Thread regarding Universal Technical Institute Inc. layoffs

Being part of the solution.

That's rich.

I remember being in a meeting with the VP of Ops when we were trying to generate solutions and he told us Breakthrough Performance was dead, and it was his way or the highway.

All of the air left the room, the instructors just looked at each other. At least Dave M and Ken Z listened and cared. No reason in trying when you are shut down that hard. And many won't anymore, especially given the current climate. Why become a marked man?

I do feel field reps may be next on the layoff list. They get paid a lot, have you seen the cars they drive? Campus reps can take on the work of reaching out to both high school and adult leads. Admissions is a big sector that home office is constantly investing into. I know for a fact admissions reps don't care about the students, they're salespeople they can sell anything: an education, a car, a vacuum. I knew the moment I asked a rep to cancel a student who passed away and the rep didn't want to "because my numbers".

Yes agreed on all posts. It is time to get rid of many admission reps especially in High School segment as schools in fall will not allow visitors on their campus due to covid 19. This also means Directors and Regional Directors of admissions need to go also. Anyone can call a potential student/prospect on the phone and have them enroll if done effectively.

Maybe employees keep "b-ching" because they have tried to be part of the solution and really wanted to make a difference in peoples lives at one time, but watched as their ideas were ignored and leadership showed it's true colors in caring more and more about profit and getting A– in the seats than providing a quality education that would benefit the students. Providing that quality education would in turn benefit the company in showing that UTI really does matter to the automotive industry.
Your graduates would be worth their weight in gold. As it is, they will still get that $14.00 an hour job and the shops can just keep on rotating them through their bays in hopes of finding a good one here and there.

What's with all the down votes someone asked? It's the UTI home office team going online to clear UTI's negative reviews, they've been doing it for the past few months. Possibly the same "outsider" and same person who kept copy pasting the "at least you have jobs and should be grateful" comments (ironically days before the layoffs/furloughs). Whatever, the company is doomed anyways.

Wow. Things look dim. That’s a bummer.
What’s with all the downvotes.

Students everywhere are lawyering up, demanding refunds. Expect a class action lawsuit.

Yes the original poster definitely is a corporate employee at UTI. If he/she comes on a UTI layoff report as an outsider and posts a very long post trying to explain away UTI's dilemma in these uneasy times then he/she needs to get a life. I would tend to think the original poster is in corporate operations or admissions . People are upset because instructors are getting laid off do to student population but admissions and higher ups are not. However I suspect that will change the longer this goes on.

If the original writer of this post is genuinely an "outsider", I'll eat my own shoe.

Things are bad. Very bad. That's not "b–ching" as you called it, it's fact. Students deserve better...and aren't getting it. Too many corners are being cut and corporate keeps turning a blind eye to all of it. We can't be a part of the solution if the problem is at the top, at the campus level and above. It's all about the bonuses and the almighty dollar, not the quality of the education.

You seriously could not possibly sound more like just another corporate mouthpiece, drawing a fat 6 figure salary, with zero concern for those of us still trying to get the work done and keep you afloat, for the students.....not for you.

To be honest, it really doesn't sound like the person who wrote that is really an "outsider". Maybe a former employee who wishes UTI the best. I'm a former employee who believes students shouldn't have to pay so much for an education.