Tuesday, February 9, 2010

ROUSH

This past Sunday was my first day on the job at ROUSH. My position is as a test driver. For my first day, I was a ride along. All new test drivers are paired with experienced drivers in order to get the trainees aquatinted with the paperwork and routines.

As a test driver, I am to drive vehicles before they come out on the market. During the test drive which might range from 300 to 500 miles a day, I need to look out for imperfections. The paperwork is very tedious especially if the vehicle is equipped with navigation and some other features like auto park. From what I experienced, all the paperwork has to be done while driving since the 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks do not last.

I am pretty excited since I am going to test drive cars that are not or may not be on the market. One of my favorite perks is that after 90 days I can get a discount on a new vehicle.

2 comments:

  1. That sounds like an interesting job. I'm wondering though, if you can't fill out the paperwork during breaks or lunch, are you supposed to do it while driving? That doesn't seem like it would be very safe.

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  2. I can do it through lunch and break, but its too much paperwork.

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