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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Industry Trends
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Both the automotive repair and commercial driving sectors have been affected by various federal policies and insurance company requirements; these policies and requirements often make it more difficult to hire new employees. For instance, recent federal requirements state that interstate trucking employees must be at least 23 years old, and insurance policies require a clean driving record for technicians. (Technicians who do not have a clean record are not able to move cars brought in for repair.)
| "We're running into issues, like an entry-level technician, or the wash bay kid, or the detailer, you can't hire anybody. I mean, one out of ten kids have some type of driving record incident. I know our insurance company at work. It's just a big battle to get anybody hired. It could be a great kid and he had one wreck, and you can't hire him. So it's a tough situation." | Metro |
| "Just to be clear on the driving record thing, it isn't the employers' choice to do that, it's the insurance company saying, 'we won't insure this person,' so it's not just because the employer's got a hard line. They're [unable] to do it because the insurance won't allow it." | Metro |
| "I don't think the insurance company's ever told me that they wouldn't allow me to hire somebody. They'll insure anybody, it's just a little bit more. Well, we're cost-sensitive. I could hire him and pay a little bit more, or hire her and have no additional expense and cost. What am I going to do? They said, 'you can keep them as an employee, you just can't have them drive.' Well, that's like having a cab driver that can't drive a car for at least the next 15 months. You could make it work but at an additional cost, but why would I?" | Metro |
| "Even current employees, we track their records every six months. We had to let one go last week, a really good technician. But he [couldn't] drive, he [couldn't] move a car, he [couldn't] sit in the car, he [couldn't] back it up in the stall. So you have to hire a porter to be able to drive cars for him, and that's not economically feasible, so it's really gotten to be a challenge." | Metro |