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Female Quick Lube Tech
We recently
placed an ad for a new quick lube/ maintenance tech. So far we have had
about 20 male applicants and 3 female applicants. This is interesting because I
can’t remember ever receiving an application from female for a technician. The female
applicants seem to be better prepared, more organized and interview better than
the male applicants. In fact the three female applicants are at the top of our
prospect list! All have prior experience with a dealership, quick lube or
independent repair facility. With the
exception of our female employee’s in the office we have never had a
female tech work in the shop but we are definitely are open to the idea.
Has anyone hired or currently employ a female tech? Did you run into any issues
between the male and female techs in the shop? Many
thoughts have gone through my head like employees dating, “typical male
talk” possibly offending and employee, the physical demands of automotive
repair, etc.
If anyone
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7 Replies
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We have a female Lube Tech, and looking for a couple just like her!! No problems in a year, or atleast nothing I am aware of or has come across my desk.
The girl is tough, can run with the best of them, and pays much better attention to the details IMHO!
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Ask your other employees (both shop and office) for input.
Ask your spouse, too.Perfect situation for a 30 day trial period. -
We hired a female tech student this summer for a lube/tire tech position. She has done very well and the other male techs all got along well with her and helped her when needed. It did clean up the language in the shop without anything being said by us! She is a second year student working part-time for us this semester and we will be employing her full-time after graduation this summer.
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I have had two female techs over the years and had no issues with them fitting in with the other employees. To address some previous comments, there should be no issue with rough language since it has no place in a shop. To Tom”s comment, if you normally include shop and office personnel by all means do so based on the same criteria as anyone else. As for the 30 day trial period I would say only if that is how you do all your hiring.
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We have employed female techs and greeters for 15 years,
having a female owner make a big difference also. We have had no issues; actually
we think that’s what set us apart from our competition. But it takes a different
type of female to be good at it, but when you find one there like gold, most of
the girls we have 5 years plus, one 15.by far the best sales, service writers -
I am a woman, started as a lube tech, went to vocational training for Automotive Technology (myself and 2 other girls, rest guys). I have been in the industry for 13 + years, I maintain my female appearance 100%.
I have works with all kinds of techs, awesome guys -no problems , and the “u aint gonna do better than me” problem techs.
1. In the auto industry, most of us have potty mouths (keep it quiet do not let customers hear) …
so hiring a female, she will need to be able to have a sense of humor, and be able to deal with guy talk at times.
Maintain professionalism
But most important, times have changed, We all have valuable skills and work as a team.
If there are any workplaces issues that arise with the male/female work environment..deal with it immediately! Talk to your team, find out the communication problems and work with eachother solve it right away…trust me. Customers watch how we all work together when they come in for preventative maintenance, if it is a happy team enviroment, caring, honest, dedicated to providing customers with the best service experience….then they will be happy and your team, are gold.
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Check out the book “When Fish Fly” It’s available on Kindle, Kobo, etc. Have you heard about the Pikes Place Fish Market in Seattle? It’s about their culture.
This is what it’s all about; “If there are any workplaces issues that arise with the male/female work
environment..deal with it immediately! Talk to your team, find out the
communication problems and work with eachother solve it right
away…trust me. Customers watch how we all work together when they come
in for preventative maintenance, if it is a happy team enviroment,
caring, honest, dedicated to providing customers with the best service
experience….then they will be happy and your team, are gold”
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