First off, as per the rules this thread does not and WILL not have anything to do with one's opinion on anything political, personal, or otherwise. This is simply one of many stories from people in the workforce seeing first-hand the effects of our current climate.
For those that don't know, I work for a medium-sized indy shop with 2 locations. My shop is the larger of the two: 2 bay lube express, 6 bay shop plus a drive on rack for 7 total hoists. We stay busy, and we employ about 25 people at my location between service writers, lube techs, 3 full techs, a light duty tech and a tire tech. Business has been beyond belief since this all started: between the stimulus checks and the new/used auto market I will regularly have customers fork over thousands of dollars to repair a car that 2-3 years ago would have been on the scrap truck. Example: I just finished replacing the rear shocks, rack, P/S pump, pressure hose, front links and serpentine belt on a 2005 Park Avenue to the tune of $2,100. At 145k miles. That's the current climate in my business.
To the point: today I was informed that I would be off this coming Saturday (I work every other) due to lack of staff. I believe as of today we have 7 people out due to the virus. Am I surprised by this? Not at all. I'm surprised it took this long, honestly. But to see it all of a sudden put a meaningful damper on our day-to-day really hit home.
So there it is. Again, keep whatever views you may have on the situation to yourselves. I have mine, and you have yours. Move on.
For those that don't know, I work for a medium-sized indy shop with 2 locations. My shop is the larger of the two: 2 bay lube express, 6 bay shop plus a drive on rack for 7 total hoists. We stay busy, and we employ about 25 people at my location between service writers, lube techs, 3 full techs, a light duty tech and a tire tech. Business has been beyond belief since this all started: between the stimulus checks and the new/used auto market I will regularly have customers fork over thousands of dollars to repair a car that 2-3 years ago would have been on the scrap truck. Example: I just finished replacing the rear shocks, rack, P/S pump, pressure hose, front links and serpentine belt on a 2005 Park Avenue to the tune of $2,100. At 145k miles. That's the current climate in my business.
To the point: today I was informed that I would be off this coming Saturday (I work every other) due to lack of staff. I believe as of today we have 7 people out due to the virus. Am I surprised by this? Not at all. I'm surprised it took this long, honestly. But to see it all of a sudden put a meaningful damper on our day-to-day really hit home.
So there it is. Again, keep whatever views you may have on the situation to yourselves. I have mine, and you have yours. Move on.