Supreme Court Ruling Exempt or Non Exempt

The court ruled 5 to 4 that these advisers are actually"salespeople" & are exempt from overtime pay requirements. This impacts over 18,000 dealerships nationwide.

Judge Clarence Thomas wrote "the ordinary meaning of "salesman" is someone who sells goods/services & that service advisers "do precisely that."

Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote that "because service advisers "neither sell nor repair automobiles" they should not be exempt from overtime payments." 

What say you? Exempt or non exempt? 

Not true at the 3 dealerships I have used lately.  Chevrolet, Audi and Subaru dealerships in my town operate the same way.  When I need a vehicle repaired I want to talk to the mechanic, not a “service advisor”.

Similarly when my doctor says let's take a blood test. He's not selling me anything but rather looking out for my well being. 

Let’s try an example........ (I have more if needed)

Take my Suburban into the Chevy dealership for some recall work on some wiring.  When I return the “service advisor/salesman” proceeds to tell me my steering linkage is shot and would I like them to fix it.  I politely tell him no I will deal with it later.  I drive right over to my mechanic and have him put it on the rack and tell me if this needs to be fixed.  The answer was no and I drove that Suburban without changing it for 70k more miles before I traded it in.  They earn a commission on the sell and up sell and if not they should find a new dealership to work for.

I'd also bring it to a different dealership for future recalls.

I'd also let the Chevy headquarters know about the incident. Some organizations still do care about their customers because they know one unhappy customer tells 10 others who tell 10 others.

Also found it interesting that the justices voted right down party lines.

Dealerships make the bulk of their money on service.  Remember the 3k mile oil change?  Unless you drive in horrible conditions or use garbage oil you are wasting money changing it every 3k.  I use synthetic in all my vehicles and go 5-7k depending on conditions.

Here’s another scam.  The 30, 60 and 100k checkups and the check engine light would come on?  They will tell you all the things that should be replaced even if nothing is wrong. They use the “manufacturer recommended” line of crap.  You know the old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”.

It is the job of the service advisor/salesman to churn sales.  That’s what they get paid to do as annoying as it is.