Found out that I was able to make decent checks on my own, around $1300/week gross. As bad as the situation was, it was my only saving grace, as I was on my own.

My team leader was so unmotivated after that, he eventually left too, leaving me by myself. Luckily I was on a team that disbanded for the same reason, they where all fed with the pay they where receiving. You never gain the experience to move up. I started as a detailer and moved my way into a tech, but that journey was very difficult, and if you don't have the right teachers actually wanting to see you succeed, you're stuck doing the grunt work they don't want to do. I have worked at 4 different Caliber shops in 3 different states. But even then, your fate is decided by regionals that only come every so often. It is extremely difficult to start from the bottom. I learned you have to know the right people to get ahead.

Company more focused on acquiring more shops than taking care of existing ones or their people In the 7 plus years I worked there, I learned a lot.

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