Great beginning, eventual disappointment - Used Car Manager Sunroad Automotive Employee Review

Coworkers are all really nice and helpful, hour long lunch, free espresso, plenty to do.

Not a lot of money but just started.

Fellow technicians are all nice and look out for each other

At Kearny Mesa Hyundai, management only cares about profit and looking good to customers and HMA corporate arm, at expense of its technicians, who are greeted with low starting wages and an unrealistic efficiency rating system that sets them up for failure from the start, basically eliminating any chances of growth within the company. Entry-level technicians are required to do work they are not properly trained or certified to do, including sensitive repairs that could potentially cause thousands of dollars in damages, also requiring the use of high-dollar Special Service Tools that are not provided and, being paid less than a fast-food worker who just got their first job, they're simply impossible to afford. During most of the afternoon time, the same entry-level techs must endure direct exposure to sun light and eventual rainfall. It's a humiliating and demoralizing work environment at best. But they offer employee discounts at Maderas golf club...