Dealership Service Advisors

[kmarshall2121]

Are they so busy that every time I call, I have to leave them a voicemail? and then wait 4 to 5 hours for them to return my call? Guess I will voice my opinion on the survey that they will beg me to give them a perfect score on.....

[JLSuperfly]

What else do they do other than "check your car in" for service?

[BMR Sales]

Originally Posted by JLSuperfly

What else do they do other than "check your car in" for service?

They get to take grief from unhappy people all day long - their car is broken, this isn't under warranty, it's going to cost X amount, etc

A Service Advisor needs to know the cars very well and be very good at selling the customers on #1 fixing their car correctly, #2 they also need to get the Oil Changed, etc, #3 sell them Tires etc. A good Service Advisor can make good money and never have to turn a wrench!

[kmarshall2121]

Originally Posted by BMR Sales

They get to take grief from unhappy people all day long - their car is broken, this isn't under warranty, it's going to cost X amount, etc

A Service Advisor needs to know the cars very well and be very good at selling the customers on #1 fixing their car correctly, #2 they also need to get the Oil Changed, etc, #3 sell them Tires etc. A good Service Advisor can make good money and never have to turn a wrench!

God knows, they cant answer a phone, either.....

[wyo1LE]

I hate to say it but sometimes a service advisor needs a little break. Yes I know you would like to know what is going on with your car and they didn't call you when they said they would. Here is a normal day for a service advisor. Talk with pissed off customer because there car is new and broken, try to calm down customer and send them on there way, write up car and give to tech, who had a bad night and is mad already. Give repair order to tech and get yelled at by tech because all he ever gets from said writers is warranty work. Tech looks at car and see its been tuned. Tells service writer its not warranty and to call the customer. Customer pissed and yelling cause the writer said it would be warranty this morning. In the middle of all this the service manger has told the writer they are not doing there walk a-rounds and not up selling enough work, so they are on notice. Now the used car department manger comes back yelling because service has not looked at the cars he brought back 2 hours ago and has someone that wants to buy them. Now service manager is upset and yelling at the write again because the own just chewed his butt because service isnt selling enough tires, it all roles down hill to the advisor. That is just 1 customer, not to mention they may have had a personal issue to deal with as well. We all have them sometimes. Service writers can be your friends just like the tech working on your car. Try to place nice and some how make them remember you and you will get muchbetter service.
Just saying.

[Tenring]

Originally Posted by wyo1LE

I hate to say it but sometimes a service advisor needs a little break. Yes I know you would like to know what is going on with your car and they didn't call you when they said they would. Here is a normal day for a service advisor. Talk with pissed off customer because there car is new and broken, try to calm down customer and send them on there way, write up car and give to tech, who had a bad night and is mad already. Give repair order to tech and get yelled at by tech because all he ever gets from said writers is warranty work. Tech looks at car and see its been tuned. Tells service writer its not warranty and to call the customer. Customer pissed and yelling cause the writer said it would be warranty this morning. In the middle of all this the service manger has told the writer they are not doing there walk a-rounds and not up selling enough work, so they are on notice. Now the used car department manger comes back yelling because service has not looked at the cars he brought back 2 hours ago and has someone that wants to buy them. Now service manager is upset and yelling at the write again because the own just chewed his butt because service isnt selling enough tires, it all roles down hill to the advisor. That is just 1 customer, not to mention they may have had a personal issue to deal with as well. We all have them sometimes. Service writers can be your friends just like the tech working on your car. Try to place nice and some how make them remember you and you will get muchbetter service.
Just saying.

Probably not getting any better any time soon with everyone wanting something for nothing and thinking if they complain or yell enough they are going to get their way.

Come to think of it, people now days remind me of some teenagers I am trying to raise!

[Moto-Mojo]

If you have ANYTHING to do in your daily job with bringing in income for the COMPANY - and that can cover a lot of job positions, the modern day workplace is driven insanely to generate income. More of it, with less people, than years ago. It's rarely ever enough to please management in sales of any kind. I'm almost convinced that they're only happy when you're not. And now they can bug you in person, in meetings and with incessant e-mails with charts and graphs kicking your arse over more $. It grates on everyone.

And this is probably especially true for car sales and service people. I happen to have a good dealer. But that too is rare indeed.

[batman53201]

There's no excuse for this crappy service.

[camarotodd]

I need to chime in on this one as I am a Dealership Service Advisor...

I write on average 20 or so cars a day and have little idle time between customers. I will always answer the phone whenever I don't have a customer in front of me, but when I cant get the phone and a customer leaves a voicemail there is a red light that flashes on my phone..Call me OCD, but I cant stand seeing the flashing light and will call the customer back at my first opportunity, but never more than 45 minutes to an hour..
This is one of my #1 pet peaves as a customer.

I understand customer frustrations with Service Advisors as I dropped my Camaro off at the local dealer and received less than stellar service to say the least. I know the Chevy Dealer I dropped my car off at probably does 1/2 the business as the dealership I work for, so yes there is no excuse for bad service
I have been at the same dealer for almost 5 years and have never had to beg for a good survey. I treat my customers the way I would like to be treated.
It seems like most people think that we don't do much, but its almost impossible to please everyone you come in to contact with every day.

You are dealing with bosses who want you to sell as much as possible at the highest possible profit at the same time keeping CSI above their standard or face a huge cut in pay (most service advisors pay is decided by
customer surveys) or worse yet, getting fired..Technicians
who want to get paid the most for every little thing they do, and customers who want all of their services as cheap as they can get them in the fastest possible time that threaten you with a bad survey if their demands are not met 100%. Not easy...By the way, in my dealership a bad survey is any survey less than 92%..and in my Dealership can mean can mean a cut in pay of about $500 per month..

I love my job, but it is challenging to say the least..

[ZED SLED]

I send mine a text. She's 24 and smokin' hot and loves my car. Wants me to bring it in whether it needs service or not. Wish we weren't talking about the car, lol.

[JLSuperfly]

Originally Posted by ZED SLED

I send mine a text. She's 24 and smokin' hot and loves my car. Wants me to bring it in whether it needs service or not.

This sounds like a scene from a 1970s porn.

[prostock1]

Originally Posted by ZED SLED

I send mine a text. She's 24 and smokin' hot and loves my car. Wants me to bring it in whether it needs service or not. Wish we weren't talking about the car, lol.

Seems like the smoking hot chick "sales tactic" is working again.....

[Jeb114]

Service writers are the unsung hero's of the service department....

[Baba]

Incredibly effing frustrating when you make multiple attempts at reaching them in person, then acquiesce to having to leave a message, then still not receive a timely call-back (2 hours should be plenty - sometimes for an entire day or more) and even when, you can't give them a hard time because that'll just put you at the back of the line - AGAIN! *CLICK*