Anyone work at Circuit City?

[NoRemoteNoTV 10+ year member]

wow 1.5 hours for a h/u thats like forever....circuit city must have low standards or somethin cuz on factory to upgraded h/u it takes like what 15 minutes, 30 tops?

 

[BaseSteala112 10+ year member]

Cool. Thanks for your help mang.

 

[BaseSteala112 10+ year member]

Oh and is there anything else I should know about being an installer at CC? Like what I should expect and whatnot.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

heres how it works:
You earn 1 point for every 15 minutes that you are installing something.

Lets take a h/u for example. Circuit city has determined that a h/u takes 1.5 hours to install, therefore it is worth 6 points. Similarly, an amplifier takes 3 hours, so 12 points.

So If you work an 8-hour day, you have to earn 32 points to meet your expected labor percentage for that day. If you install enough stuff to earn 36 points, you made 105% of your expected productivity. If you do that all month long, and you end up at 105% for the month, and the team ends up at 95% or above, you get a bonus.

It's 2 points every 15 minutes...h/u is supposed to be 45min, therefore 6 points...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Right concept, though...

There's a chart that I have at work...the shop has to get at least 95% to budget, and you have to personally get at least 95% to budget. That will give you $1.00/he extra for every hour you worked for the month.

The max you can get is $3.55/hr, which would require the shop to do 125%+ and you personally to do 150%+.

 

[SUB_URBAN 10+ year member]

wow 1.5 hours for a h/u thats like forever....circuit city must have low standards or somethin cuz on factory to upgraded h/u it takes like what 15 minutes, 30 tops?

Trust me if the right car comes in you can be screwed and it can take like 2hours to install a h/u. My moms TL took a while to figure out but I'm not an installer so idk. J man my wires should be in soon and i'll hook everything up so we can have a little demo.

 

[BaseSteala112 10+ year member]

Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

wow 1.5 hours for a h/u thats like forever....circuit city must have low standards or somethin cuz on factory to upgraded h/u it takes like what 15 minutes, 30 tops?

Ever do a radio in a mid 90's Cavalier?

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It's supposed to take 45 minutes.

Something like a 92 Ford Taurus rolls up, I'm done in less then 5 minutes...something like a Cavalier comes in, takes me an hour.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Break? What is that?
Haven't taken a break in months. Work 5 days a week, 3 of them are 11-9 shifts. We rarely have 2 installers in at the same time...I'd say 90% of the time I'm there I'm the only installer.

Our budgets aren't that crazy though, around $300 for a weekday/Sunday and around $500 on Saturday.

Uh...not sure about the laws there, L&I, but here its required at least a 10 min break for every 3 or so hrs worked in a day. You may wanna check into that.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Uh...not sure about the laws there, L&I, but here its required at least a 10 min break for every 3 or so hrs worked in a day. You may wanna check into that.

I know the laws regarding it...but I don't take breaks.

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[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Oh ok....they way you made it sound was another story.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

wow 1.5 hours for a h/u thats like forever....circuit city must have low standards or somethin cuz on factory to upgraded h/u it takes like what 15 minutes, 30 tops?

That comment right there tells me you're not an installer. Ohh and what should you be ready for? bull shit. that's about it circuit city is full of bull shit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Kickerkitty 10+ year member]

That comment right there tells me you're not an installer. Ohh and what should you be ready for? bull shit. that's about it circuit city is full of bull shit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

well maybe he is just not broadly experienced, in my 97 cougar i can swap in a deck in about 15 mins. the original deck to aftermarket took about the same, and the switch from one old pioneer to my 880prs took ~5 minutes, used the same sleeve and all (can). My sister's 92 cavalier took about 25, but still that aint that bad.

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Worst h/u install i ever did was a CRV

you have to take the whole center console apart, shove a small screwdriver up inside the dash.

What a pain