Cool team but overworked and underpaid - Automotive Service Advisor Crash Champions Employee Review

1.0
Mar 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Team is cool, pay ok... Also if you like being told last minute that you will have to work a weekend or late to meet numbers, this is the place to be!

Cons

You can tell something is off financially. They are pushing way too hard to make sales. My sales every month well exceeds the average estimator but I'm still expected to push more.. If you hit your monthly sales goals, corporate will ask for more the following month, the goal line moves always. They continually add more work, steps and processes which over complicate what should be a straight forward job. Commission is good unless you have a bad month on customer surveys, then they take half of your commission. They have 2 pay plans that pays everyone the same, no matter the experience. An experienced writer will get paid the same amount as a new writer. I guess commission is supposed to compensate for this but If I can maintain 200k a month and another writer can only maintain $100k... why would we both be paid the same hourly rate? Again, there is commission after a certain amount in sales but that's commission. Overworked and underpaid. Especially when I see less experienced writers having time to joke around the office and I can barely take a lunch because I'm so busy all the time. I guess lunch breaks are a big thing now too. They want you to clock out even if you work through your lunch. It's a large MSO and you are just a number.. No Christmas bonus, holiday hours suck, I was asked to come in during a severe storm. This place does not care about anyone, they just want sales. It all started with the Service King merger. I used to love Crash before then. Thank God my team is cool and I enjoy working with them. But If it wasn't for them, I would rather work for Chuck E Cheese.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

Crash Champions cares about their teammates, customers and insurance partners - once you get in the door and prove yourself you have chance to move up in the company.

Cons

You will work hard but as long as you have good time management skills you can have a good work like balance.

2.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay, 50% up to 6% 401k matching is ok. Thats really about it.

Cons

Was there for almost 5 years, 3 as a GM & 2 as an estimator. At some point it turned into a money grab. They try to sell you the koolaid saying that they are all about Happy employees, good repairs, happy customers… Unfortunately my experience was always sales being top priority. Push the cars out the door so we can make the numbers. If you good with having an enormous amount of unnecessary pressure put on you and having to redo comebacks constantly because you don’t have time to even do a proper QC check, then be my guest and good luck! Estimator are set up for failure because of the amount of work you are expected to do. It’s really insane, and this is coming from a 3 year manager. And work life balance is not a concern. They want everything done yesterday! The word “urgency” gets tossed around A LOT.

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Crash Champions Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback and for the many years you've spent with Crash Champions. We appreciate the perspective you've provided from both estimator and leadership roles. We're disappointed to hear that your experience did not reflect the culture and values we strive to create for our team members. Delivering safe, quality repairs, supporting our employees, and earning customer trust are fundamental to who we are, and we recognize that maintaining the right balance between performance expectations and team support is critical. We value candid feedback like yours because it helps us identify opportunities to improve. We would welcome any opportunity for feedback and growth. Please reach out to info@crashchampions.com so our team can directly get in contact with you.
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