ARI is a good place to work - Service Technician ARI Employee Review

4.0
Nov 29, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits at ARI are good. The year end bonus really helps out. Work was rarely dull. There were many challenging situations. The guys were great to work with. It was nice to leave with clean hands and clothes every day. It is a good place to work for anyone who is tired of the retail automotive field.

Cons

New empolyees had to work holidays, nights and weekends. Pay raises didn't keep up with inflation. Management showed a lack of respect for the technicians. Technical training became non-existant. If you were hired as a service technician there were very few opportunities for advancement, your pay was already too high for many of the other departments.

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4.0
Oct 4, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I feel that this company really does try it's best to make employees happy. I have only worked for a few companies, but ARI has made more changes to improve employee benefits than all those other companies put together. ARI does take the feedback they received from Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work for Survey and tries to make a positive difference, year over year! We have PTO time, which is 15 days for new employees (can be used for vacation or sick time). Starting in 2019, all employees will also have their birthday off as well. We also receive an annual profit sharing bonus (based on goals) , which could be up to 17 days pay. We have summer hours from June to August, as we work an hour extra Monday to Thursday, so we take a half day Friday or come in late on Monday.

Cons

Currently our 401K match is only 3%. I would like to see this percentage increase because I feel that saving for retirement should be a high priority for everyone, the individual and the company. We have some departments that have low employee turnover and some have high turnover. Perhaps if we had a better retirement match, we might retain more employees in those departments that have a high turnover rate.

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