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I wrote this post in another thread earlier today about females in the working world.
Mechanic/technician work is definitely blue collar whereas the Service Manager/Service Advisor role at your repair facility may or may not look very blue collar.
There are not many female mechanics or female service advisors, regardless of whether you get your car repaired/maintained at a dealership or non-dealership facility. Over the years I've owned cars, I've been to both dealerships and non-dealership facilities.
I've never seen a female mechanic around any auto repair facility I've been to over the years. I had a female service advisor once at a dealership a long time ago and she was a burly woman who was likely a lesbian. One time, she recommended a repair that was semi-costly to a guy in his early/mid 20s and I was unsure about it. I got a second opinion elsewhere that was even more expensive than what she mentioned so a few weeks later, I had that repair done at the dealership. Part of the reason I questioned that repair so much was cost and the other part was her biological sex. I was also less knowledgeable about cars at that point in my life.
I currently use an independent facility where I've been going for many years. The Service Manager is a male and I have met one of the mechanics who has worked on my car a number of times over the years. He is also a man. I am more comfortable with interacting with male staff in an auto repair context and I prefer having a male mechanic. Most of the time at an auto repair facility, the customer only interacts with a service advisor or service manager so I'd never know if I had a female working on my car, unless a female name appeared on the paperwork/records associated with the repair incident.
What are your thoughts on this?
One blue collar/manual labor line of work is auto repair. Since I like automotive topics, I thought discussing this would be worthwhile. While I like automotive stuff, I don't fix my own car. The majority of people do not fix their own cars and rely on some sort of auto repair facility. I can diagnose when things are wrong. For instance, I once saw smoke coming from my engine after parking my car. My car was in the process of overheating but I hadn't noticed on that drive because I wasn't looking closely at the temperature gauge that morning on the drive to work. I opened the hood and saw the radiator was cracked. That turned out to be solely a radiator and hose replacement issue. There was no further damage to the engine.They aren't designed for corporate white collar work or blue collar manual labor. They also typically manage to avoid blue collar manual labor.
Mechanic/technician work is definitely blue collar whereas the Service Manager/Service Advisor role at your repair facility may or may not look very blue collar.
There are not many female mechanics or female service advisors, regardless of whether you get your car repaired/maintained at a dealership or non-dealership facility. Over the years I've owned cars, I've been to both dealerships and non-dealership facilities.
I've never seen a female mechanic around any auto repair facility I've been to over the years. I had a female service advisor once at a dealership a long time ago and she was a burly woman who was likely a lesbian. One time, she recommended a repair that was semi-costly to a guy in his early/mid 20s and I was unsure about it. I got a second opinion elsewhere that was even more expensive than what she mentioned so a few weeks later, I had that repair done at the dealership. Part of the reason I questioned that repair so much was cost and the other part was her biological sex. I was also less knowledgeable about cars at that point in my life.
I currently use an independent facility where I've been going for many years. The Service Manager is a male and I have met one of the mechanics who has worked on my car a number of times over the years. He is also a man. I am more comfortable with interacting with male staff in an auto repair context and I prefer having a male mechanic. Most of the time at an auto repair facility, the customer only interacts with a service advisor or service manager so I'd never know if I had a female working on my car, unless a female name appeared on the paperwork/records associated with the repair incident.
What are your thoughts on this?