In Watsonville: Top Tech with Company 30 Years

There is a great group of technicians at Fix Auto Watsonville. Many technicians have the company for years and years. One top tech is Martin Carillo. Carillo has been working for Fix Auto Watsonville (formerly Watsonville Auto Body) for nearly thirty years. Thirty years is a long time in any industry, but for the auto industry this is exceptionally impressive. Turnover is usually pretty great with technicians in body shops –so having such a great employee for all of these years is definitely something worth noting!

Martin grew up in Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico. When he was 14 years old, his dad brought his family to Watsonville, CA to work and to pursue education. Carillo went to high school in Watsonville and then attended Hartnell College where he studied to be an auto body technician. After college, he needed to get a job and he found WAB. That was in 1986. He has been working for the company ever since.

Martin is “a WAB technician, so [he gets] to fix any car wreck big or small!” When asked what it is about the company that has kept him all of these years, Martin answered, “I would say mutual loyalty from me to the company and vice versa.” His favorite part about his job is “seeing the final repairs and knowing it was repaired right, to the industry’s standards.” That’s a great part for him to love considering the massive amount of repairs he’s been a part of during these last three decades. It’s employees like Martin that make Fix Auto Watsonville into what it is today.

Martin says his coworkers would describe him as respectful and helpful.

Martin always envisioned himself working in the auto industry, he thought that it would be a challenging and rewarding experience and he says that it has definitely proven to be that in the last 30 years. When asked what benefits he thinks he’s brought to the workplace, he said, “Making sure that the job is done right the first time to meet the industry’s standards and with efficiency.” He relays that working in the industry has taught him “to be responsible, knowledgeable, and capable of keeping up with the everyday change in the auto body industry.”

Martin is an integral part of the Fix Auto Watsonville family. In ten years, Martin sees himself “in good health; [he] hope[s] to keep doing the same thing or do something different in the same industry.” Here’s to another 30 Martin!

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