sdv4x4 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I won this year and just wondering if anyone here has gone and what to expect when in Dearborn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It is a great time, you will be pampered and they cater just as much to your better half. I had a co worker that went, and a they brought home cash and gifts and just an all around good time....oh and a....shall I say "open bar"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Congrats. Got to go to the Ford Canada Summit conference a couple of years back. They sure do put on a nice event. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 YUP. I was invited to the Summit a while back. And got a nice $700 T4 to show for it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I am going.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 guess thats where all the money went for the Senior Master Rewards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 It's started again for this year. I decided to do it this year. Some of those questions are tough. I got 2 months in and got one wrong on both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YukonTyler Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 For anybody who went this year or in years past - did your dealer pay you a wage while away? One of our master techs was asked to go as a representative of Peace River Ford. Upon return he was greeted with a pay cheque down three days work. What do y'all think about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 There's a couple complaints on the Ford message boards about that. Just goes to show you how some dealers view their techs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I bet if there was a PST challenge for service managers they would be paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YukonTyler Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I tried to start a thread asking the same thing on PTS but it looks like it got shot down without seeing the light of day. Disappointing to hear that there are others in the same position. Things have been ramping up in a negative way at my store and my colleague getting short changed on his Michigan trip is the latest point of contention. Fortunately this has since been rectified thanks to some solidarity between our lead techs and some well-placed bitching. There are four of us (in a shop of eight) who are trained. We put out 95% of the warranty work, produce some very solid flat rate numbers and still keep a strong enough FRTFT score to warrant the PTS Challenge trip. You would think that the brass would want to keep us happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vloney Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 my dealership gave 2 of us training pay for the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I am straight flat rate, if I'm not there, I don't get paid. They did complain about me being gone, as I was also on holidays this last week as well. There was some mention about work getting backed up, as I make up 50% of the journeyman techs in out shop. I went on the trip for my own experience, after thinking long and hard about whether I wanted to go or not. I also had to pay for a hotel in Calgary as I am 3 hours drive from the nearest airport and I had to check in at 4:00am sunday morning for my flight. It was a great experience, and well worth the expense in my mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdv4x4 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Been away from this site for a few months. The trip was amazing! open bar and great food, touring the Henry Ford museum, (they shut the museum down early just for us with open bar so we had the museum to ourselves) walking Greenfield Village, driving around the proving ground tracks in romeo to seeing f150's rolling out the door every 60 seconds at the Rouge Factory. Meeting with the SLTS group, Hotline, Audit group and many Ford executives. I highly rec anyone that has the chance to go. trip of a lifetime! And btw, my dealer sucks and didnt pay for me to go, I had to use vac time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Did you get to take your wife along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I never paid too much attention to the PTS challenge but now I wish I had. I didn't realize I would have been in contention for my group had I answered the questions (mostly correct of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 As far as I know I should be going this next year. I was in 3rd in my group after November and scored a 100% on December's test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Nice, good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Kelsoe Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I should be able to go this year also. I was #1 in my group in November and I also answered 100% in December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I was only 8 points out of first. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I made it to the top. I guess I'll know on the 18th. I'm looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdv4x4 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Ford only pays for you to go, you can bring along ur wife or girlfriend at ur expense but she can't go to any ford related activities. And all 3 days you are gone from 630am to 10pm. You get a hour break around 5 to unwind before dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I should be eligible to go this year, but I am pretty sure that Canadians can only go every 3 years, Anyone who went last year cannot go this year or next year. Lame in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Kelsoe Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Well I made the cut. #1 in my group, with a fellow tech in the car shop coming in 2nd place. Pretty excited about going, never been out of the South East US so gonna be interesting going to Dearborn for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Well I made the cut. #1 in my group, with a fellow tech in the car shop coming in 2nd place. Pretty excited about going, never been out of the South East US so gonna be interesting going to Dearborn for me. Yep. I saw your name on the list. The points came out and I missed 2nd by 1 point. But oh well I finished 3rd and that's good enough for the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I blew it on this years first test with a 50%. I need to pay a little more attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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