Vantaggi
If you have a strong well oiled team that helps you its not that bad. Remember team work makes the dream work. At the shop i worked at there were only males we had a decent coworker relationship and cracked a lot of jokes and had many laughs. Sometimes there would be barely anything to do for weeks and other times we would be slammed from open until closed. If you are looking to gain experience in the automotive field its not a bad place to start. Ask questions and often times experienced mechanics will feed your curious mind about why this does that and why it had to be done in this order
Svantaggi
There are time constraints that we as technicians are barely able to meet 30 minutes max for an oil change 59 minutes for a set of 4 tires. If you are completing these tasks by yourself one misplaced impact gun or oil filter wrench can send you over the short time limit easily. Not that it takes 30 minutes for a regular oil change but we have to inspect every vehicle and check tread dept air pressure brake fluid levels and other visible defects write everything down to make recommendations. Saturdays are mandatory for everyone