What does the Mechanic get
01-14-2004, 04:44 PM
#121
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
Oh, yeah, we also get bad backs, premature arthritis, skinned knuckles,
stitches, infections, exposure to MTBE, Asbestos, solvents,etc. I'm not
snivelling, it goes with the job.
You don't see many old mechanics working in the shop until retirement age.
The smarter ones get out, or manage.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
stitches, infections, exposure to MTBE, Asbestos, solvents,etc. I'm not
snivelling, it goes with the job.
You don't see many old mechanics working in the shop until retirement age.
The smarter ones get out, or manage.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
01-14-2004, 05:11 PM
#122
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Jerry Newton" <fig@mcttelecom.com> wrote in
news:4005764b$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net:
>
> Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he
> is working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid
> to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to
> duplicate an impossible concern, etc..
I have never known a dealership mechanic who didn't simply draw a salary or
hourly wage for the time he was at the dealership. Are you saying that the
dealership mechanics you know are independent contractors who only get paid
while they're actualy working on a customer vehicle?
news:4005764b$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net:
>
> Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he
> is working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid
> to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to
> duplicate an impossible concern, etc..
I have never known a dealership mechanic who didn't simply draw a salary or
hourly wage for the time he was at the dealership. Are you saying that the
dealership mechanics you know are independent contractors who only get paid
while they're actualy working on a customer vehicle?
01-14-2004, 05:11 PM
#123
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Jerry Newton" <fig@mcttelecom.com> wrote in
news:4005764b$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net:
>
> Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he
> is working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid
> to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to
> duplicate an impossible concern, etc..
I have never known a dealership mechanic who didn't simply draw a salary or
hourly wage for the time he was at the dealership. Are you saying that the
dealership mechanics you know are independent contractors who only get paid
while they're actualy working on a customer vehicle?
news:4005764b$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net:
>
> Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he
> is working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid
> to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to
> duplicate an impossible concern, etc..
I have never known a dealership mechanic who didn't simply draw a salary or
hourly wage for the time he was at the dealership. Are you saying that the
dealership mechanics you know are independent contractors who only get paid
while they're actualy working on a customer vehicle?
01-14-2004, 05:11 PM
#124
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Jerry Newton" <fig@mcttelecom.com> wrote in
news:4005764b$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net:
>
> Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he
> is working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid
> to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to
> duplicate an impossible concern, etc..
I have never known a dealership mechanic who didn't simply draw a salary or
hourly wage for the time he was at the dealership. Are you saying that the
dealership mechanics you know are independent contractors who only get paid
while they're actualy working on a customer vehicle?
news:4005764b$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net:
>
> Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he
> is working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid
> to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to
> duplicate an impossible concern, etc..
I have never known a dealership mechanic who didn't simply draw a salary or
hourly wage for the time he was at the dealership. Are you saying that the
dealership mechanics you know are independent contractors who only get paid
while they're actualy working on a customer vehicle?
01-14-2004, 05:16 PM
#125
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:31:35 UTC "L0nD0t.$t0we11"
<"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote:
> Roughly 1/13/04 19:35, Will Honea's monkeys randomly typed:
>
>
> > Having run my father-in-law's service station while he
> > was sick, that sounds about right since our TBA sales represented most
> > of the profit. Even in the 60s gas sales barely kept the lights on
> > and overhead ate the profit on the service bays. With current
> > workmans comp rates the way they are i would expect that that alone
> > eats close to as much as the wrench bender clears.
> >
>
> I'm not sure how highly I'd rate gas station service mechs.
> Granted some may be good, but what the heck, I've been one
> of those myself at a station out in the middle of Utah.
> We did service mainly because the other shop in town was
> a well known ripoff place, and did our best to limit our
> involvement to getting the customer from Green River to
> their normal mechanic in one piece.
You have to remember that I'm talking about ancient history - 50s and
60s when many service stations were as much about repair as anything
else. My FIL had a contract to maintain the curtesy fleet for a big
hotel and was not the least bit bashful about sending work to other
shops if he felt they could do a better job. There were 6-8 stations
in the general area that had specialties and mechanics (not
technicians) who had been with them for years. You don't see that any
more, but those were simpler times as well.
--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>
<"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote:
> Roughly 1/13/04 19:35, Will Honea's monkeys randomly typed:
>
>
> > Having run my father-in-law's service station while he
> > was sick, that sounds about right since our TBA sales represented most
> > of the profit. Even in the 60s gas sales barely kept the lights on
> > and overhead ate the profit on the service bays. With current
> > workmans comp rates the way they are i would expect that that alone
> > eats close to as much as the wrench bender clears.
> >
>
> I'm not sure how highly I'd rate gas station service mechs.
> Granted some may be good, but what the heck, I've been one
> of those myself at a station out in the middle of Utah.
> We did service mainly because the other shop in town was
> a well known ripoff place, and did our best to limit our
> involvement to getting the customer from Green River to
> their normal mechanic in one piece.
You have to remember that I'm talking about ancient history - 50s and
60s when many service stations were as much about repair as anything
else. My FIL had a contract to maintain the curtesy fleet for a big
hotel and was not the least bit bashful about sending work to other
shops if he felt they could do a better job. There were 6-8 stations
in the general area that had specialties and mechanics (not
technicians) who had been with them for years. You don't see that any
more, but those were simpler times as well.
--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>
01-14-2004, 05:16 PM
#126
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:31:35 UTC "L0nD0t.$t0we11"
<"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote:
> Roughly 1/13/04 19:35, Will Honea's monkeys randomly typed:
>
>
> > Having run my father-in-law's service station while he
> > was sick, that sounds about right since our TBA sales represented most
> > of the profit. Even in the 60s gas sales barely kept the lights on
> > and overhead ate the profit on the service bays. With current
> > workmans comp rates the way they are i would expect that that alone
> > eats close to as much as the wrench bender clears.
> >
>
> I'm not sure how highly I'd rate gas station service mechs.
> Granted some may be good, but what the heck, I've been one
> of those myself at a station out in the middle of Utah.
> We did service mainly because the other shop in town was
> a well known ripoff place, and did our best to limit our
> involvement to getting the customer from Green River to
> their normal mechanic in one piece.
You have to remember that I'm talking about ancient history - 50s and
60s when many service stations were as much about repair as anything
else. My FIL had a contract to maintain the curtesy fleet for a big
hotel and was not the least bit bashful about sending work to other
shops if he felt they could do a better job. There were 6-8 stations
in the general area that had specialties and mechanics (not
technicians) who had been with them for years. You don't see that any
more, but those were simpler times as well.
--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>
<"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote:
> Roughly 1/13/04 19:35, Will Honea's monkeys randomly typed:
>
>
> > Having run my father-in-law's service station while he
> > was sick, that sounds about right since our TBA sales represented most
> > of the profit. Even in the 60s gas sales barely kept the lights on
> > and overhead ate the profit on the service bays. With current
> > workmans comp rates the way they are i would expect that that alone
> > eats close to as much as the wrench bender clears.
> >
>
> I'm not sure how highly I'd rate gas station service mechs.
> Granted some may be good, but what the heck, I've been one
> of those myself at a station out in the middle of Utah.
> We did service mainly because the other shop in town was
> a well known ripoff place, and did our best to limit our
> involvement to getting the customer from Green River to
> their normal mechanic in one piece.
You have to remember that I'm talking about ancient history - 50s and
60s when many service stations were as much about repair as anything
else. My FIL had a contract to maintain the curtesy fleet for a big
hotel and was not the least bit bashful about sending work to other
shops if he felt they could do a better job. There were 6-8 stations
in the general area that had specialties and mechanics (not
technicians) who had been with them for years. You don't see that any
more, but those were simpler times as well.
--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>
01-14-2004, 05:16 PM
#127
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:31:35 UTC "L0nD0t.$t0we11"
<"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote:
> Roughly 1/13/04 19:35, Will Honea's monkeys randomly typed:
>
>
> > Having run my father-in-law's service station while he
> > was sick, that sounds about right since our TBA sales represented most
> > of the profit. Even in the 60s gas sales barely kept the lights on
> > and overhead ate the profit on the service bays. With current
> > workmans comp rates the way they are i would expect that that alone
> > eats close to as much as the wrench bender clears.
> >
>
> I'm not sure how highly I'd rate gas station service mechs.
> Granted some may be good, but what the heck, I've been one
> of those myself at a station out in the middle of Utah.
> We did service mainly because the other shop in town was
> a well known ripoff place, and did our best to limit our
> involvement to getting the customer from Green River to
> their normal mechanic in one piece.
You have to remember that I'm talking about ancient history - 50s and
60s when many service stations were as much about repair as anything
else. My FIL had a contract to maintain the curtesy fleet for a big
hotel and was not the least bit bashful about sending work to other
shops if he felt they could do a better job. There were 6-8 stations
in the general area that had specialties and mechanics (not
technicians) who had been with them for years. You don't see that any
more, but those were simpler times as well.
--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>
<"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote:
> Roughly 1/13/04 19:35, Will Honea's monkeys randomly typed:
>
>
> > Having run my father-in-law's service station while he
> > was sick, that sounds about right since our TBA sales represented most
> > of the profit. Even in the 60s gas sales barely kept the lights on
> > and overhead ate the profit on the service bays. With current
> > workmans comp rates the way they are i would expect that that alone
> > eats close to as much as the wrench bender clears.
> >
>
> I'm not sure how highly I'd rate gas station service mechs.
> Granted some may be good, but what the heck, I've been one
> of those myself at a station out in the middle of Utah.
> We did service mainly because the other shop in town was
> a well known ripoff place, and did our best to limit our
> involvement to getting the customer from Green River to
> their normal mechanic in one piece.
You have to remember that I'm talking about ancient history - 50s and
60s when many service stations were as much about repair as anything
else. My FIL had a contract to maintain the curtesy fleet for a big
hotel and was not the least bit bashful about sending work to other
shops if he felt they could do a better job. There were 6-8 stations
in the general area that had specialties and mechanics (not
technicians) who had been with them for years. You don't see that any
more, but those were simpler times as well.
--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>
01-14-2004, 05:42 PM
#128
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
Roughly 1/14/04 10:39, Paul Calman's monkeys randomly typed:
> I have found the opposite to be true. A dealer can afford to loose
> customers, but an independant's survival relies upon satified customers.
>
Perhaps I've either been very lucky, as I've had far better
gray area results with dealer service departments. Oddly enough
by *not* attempting to be an -------. Or discussing a touchy issue
with the service manager in front of other customers.
> I have found the opposite to be true. A dealer can afford to loose
> customers, but an independant's survival relies upon satified customers.
>
Perhaps I've either been very lucky, as I've had far better
gray area results with dealer service departments. Oddly enough
by *not* attempting to be an -------. Or discussing a touchy issue
with the service manager in front of other customers.
01-14-2004, 05:42 PM
#129
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
Roughly 1/14/04 10:39, Paul Calman's monkeys randomly typed:
> I have found the opposite to be true. A dealer can afford to loose
> customers, but an independant's survival relies upon satified customers.
>
Perhaps I've either been very lucky, as I've had far better
gray area results with dealer service departments. Oddly enough
by *not* attempting to be an -------. Or discussing a touchy issue
with the service manager in front of other customers.
> I have found the opposite to be true. A dealer can afford to loose
> customers, but an independant's survival relies upon satified customers.
>
Perhaps I've either been very lucky, as I've had far better
gray area results with dealer service departments. Oddly enough
by *not* attempting to be an -------. Or discussing a touchy issue
with the service manager in front of other customers.
01-14-2004, 05:42 PM
#130
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
Roughly 1/14/04 10:39, Paul Calman's monkeys randomly typed:
> I have found the opposite to be true. A dealer can afford to loose
> customers, but an independant's survival relies upon satified customers.
>
Perhaps I've either been very lucky, as I've had far better
gray area results with dealer service departments. Oddly enough
by *not* attempting to be an -------. Or discussing a touchy issue
with the service manager in front of other customers.
> I have found the opposite to be true. A dealer can afford to loose
> customers, but an independant's survival relies upon satified customers.
>
Perhaps I've either been very lucky, as I've had far better
gray area results with dealer service departments. Oddly enough
by *not* attempting to be an -------. Or discussing a touchy issue
with the service manager in front of other customers.