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I prefer independent shops. My only dealership experience had competitive pay, good benefits, and was an overall good atmosphere to work in.
At the independents, we got no benefits whatsoever. No vacation time, no sick leave, no paid holidays, no nothing.
Warranty work isn’t that bad, unless that’s where a majority of your work is coming from. I only had a few warranty jobs each week, so it didn’t bother me.
I prefer independent shops. My only dealership experience had competitive pay, good benefits, and was an overall good atmosphere to work in.
At the independents, we got no benefits whatsoever. No vacation time, no sick leave, no paid holidays, no nothing.
Warranty work isn’t that bad, unless that’s where a majority of your work is coming from. I only had a few warranty jobs each week, so it didn’t bother me.
[quote=”midnightbluS10″ post=48932]I’m Justin, 31 yrs old. Been working on my own stuff since 14 and went to school in 2008-2010. So I’ve only been doing it professionally for about three years.[/quote]
Looks like I got canned today. The machine shop screwed up the engine for an ’04 Mach 1 Mustang I was doing. Since they wouldn’t take fault for what they did, the boss canned me because he said he couldn’t be sure it wasn’t my fault. That a piece from the previous destruction traveled backwards through the valves, into the lower and then upper intake manifold, where it lodged itself until I started it up initially. Then it pushed it back into the engine, where it destroyed #7 piston.
I told him….if it was my fault, there will at least be valve damage where it went through the intake valves. He wouldn’t even let me disassemble the engine to check it. Just jumped to conclusions, blamed me, and let me go.
Wow.
[quote=”midnightbluS10″ post=48932]I’m Justin, 31 yrs old. Been working on my own stuff since 14 and went to school in 2008-2010. So I’ve only been doing it professionally for about three years.[/quote]
Looks like I got canned today. The machine shop screwed up the engine for an ’04 Mach 1 Mustang I was doing. Since they wouldn’t take fault for what they did, the boss canned me because he said he couldn’t be sure it wasn’t my fault. That a piece from the previous destruction traveled backwards through the valves, into the lower and then upper intake manifold, where it lodged itself until I started it up initially. Then it pushed it back into the engine, where it destroyed #7 piston.
I told him….if it was my fault, there will at least be valve damage where it went through the intake valves. He wouldn’t even let me disassemble the engine to check it. Just jumped to conclusions, blamed me, and let me go.
Wow.
I’m Justin, 31 yrs old. Been working on my own stuff since 14 and went to school in 2008-2010. So I’ve only been doing it professionally for about three years.