chef des ventes

préposé au nettoyage minutieux des automobiles

sales supervisor

directeur des ventes

chef de caisse

Bubbles Car Wash

The work was actually fun when the car wash was busy.  After you learn the  basic moves you just breeze along, and the day goes pretty fast.  

When there aren't enough cars to fill the time, the job becomes tedious and unpleasant, and you're at the mercy of your manager.  If your manager is decent and humane, you're okay, but I had two managers who were ill-tempered and just plain cruel, and seemed to think that pushing people around was proof of their own diligence. Let met tell you, your happiness is a fragile thing when you have to dance to the whims of people like that.  

A chronic problem is that you are asked to clean vehicles to an impossibly high standard.  A car is a complex collection of shapes and surfaces, and it is all but impossible to get it perfectly clean in the time we had to work on it.  I delivered completed cars to customers, and many people would tell me, "I could have done a much better job myself."  Which would have been true, but the complainant would have had three times as much time to do it as we did. 

Once the recession really bit, the owners tried desperately to improve the car wash experience for the customers.  They changed some of the equipment and changed the furniture in the lobby.  When business didn't pick up, they decided to change the staff.  They forced veteran workers like me to quit by cutting our hours until we were making less than we could get on welfare.  They wouldn't just lay us off so we could apply for employment insurance.  It was pitiless.  And I had worked there for ten years.  My attendance was almost perfect, too.  I had worked one six year period with no unscheduled days off for any reason, including illness.  How many people do you know who can compile an attendance record like that?  But they just threw me away and yes, I'm bitter about it. 

Except for the foreign workers (mostly from the Philippines) the staff turnover was very high, as a lot of people work in the carwash as an interim job until they can find something better.  So you meet a lot of people, but you don't really make any friends, because you don't know them long enough.

I'll start with the good. Good job if your young, want to develop a work ethic, need to get back on your feet or are from another country. It's a very active job and cleaning dirty cars can be satisfying. 

The bad... this place is a revolving door and they will hire anyone. Not many people stay long at this job. Because they hire anyone you get to meet a lot of wierd people. 

Management does not care about you! They only care about production and profit. Plus they expect you to work 6 days a week and some times more. If your tired and going slow.. expect to get yelled at to go faster. 

They work you to the bone and even if you stay for years and can run the entire business yourself they will hardly fairly pay you. The future at Bubbles is you work extremely hard, long hours, working weekends too for little pay. Plus if you decide to stay you will work with a lot of idiots because they hire anyone. 

Exciting at first but after vacuuming, washing,wiping and detailing thousands of cars it gets boring. I have cleaned enough cars to last a lifetime. It's hard initially but once your learn the job there is not much growth. 

Good job if you want to be active and need a job to get going but long term work or a career... stay away. Do not sell your soul to this place for too long. This place is a meat grinder and will chew you up and spit you out with no remorse if you let it. 

Plus if it rains or is slow you get sent home. No chill days at bubbles. Either your work hard or go home so it is full time some weeks and part time work other weeks.

I worked here for over a year and it was a great place to work at first. It was fast paced which made days go by quickly. However everything is disorganized by the managers. In the wintertime shifts get cut and you get told to stay home more often then necessary. The management has their favourites same with the owners. There’s girls who work there and starts drama throughout the workplace like high school when most of them are in their thirties and make fun of and try to ruin other peoples lives. There’s a sales man who hits on all the woman including customers and has yet to be let go for it. I felt like I was always talked down to as an employee and worked to the bone with no appreciation for my work ethic especially making minimum wage. This job and it’s workers caused me a lot of mental health issues and trauma and I do not recommend anyone to work here. They also blame customers for scratches and things like that saying it was already there when the customer came in. They also won’t tell you this but you don’t get full benefits until you’ve been there for a year which is odd. It’s not worth the pay and the labour you put in for it. They also call people last minute to come in when others are sick and make them rush to work. Very unprofessional and disorganized. I’d never go back. 

overall the job is ALOT of work if you wanna stay active while working. Cars are constantly rolling in and you definitely need to work as a team to get the job done right and efficiently. During the summer its constantly busy so you're working 6 times a week, some times you don't get a break depending on how busy it is and if there is enough people working. It's alot slower during the winter you're either sent home or on-call.

The hardest and frustrating part of the job I would say is when you have a limited time frame to get a vehicle clean to a certain standard while you have other vehicles that were there before this vehicle. Sometimes it could be a lot dirtier then others. Sometimes customers would be upset the vehicle wasn't good enough for them when we didn't have enough time to do it properly.

A typical day at work:
I do the cleaning, the washrooms and start on the interior of the cars, cleaning vacuuming, wiping windows and doors. in detailing cars.
What I learned:
I learned interior, vacuuming and detailing.
Management:
I think that the management is grate, management is good with the followup of the company. They are also flexible with the work around.
My co-workers:
They are friendly and reliable.
The hardest part of the job:
When it get busy and there are not enough staff. Tough moving to one car to another.
The most enjoyable part of the job is: 
When my co-workers are making jokes and making me laugh. Also when it is busy and there are team work around the work place.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The fun part was maybe getting to see some of your work friends

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting your hours cut to the point you can’t even live

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The owners of bubbles are very selfish and lie when they say they care about you. They tell management to send you home after 3 hrs

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very tiring. Hard to want to work for owners that only care if there able to pay there bills but treat the employees like peasants and treat us like slaves for a little pocket change every two weeks

There is a reason why there is a now hiring sign up. The management does nothing but sit in the office. 
Goes out for smokes every 20 minutes 
The owner doesn't care just shows up with their fancy car and just stands there doing nothing takes their car through the bay always. 
Managers lay up against walls, yells at the employees for doing the same thing. 
No freedom at all you have to stay at your station 100% of the time and most of the time doing nothing and get in trouble for it. 

I strongly advise everyone who reads this to stay clear of any bubbles in edmonton.

Hazardous work place, don't provide correct clothing for winter and you're not allowed to provide your own. No training when handling toxic materials. Lying to customers. The only thing they made sure was that the water for washing dishes couldn't be toxic after using bleach and onions couldn't be used for more than 2 days as poisonous. Pay was decent but hours terrible. They would text you to stay home before your shift as they wouldn't want to pay you for the 3 hours you arrive. Also they would shame you if you didn't wear makeup.

working at bubbles is great overall. of course like every job it has it’s pros and cons but i am very happy working here. Everyone works as a team and is reaching for a similar goal. and (working cash specifically) if you have ANY sort of questions or issues there is a list of people you can call on the phone (including the owner herself) and they always answer. you’re never felt feeling like you’re carrying the entire workload yourself. love this place and everyone in it.

They constantly ask you to stay home or to not come in for work before they day has even started. Which is understandable when they are not busy, but they do this even when they’re not busy and you end up working like only 6 hours in the week. Every time it gets a bit calmer around they work place, they send people home without waiting to see if its gonna get busier. Would not recommend if you are paying bills or have people to take car off. Only upside is seeing and potentially getting to drive cool cars.

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