So I just found out I’m a rookie detailer after 8 years of detailing cars!!! Lol!!
Hope you guys read the whole story. I know it’s kind of long but it has some good info for those of you that are going to apply for a job at a dealership!
I’ve submitted an application to work at a MB dealership and the manager called me right away to be interviewed the same day. I went there and was taken on a quick tour of the detailing department. The place looked clean and decent, not what I expected for a MB dealer but it was decent. The manager decided to put me to the test and quickly provided me with a Dewalt polisher, yellow pad and some polishing compound.
Then he takes me to a dirty 2011 AMG E63 and tells me show me what you can do! My reaction was to ask >> shouldn’t the car be washed first?? Or at least clean that area that I’m going to work on? The guy laughed and looked at me funny. My second question was to ask for a claybar and some detailing lube. The guy looks at me and laughs again and tells his friend that I'm being so technical! He tells me just do it and don’t worry about the dirt on the car. He also made a remark saying>> you know that’s a 80,000 dollar vehicle right there<< I laughed and responded >> Mercedes tend to be overpriced so I’m not surprised<<
I proceeded to go against my detailer principles and put some compound on the pad and went ahead and introduce swirl marks on the paint because of the thick layer of dirt covering the car. Thankfully I looked at the speed setting on the machine before I activated it because the manager decided to be a funny guy and handed me the polisher on the highest speed. By the time I was finished, the manager tells me that from what he saw, He can tell that” I don’t know what I’m doing” and I need training. I looked at him at told him that I’ve been doing this for almost 8 years and my clients never complained about my service. I told him what tools and products I normally use and he responded that what I’ve been using all these years can’t compare to what they use at the dealership. I laughed! He offered me the job but at a really low rate.
According to the manager that dealership has many detailing awards in NJ and has a reputation of being the best. I told him that I didn’t know there was such thing as awards for detailing. lol bunch of BS. The dealership has its own carwash machine with the big rollers that introduce swirl marks instead of cleaning. According to the manager they have to detail between 15 to 20 cars a day and they all have to be done before 5pm. :think:I was laughing inside my head to all the things he was saying. Detailing 15 cars in a day? :crazy:Impossible. What’s possible it’s a regular cleaning but not a real detail job!
Detailing takes a good 6-8 hours to deliver an acceptable product, how can the MB dealership call detailing to simple automatic wash and wax?? What a rip off!! What I was really amazed about was the fact that the dealership was so busy and cars coming in&out the auto washing machine. I guess rich people in NJ didn’t get affected by the recession because they’re paying a good 500 dollars every time they have their cars washed at the dealership.
Even though I was offered the job, they never called me back to give me a date when to start. Lol.
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Hope you guys read the whole story. I know it’s kind of long but it has some good info for those of you that are going to apply for a job at a dealership!
I’ve submitted an application to work at a MB dealership and the manager called me right away to be interviewed the same day. I went there and was taken on a quick tour of the detailing department. The place looked clean and decent, not what I expected for a MB dealer but it was decent. The manager decided to put me to the test and quickly provided me with a Dewalt polisher, yellow pad and some polishing compound.
Then he takes me to a dirty 2011 AMG E63 and tells me show me what you can do! My reaction was to ask >> shouldn’t the car be washed first?? Or at least clean that area that I’m going to work on? The guy laughed and looked at me funny. My second question was to ask for a claybar and some detailing lube. The guy looks at me and laughs again and tells his friend that I'm being so technical! He tells me just do it and don’t worry about the dirt on the car. He also made a remark saying>> you know that’s a 80,000 dollar vehicle right there<< I laughed and responded >> Mercedes tend to be overpriced so I’m not surprised<<
I proceeded to go against my detailer principles and put some compound on the pad and went ahead and introduce swirl marks on the paint because of the thick layer of dirt covering the car. Thankfully I looked at the speed setting on the machine before I activated it because the manager decided to be a funny guy and handed me the polisher on the highest speed. By the time I was finished, the manager tells me that from what he saw, He can tell that” I don’t know what I’m doing” and I need training. I looked at him at told him that I’ve been doing this for almost 8 years and my clients never complained about my service. I told him what tools and products I normally use and he responded that what I’ve been using all these years can’t compare to what they use at the dealership. I laughed! He offered me the job but at a really low rate.
According to the manager that dealership has many detailing awards in NJ and has a reputation of being the best. I told him that I didn’t know there was such thing as awards for detailing. lol bunch of BS. The dealership has its own carwash machine with the big rollers that introduce swirl marks instead of cleaning. According to the manager they have to detail between 15 to 20 cars a day and they all have to be done before 5pm. :think:I was laughing inside my head to all the things he was saying. Detailing 15 cars in a day? :crazy:Impossible. What’s possible it’s a regular cleaning but not a real detail job!
Detailing takes a good 6-8 hours to deliver an acceptable product, how can the MB dealership call detailing to simple automatic wash and wax?? What a rip off!! What I was really amazed about was the fact that the dealership was so busy and cars coming in&out the auto washing machine. I guess rich people in NJ didn’t get affected by the recession because they’re paying a good 500 dollars every time they have their cars washed at the dealership.
Even though I was offered the job, they never called me back to give me a date when to start. Lol.
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