Anyone have any expierience with a company called TephSeal?

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CARWAX

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I recently interviewed with this company today,and I was wondering if anyone has any feedback on them.

I was told they are big in Florida,as they originated out of Orlando.I am in Michigan, and they have began working in several dealers.Now, mind you I was told they take over all the prep,detail,and lot cleaning of the cars,"from cradle to grave".

I met the rep at a dealer close to my house,and they use all the products I have used,mostly Ardex.I would be hired on as a manager,I think because I have twenty three years in detailing.



Anyway I thought I would check with you guys also,thanks in advance, Rick.
 
I just bought a car from an acura dealership and I have seen the work they did on my buddies C6 Z06 that he had them "detail" It was horrible they swirled it so deeply and did a horrible job. I corrected there mistakes but still lol. They sell in volume so what can you expect? Business is business.
 
Also they are very unprofessional the a crew in Fort Myers at a dealership took out an MDX to mess around driving and TephSeal had to re-emburse the full 45 grand when they wrecked the car. The whole crew at that dealership got fired.
 
Honestly, I don't think any chain/franshise detail shops are all that good of a fit for an autopian style detailer. With them, it is all about volume. Plus, to remain competive you can't go nuts with compensation for your employees, which means you won't be attracting the best and the brightest.
 
Scott,I agree 1000%, but as I have been out of work for six months,unemployment will run out next week,there is not much out there in this depressed Michigan economy.

It is really slow around here in all aspects of the car business, sales, details,etc.... I was just trying to do this until something else comes.
 
Mr. Carwax....take the job.....your mission while difficult is to TEACH.....its OK. Teach technique and discipline. Show your correction ability. Detailing is discipline. By teaching you will receive graces. This is the chance to build your name. People will ask for you by name if the job is superior. Dont put out any SH-- work. Everyone will watch as you work skillfully. In this economy you should take the job if offered. "Paintxpert" Shine Since 1969.
 
IMO, if you teach them to do the job properly, each job is going to take them longer to do. This is not what they are looking for, they want the cars in and out as quickly as possible. Most likely they have a time limit on each car they do. They are not going to care about the quality you want to teach them, they want volume and that's it. If you end up causing them to take longer per job, you may be reprimanded or even fired. It's about the $ at these places and nothing more. They could care less if they get complaints from ten people, because there will be 100 other people for each of those ten who don't know better or don't care. Just my opinion. If you need a job, I'd say take it, but expect to be worked to death and not appreciated for your quality work.
 
We all know its all about volume but we all need to witness the confusion that goes on in these dealerships. Its part of the evolution. I remember banging out volume in my hayday. Thats where the cash is. Limit your detailing to two completes a day for used cars. A dealer prep I can do in an hour using super seal. Perhaps 1.5 hours tops. They are hiring you to bring form to the organization. That includes throughput. This company is doing something right. They have racked up a lot of dealers. Be well!
 
paintxpert said:
We all know its all about volume but we all need to witness the confusion that goes on in these dealerships. Its part of the evolution. I remember banging out volume in my hayday. Thats where the cash is. Limit your detailing to two completes a day for used cars. A dealer prep I can do in an hour using super seal. Perhaps 1.5 hours tops. They are hiring you to bring form to the organization. That includes throughput. This company is doing something right. They have racked up a lot of dealers. Be well!
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Hopefully I'm wrong and this is actually a decent company that would be willing to bring on someone to teach proper detailing. I do know a couple people that worked for an onsite company exactly like this place and I'm telling it the same exact way they told me about the company. Pretty much it was the dealers name on the line, not the on-site company's, therefor all they cared about was making the $. These guys cared about the work they did and would not rush the jobs and were fired. I don't recall the name of the company but it was not TephSeal. I wish the OP the best of luck.
 
I don't think CARWAX took the job. I actually conversed via PM with him about this if my memory serves me. I'm quite familiar with TephSeal as they are in both MI and FL and 2 of my prior workers worked for them for several years after I sold my business. To sum up what they do........they offer cheap labor to dealers, are not quality minded, charge the dealer according to each new/used car they sell and go through people like a revolving door. From my understanding, every dealer that I've talked to that uses/used them are not happy with their quality or their workers. Their corporate honchos come into the dealer and basically sell them a false bill of goods (quality wise), but the dealer eats it up because they no longer have to worry about employing a labor force.
 
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