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Well I applied for a few other part time jobs. Got a job as a lube bitch, I have an interview for another lube bitch job tomorrow (see if they offer me more money) and I’m currently talking to a Mercedes shop… See where that goes.
I worked on a 57 bel air once… Other than that… 68 mustang and of course all your other late model junk.
Boss blew up on me again yesterday about not making flat rate and other little shit. I quit this morning and he blew up on me again… Figured it was better to quit than to stay there and risk fighting him/going to jail when I couldnt take his shit anymore… Some people dude.
[quote=”MBDiagMan” post=170460]Getting paid $10 an hour and expecting to make flat rate on such jobs is not right on the part of your boss. I assume he is charging the customer shop rate. If he’s gettig you for $10 he must be selling some cut rate oil changes trying to get other business.
Also, if youare an A&P, he is under using and underpaying you IMHO. You should be doing some things beyond oil changes, even if it is nothing but brake jobs.
My $0.02,[/quote]
Every once in a while I’ll get something worth wild that a customer will accept. Stuff like rust holes in a frame, shot sway bar end links, etc… No one cares.I did sell a waterpump and timing cover on an oil change the other day. Another tech picked that up and that’s fine with me but still I do find/sell stuff on oil changes. I do a pretty damn detailed job to try and be able to upsell something.
As for being underpaid… Absolutely. My other job pays me a guaranteed $77k a year, I don’t even have to go into work and I’ll get that. With overtime I’m in the 105-130 range and I only work 2 weeks a month. Food is paid for, fuel is paid for, brand new company truck etc, etc. Only thing they don’t pay for when I’m on duty is tobacco and alcohol unless of course I’m taking a customer out then I could expense anything. I have great benefits, my insurance is $30 a month, co-pay is $15 out of network, zero in network. Dental, vision… Deductible is like $1000? I mean I don’t go to the doctor so it doesn’t matter but still, counts for something. Family plans are also pretty good (I’m single, no kids). But, I’m not looking to get rich. I just wanted some extra cash, something to fill my spare time and I wanted to learn.
I do things other than oil changes and brakes. Did an engine change on a CJ5 last week on and off. But when it comes to the shit work that rolls through, I get it. And that’s to be expected imo.
Sorry for the late response guys. I’m on duty this week and its been one cluster after another.
I just feel like for $10 an hour… As long as I don’t break anything and I get things done in a decent amount of time than everyone should be happy. I also feel like I get the bullshit jobs that the other tech doesn’t want to do because there’s no way to make flatrate. Like the 2.5 hour flatrate to do valve cover gaskets on a toyota avalon… Yea, okay….
I really do enjoy the work and the extra money is nice. But this guy is just a raging prick. and I don’t do well with having 2 weeks off a month, I don’t have kids and I’m single so I really don’t have anything to do.
Here’s another thing I don’t understand. There have been a few situations where I had to take my personal vehicle to the shop to have it worked on due to personal time constrains or whatever. I’ve had techs blow a flatrate and I had to eat it. I normally accepted it, if a job calls out 2 hours and it’s CLEARLY a 2.5-3hr job, I have no personal problem paying an extra hour of labor. I’d rather have a tech do a good quality job and not rush and do shit half ass trying to make a BS flatrate. Now oil changes and such, I do think those should be fixed flat rate… But I don’t think you should make money on them… Likewise I don’t think you should bill 5 qts of oil when it clearly takes 4… But pulling a transmission, pulling an engine, etc… A flat rate should be an estimate… lol
It’s just a standard repair shop. Alot of domestics, japanese and some euro. Mostly late model 90-08 I guess.
Like I said, I have some cheap metric stuff. But I’m more curious do you think I should try to make my travel boxes 100% separate from my work box (all my ratchets, alot of my pliers, extensions, etc stay in my travel box)
