Anybody here work for caliber in one of the training centers? I was offered a position training at one and was wondering about the ins and outs of the position. Most of the stuff I read online about working for them isn’t great but the fact is the people who are happy there don’t have a reason to be posting about it online.
Worked at Caliber for two years. Really depends on the shop but I had a shop where we had a garbage of a human being estimator who was very insurance sided. If a repair was 8 hours he’s get you 3 and blame the insurance where as the other estimators did not roll like him. Do not ask me how he did it but it was the first time I have ever seen a qtr panel replacement job give 10 hours idk how he does it. The manager loved this since it ended up bringing more cars but the techs hated it. The other estimators left since he was also a car hog and when business got slow he wanted everything for himself instead of trying to split things up so everyone can make some money amongst them. Every tech ended up leaving in the end and new ones who had no idea came in. I spoke with another Caliber manager who explained to me about putting some of the hours in house and not giving you the final estimate (a habit of his) and that the manager of that store was def in on it as well so hours were being stolen somehow. I didn’t care to fight it since the other techs didn’t either so I just left and i’m much happier working for another big corpo company but not in insurance work. Idk if this answers your questions but anyone looking to work at a caliber if you can talk to the techs first at the specific shop do it before applying.
I’m a GM at a Caliber that has a TAP hub. Free to answer your questions. Ultimately your day to day experience comes down to management, though. Most of the employee reviews you see online are from the same handful of states where it would seem good management is lacking. The GM/RM pair can absolutely make or break the overall experience.
I am a TAP mentor. I can talk to you in a PM if you have questions. I've been with caliber 9 out of my 25 year career. Been teaching for 4.
I’m curious about what the job entails, at first I was just going to decline the offer but didn’t and started thinking about it. If I was a bit older I’d probably be more inclined to accept the opportunity. I guess it’s the unknown that’s bothering me the most because I’m not unhappy with my current job situation but I don’t want to miss an opportunity. I’m not one to bounce around job to job I’ve been working in the same building since 2000. I’ve seen tons of horror stories about caliber and wanted to know about the positives if there are any. I wouldn’t be making any more money than I currently am but I’m concerned that my ability to make more money if needed would now be capped as it’s a hourly position. It also seems as they change with whatever way the wind blows as a company and am concerned that they will stop and or shut down the training center and where that leaves me, as I have a family and children that depend upon me
If you're gonna go to work for the corpo shops, it really depends on the manager of that store, and to a lesser degree, the regional dipshits. I worked for Caliber for about 2 years, they want to squeeze everything they can out of a penny, it's annoying at times. Transfered to a closer location and absolutely hated it, moved on very shortly thereafter, at which time they offered me management position, but hell, those guys work 60+ hrs/week, no thanks. I know a guy who did the training center thing but went back to regular line tech after less than a year.
If you've got a family depending on you, run away and never look back. I took a job from them, moved to another state, and they screwed me so badly I haven't recovered years later. Not even once with that garbage company.
It’s a corporate business, they care about making money and making the insurance companies happy. I worked for one after they bought out thr company I worked for. Positives and negatives to every shop but in my opinion I liked working for mom and pop shops way more with a few drp contracts over caliber. Still have a few friends that work for them and they have no complaints but it’s a tech eat tech shop and you better be able to produce if you want to make any hours. Most calibers pay flat rate as far as I know as well. Good luck
None of that sounds relevant to a technical trainer role but OK
OK. Easy there kitten. This is a forum full of technicians, I think the corporate guys are on the furry subreddit or some shit.
Lmao
I’ve never heard of a caliber training center. The only training they did when I worked there was “train” vo tech high school kids and some program that helped veterans get into the field
Maybe read the post before you comment
It really depends on the manager and to some degree the regional. Past that locations can have a big difference in work flow. The last Caliber shop I was at had been one of their non-drive centers (they have stopped the non-drive specific locations) so it was in a terrible location for people to even know it was there. We depended heavily on other shops to send us work. Just before I got there the new manager had successfully driven 18 tech out of the shop. He was a piece of work to say the least. He was replaced two days later. The replacement was also not very awesome. That all said I know guys that have worked for them for 10+ years and love it.