Right but if you have 5 mechanics, you'd have 5 stations with full sets of tools, assigned to each person. Give them a key to their cabinets, but when they quit they have to give the key back.
It's literally only because the owners don't want to pay for tools and they have normalized it.
Mechanics/car guys are pretty conservative and chucked. It's the reason i lost interests in cars.
You get paid by the book hour. Brake job says 2hrs. If you get it done in 30mins you get the 2hr pay. It's all rusted to shit and takes 5 hours than you get two. A lot of times the book will underestimate the hours needed so you always get screwed on some jobs. If you are at a stealership as a mechanic, warranty hrs is any where from a 1/4 to 3/4 an book hr. Some brands pay full rate. In Chicago unions won the pay of 1-1.5x book hours due warranty.
The whole career is explotation. But just like anything if you do it enough and are somewhat smart you can make a good living. But the industry blows through young guys.
Also keep in mind that most of these guys are hustle mind set flaunt your toys consumers. So the whole shop is competing for who has the biggest box and the most tools etc etc. One large snap on tool chest starts at several grand and gets to 10 grand really fast. If you see a huge snap on chest like 6-10ft long that's probably 15-30k. And they only come empty. There's also plenty of times where you get assigned a job where you have to buy a tool joist to get that job done.
Right but if you have 5 mechanics, you'd have 5 stations with full sets of tools, assigned to each person. Give them a key to their cabinets, but when they quit they have to give the key back.
It's literally only because the owners don't want to pay for tools and they have normalized it.
Yeah it's called capitalism.
Mechanics/car guys are pretty conservative and chucked. It's the reason i lost interests in cars.
You get paid by the book hour. Brake job says 2hrs. If you get it done in 30mins you get the 2hr pay. It's all rusted to shit and takes 5 hours than you get two. A lot of times the book will underestimate the hours needed so you always get screwed on some jobs. If you are at a stealership as a mechanic, warranty hrs is any where from a 1/4 to 3/4 an book hr. Some brands pay full rate. In Chicago unions won the pay of 1-1.5x book hours due warranty.
The whole career is explotation. But just like anything if you do it enough and are somewhat smart you can make a good living. But the industry blows through young guys.
Also keep in mind that most of these guys are hustle mind set flaunt your toys consumers. So the whole shop is competing for who has the biggest box and the most tools etc etc. One large snap on tool chest starts at several grand and gets to 10 grand really fast. If you see a huge snap on chest like 6-10ft long that's probably 15-30k. And they only come empty. There's also plenty of times where you get assigned a job where you have to buy a tool joist to get that job done.
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