I worked here, for about 3 days, as a mechanic. They had absolutely no company orientation, no…read moreintroductions to the other employees, no "this is our fire extinguisher" or " this is our eyewash station." Nothing. I was assigned, by the General Manager, not the forever-missing-in-action Service Manager to replace an engine on a piece of sports field maintenance equipment. They (the shop) had ordered the WRONG replacement engine. After two days of trying to mount the new engine, I went to the GM and informed him that they had ordered the wrong engine. His reply..."make it fit." After the third day, I turned the project over to another mechanic to waste his time with. I was told to jump on the huge industrial forklift (on which I had never been trained nor licensed to drive). I was told to go into the back lot behind the building and pick up a zero-turn mower for repair. Mind you, when you bring a piece of equipment in, it gets a repair tag, then gets put out in the back lot, which is not paved and is wide open to the weather. Nothing but disorganized rows of equipment to be repaired. At least 50 machines that people were waiting on. Anyway, when I backed the giant forklift out of the shop, I discovered it had NO brakes. Imagine a heavy equipment repair shop operating with a forklift with no brakes! I turned off the forklift, went back into the shop, gathered my tools, got in my car and drove away. Oh, I forgot to mention, when the mechanics clocked out for lunch every day, only half came back to finish the day. Their buddies clocked them back in after lunch. This place sucked, which is probably why they went out of business. Good riddance. On the upside, Everglades Equipment on S. Krome Avenue is a top-notch John Deere shop. Please pay them a visit. Highly recommended, and I don't even work there.
