OHSA does not screw around. I was at a Togos for lunch, it was summer and in excess of 100f, and the front windows were all being replaced. The air conditioning was also non-functional. The workers were constantly sweating from the heat, and of course, they have food products that can rot that they're feeding people. I asked one of the workers why it was so hot, beyond the windows being replaced - that is how I found out the air conditioning wasn't working. I asked if the management knew, and was told 'yes, but they don't want to pay for it right now.' So, I called OHSA and filed a complain. The next day when I went back for lunch, the windows that had no glass were covered with wood, and the air conditioning was working. I asked the same worker what happened, and the owner got a call the afternoon that I made the complaint and was told that if the windows were not closed by some method, and the air conditioning was not functional the next day, the location would be shut down until everything was repaired. So, the owner had to pay emergency fees for the air conditioning to get fixed overnight, and had to pay for someone to board up the windows. That worker thanked me and gave me a double meat sandwich. :) As I said, OHSA does not screw around.
Retaliation of that sort is actually illegal in most (if not all?) states. Tantamount to a million dollar lawsuit if say, for example, Wendys or Taco Bell ect.. fires you for complaining about something that is a public health issue, that actually legally NEEDS fixed.. You getting paid.
"It is illegal to retaliate against employees for using any of their rights under the law, including raising a health and safety concern with you or with PERRP, or reporting a work-related injury or illness."
God damn bro, the first and only dealer I ever worked for treated us like royalty and made sure everything was fixed, taken care of or handled professionally
@@CMAutohaus yeah from your last couple videos, it really seems like you've had bad, bad luck. Granted I was working for a CDRJ dealer that was family owned. Now. They were bought by a bigger company and it went down hill from there haha. Now I work for an independent and it's very much as good as my first dealer experience
Good on you for calling OSHA on them. They deserve it. My wife works HR in similar facilities and she is always on top of that it costs companies nothing to do it.
You can have the water tested. Dealerships don’t care about anything but profits. Few businesses in America care about their employees. It’s rare and it’s the exception. What you describe is happening everywhere. Every industry.
As techs we worked in similar conditions, it was like this for me 20yrs ago at subaru in long Island. The shop was near Grumman factory and the water on the island was also polluted ,ground water . I never drank the water on long Island due to the toxic plume in the ground water. Also worked in out house with no heat on multiple 20 degree days and not permitted to work in the main shop . The justification was they closed not long after I quit . What goes around comes around bro. It happens they always get what's coming to them .
The Lexus Dealership I work at is very clean, the shop floor is cleaned thoroughly once a week, employees break room is great with complimentary coffee/ water/ice tea and food items. Once in a while we get a catered lunch with 6 ft hero and side dishes. We have 10 lifts, 1 inspection area and 1 alignment area. We treat customers vehicles with respect and care. This is the nicest Dealership I personally worked as a tech. Best of all this Dealership actually ran the a/c in the shop area.
OSHA 100% gave them a visit or a call! Had something similar at a warehouse job I had. We stored multiple pallets of muriatic acid, you're supposed to have a whole bunch of lime to make it inert in case of spill, plus PPE to handle it. We had basically neither. OSHA got called by a receiving guy, and when OSHA made a surprise visit to the warehouse our bosses made a bluster of 'Oh yeah, we've got new lime already on the way' or some BS. Never saw new lime. Or fresh PPE. 🙄
When I first started at the shop I'm currently at. We have a water dispenser in the shop, well I got thirsty and was drinking from that machine for a couple days. Only one guy told me after the fact to not use that machine. Use the one in the show room. That weekend I felt so sick went to the hospital and found out I got a bladder infection. So now I always just bring my own water
Yeah, as the new guy not one person talked to me or even informed me to not use it. Mind you I'm in the desert. Unfortunately I'm still at the same company cause I can't find shop to pay good....even the city pays shit. They only want techs with an A5 ASE. If you have all of them.....they just pass over you. (Socal)
I'm a health & safety professional. Here in CA, Cal-OSHA doesn't mess around with heat illness prevention. Its high on their radar. One anonymous call and they'll make that issue a big priority and a visit would occur.
The required minimum plumbing fixtures are based on the occupancy group and the number of occupants in the building /area. Failure to meet these required fixtures or using the toilet as storage are building code violations.
I was a GM of a store. My door was always open to everyone. I took care of all my employees. I can't tell how many times people came to me with problems and I asked how long has this been going on? Why am I only hearing about it now?
In my experience it is too big of an ask for a regular employee to go above your manager and to the GM; if your direct manager tells you to piss off and get back to work, why would the GM listen to me?
Tell alllllll your other Management buddies that the flat rate system is absolute trash. Also please tell them that even though we are dirty, smelly, and curse alot- us mechanics are actually pretty smart, and smart enough to know that we are severely underpaid, especially when cross referencing Service Advisors, and damn salesmen. The only reasons that Professional, high talent techs remain at dealers, is being scared to leave/change, or waiting it out to retirement. The Dealer Tech Game is DYING
@@CMAutohaus *Ezekiel: It's too late now, however and with all due respect you really needed to step up your inner tiger's sense of self-worth. Maybe it's cultural (respect elders and titled positions) or the way you were raised, but you put up with toxic behavioural crap that most would have walked up to (which you eventually did) or walked away from. Cheers!*
@@blackrifle6736 Thank you for the constant support and kind words. It has been about 4 years since I've worked an automotive "day job" now and my self respect and self worth has increased by a lot. I also refuse to tolerate "bs" these days.
Previous dealer I was at. The upper management thought it was a great idea to have a non experienced crew to tear up the concrete in preparation for new lifts during shop hours. No hearing protection was provided and the dust/slurry was everywhere. I made a complaint to OSHA that same day. Next day shop closed a few hours early for the concrete work.
It may sound crazy, but mechanics actually need a union. This stuff and other things you talk about happen across the nation. Of course that will result in higher prices for repairs, but you guys are just treated like crap across the board.
*'Frisco dealer techs have had unions at least since the '60s. Automotive Machinists Union,. Local 1414, Machinists Automotive Trades District 190, International Association of Machineists & Aerospace Workers.*
OSHA totally had a hand in that. The complaint process is that OSHA first sends a letter to the employer stating the complaints and gives the employer a specified amount of time to respond with corrective actions, or it will show up for an onsite inspection which ultimately will result in more found violations and subsequent fines. With that, your employer took action so they wouldn't be subjected to the abovementioned inspection.
I had an issue with a lift very similar to this. Couldnt get it set up "confidently" on this truck, due to missing parts for the lift attachments, took me a while playing with it ( I was still new, first month in a real shop) so much so the manager comes and gives me crap about being slow. I snapped at him about the missing attachments and "pucks". He responded by getting on his knees, setting the lift up for me, then ordering me to lift it. So I did. The blazer tipped over 5 foot up in the air, front right lift arm up inside the wheel well. The next day I came into work the lift was fixed and we had all brand new assorted chocks/pucks. That manager never gave me crap again about taking my time. He learned that i wasnt a lazy worker.. I was just very concerned.. and he learned to trust my judgment after that.
I started working for an other vending company and you know the coffee vending machine have filters in them as well but when I started I noticed none of the filters have been changed for years until I made a service request knowing they needed to be changed every 6 months makes you look at the world differently like do I really trust the worker that service this machine
*Stuff yer snark. Ezekiel's shop is CM Autohaus located in north SF Bay area. Specialising in AE86's then and now, customers love him and the waiting list is looooong.*
Man I don’t blame you a bit bro. Imagine having to drop a deuce on a toilet that has more ass miles on it than some of the cars driver seats have you work on everyday.
Brother your making me want to change my video of my experience at a dealership from private to public. You would relate to me brother. So bad i got acid in my eyes and our eye wash wasnt working.
Why not tell your co-workers that you have volunteered to unclog the toilet...just notify the GM and have GM then contact to to unclog the toilet. Add that without the GMs approval you unfortunately can't unclog the toilet to to company policy.
"without the GMs approval you unfortunately can't unclog the toilet to to company policy" At the dealer, I may have even been repremanded for unclogging the toliet instead of working on a vehicle. Good times!
question can i contact osha even if i don’t work at the place anymore? i want to cause the conditions were so bad and purposely. they even already apparently had osha called on them or that’s what they were telling me so i didn’t do it
Not trying to bring social issues onto this channel but let’s be real, in a male dominant profession, especially if the department is all male, management tends to push the limits on what they can get away with. The bathroom issue was something I dealt with at a factory with all males and the first couple of months, the bathroom was osha hazard gold. Until a couple newbies were clean freaks and took matters it into their own hands to deal with it. Even the break room where it’s insinuated that you eat food in, was not welcoming. This all because higher ups want to save a dime on custodial labor, at the cost of their employees’ health and welfare at the workplace
"higher ups want to save a dime on custodial labor, at the cost of their employees’ health and welfare at the workplace" Lol how many of us can relate!
It's to bad that they can't have special inspections just like health and safety inspectors like restaurants and catch these companies at their worst and fine them a few thousand dollars etc 😮
Its odd how OSHA was more strict on some dealers than others that Ive worked at - they were escpecially strict at the BIG dealer I worked at (60 techs)
As much as I hate union’s the tech’s have to unionize. It’s the only way that the Dealerships will change . Nothing else will work. PS the city should make sure DRINKING WATER is drinkable.
Getting out was the best choice ever... F#$# dealerships, esp flate rate.. We had a jacked up toilet at our dealership too! The used car guy (overweight semi toothless hillbilly) took care of that, lol. He'd put on overalls & fill the Cheetah air blaster, jamb it in the toilet & crack er open! Turds & "debris" often backblasted outta the bowl, he'd just grin/laugh about then take a rip from his flask, filled with Ten High wiskey, lol...
@0:23 Okay, so they didn't support you with filtered tab water, or do you mean according to national standards for drinking water if that even exist in America? 🤔
Calcium and chlorine, its harmless in low amounts the calcium is good for you. Yes ive got that at home Late at night or used to, its cleared up now. But i never drink out of the tap. Bottled water only.
The more I watch your channel the more I realize that you need to open your own dealership because you have all the answers and you could do everything perfectly. You sound like a guy with a chip on his shoulder who is a typical employee in today's millennial world. Nobody forced you to work there and if it was as bad as you claim, you should have left long before you got supposedly head-hunted. I almost feel bad for the place that got you now because you obviously are nothing more than a big Karen.
This whole story is fabricated, I have two water dispensers at work with clean water, I still bring my own, cost a whopping $3 a week to bring bottled water everyday to work
@@VinceroAlpha it’s not the point, ratting out a company you work for to OSHA, for unclean drinking water, Tap water usually gross in most towns anyway and why do you think it’s your works responsibility to provide food and drinks
@@jaybee6477 You can’t be that fucking stupid it is their responsibility to make sure they meet the minimum requirements that’s government law. It’s in the handbook that every single company has that I guarantee you you’re stupid ass hasn’t even touched. You’re a disgusting individual.
@@jaybee6477 That is the fucking point you moron that goes against government cold in recommendations. It’s an unsafe Work environment which is listed in the guidelines of your employee handbook, which every single employer has, which I know you have never opened let alone read.
