I started working at Les Schwab in August I figured what the hell its a good job, benefits, bonuses, and maybe I'll get in a shape a little while I do it.
Like any job its stressful at first, but for some reason the Manager Bill Nash brings on nothing but a stressful environment for all of his employees. On many occasions I and lots of the other people working there at the time would cut our hour lunch into a half hour because it was so busy, and there were times we would work the whole day (sometimes 11 hours) with no breaks at all.
Sure we might get a few minutes to munch down a candy bar, but all in all what they are doing is illegal and in my opinion uncalled for. To top it off over the course of the 16 month duration of my working there the manager Bill brought on nothing but problems for me and other employees. If you wonder what kind of problems, screaming, he would scream that we were too busy, and we werent doing good enough, but I assure you we were busting ass, if you dont bust ass for Les Schwab you dont work there. And after the screaming comes the fits Bill was talking on the phone after numerous occasions would take the whole phone and throw it across the service bays not only me, other employees, and customers witnessed this.
To top it off Bill gets paid about as much as a Chemical engineer for his yearly salary. Why? I do not know. One thing I do know is Its a joke to have a moron who puts so much stress on his employees and acts like a baby to run a multi million branch of this corporation is insane.
To top it all off I seemed to really get the low end of everything. After working for Les Schwab for 16 months, thats 16 months of never calling in sick, 16 months of rarely showing up late, 16 months of showing up early when asked to, basicly doing my best to show I wanted a job there, and I was willing to do anything to show them I was the best. One Thursday morning in december I stepped into work and my supervisor said "Doug we need to talk to you" first thing that popped in my mind was "Oh! My evaluation." Instead I was terminated due to lack of work.
I know this happens at every job, but what comes next is appauling. The day I was terminated was the day before the Christmas party. A party I could not attend. The party where the Christmas bonuses were handed out, a bonus I was promised. Why was I not eligible for one? I dont know. But as we all know it sure helps out in the Christmas season to have a couple extra bucks. I was promised as well some of the profit sharing for the time I worked there and to this day havent seen a dime.
I guess the moral of the story is if youre thinking about working at Les Schwab think again. They have a motto that says "We put people first" which is a crock. They left me between a rock in a hard place.
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