high turnover

Cons

The pay structure seems somewhat illegal, but I honestly don't know. You get good raises for the first 2 years, but then don't anymore unless you move to a higher position. (this is based on when I joined, it may have changed) The management is really the make or break of this company. Unfortunately, the upper management is a break. They're very overbearing and strict when it comes to the rules and they are rude to anyone who isn't that way. The turn over rate is pretty insane. The group of people I started with had 1 person that I ended with and he was doing it as a side gig bc he was retired (this includes managers). The main manager that I dealt with primarily, left for another job, and they didn't hire internally, so the next 2 in line also left, which meant corporate came in. While the end times aren't bad, the opening times aren't great, at least for myself. And on top of that, you don't even get a full 8 hours worth of work. It's about 6 on weekdays, unless you decide a double. The break structure blows and they're strict about it. Finally, I didn't have it, but I heard the insurance is garbage.

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Citrin Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to leave your detailed feedback. We appreciate the feedback and are sorry that your experience did not match your expectations. In regards to your availability concern, shift times are based on two separate shifts per day: a morning shift and an afternoon shift. This helps provide different options of availability for our team members and ensures that we always have a leader available on-site during hours of operation. We would like to discuss this further with you as your experience helps us better ourselves as we strive to improve through the feedback from our employees. Please reach out to HR@Citrin.co to discuss this further!

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Citrin Response
3mo
Thank you for your feedback. Here at Citrin, we strive to continuously develop and improve our culture to best benefit our employees, and this feedback is crucial in doing so, so thank you for reaching out regarding your concerns. Please don't hesitate to reach out to info@citrin.co with specific information or suggestions on how we could do better.
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