That’s what they are paid.. shop labor rates start at $75 an hour no one works for less than $20 that can tie shoes and show up every 3 weeks in a row. Really good one are $40. Manual tells time to fix
My buddy Tommy said they charge $45 diagnose. 85% are fixed with fresh fuel, new plug and filter. He gets ones that doesn’t work on .
Yep, I'd happily pay a good tech $40.00/hr flat rate. Shop rate is $90.00 & the shop can profit about $20.00 per hr after expenses as long as parts are here & we don't lose hoist time waiting. That's becoming an issue now.
I'm a commercial/Class A truck driver and I'm only making $25. An hour. Working part time. I made as much on unemployment. My question is , who is it that makes enough money to buy all these brand new 50-80 thousand dollar pickups I see driving around ?
Did you see that Ford received 44.5k reservations on the lightning in 48hrs? I feel the same. Truck prices have been out of my reach for a while. Somewhere wages must be higher.
Good for you...I think. For sure I found out in your 70's things get harder and physically it is mostly downhill.
Agreed. I know a LOT of people don't want to work or get their hands dirty but a LOT of employers don't want to pay people what they should. They just want to put the money in their own pocket and then complain that nobody wants to work (at their pathetic wages).
This is as big of a problem as the amount of people that would rather not work and make good money on unemployment. Combine these two issues and you have what we have now.
I am in and out of a lot of body shops and mechanical shops. Most are looking for techs. It is only getting worse. Back ordered parts all the time makes it even more challenging.
I hope they don't get a lot harder than what I'm going thru @ almost 61. I think I used up a lot of the life I had in me in my 50s. I didn't know How to slow down so I did all the stuff I did in my 30's and 40s . Plus I was long term very deficient in vitamin D in my body and it had a cumulative affect on me. At this point. I'm pretty good for and hour doing hard work. Then I gotta take a break. If I lost a hundred pounds. Or even 80 lbs I can maybe get some of that back.
To date there is only 1 thing sleepy joe has said that I agree with. If people make more money on unemployment than @ their job. Raise their pay! Most of the owners of businesses slurped up the Covid affected stimulus money that #45 made available. Then they want to squall like a cut cat about employees asking for more money. Or just Not going thru the bs of going back to work. I know the outfit I'm back working for got somewhere south of a half million. But they haven't given me a raise. And I make them good money. Kinda blanket blank heartless.
I am NOT going on a Rant this morning. Nope ! It a beautiful Sunday morning. I'm going to enjoy my coffee and snoose and slowly wake up and go to church and have a good day. Yup. Not goin down the rant hole this morning !
X2. I cant understand why they pay that much for a driveway decoration. I work my cheapo 2WD PU and it shows. Its made a lot of money for me in 3 1/2 years.
I just like the F350 that I have. Yes, I want to put a flatbed on it . Unless I was hotshot hauling or actually pulling a heavy trailer , I don't need all the expense. And my vanity tends to go in other avenues. I kinda gnash my teeth over the dum dums that get one all jacked up. Big fat tires then go get it all muddy doin stupid chit . And act like its a badge of honor that they have a filthy truck. Urbanites/Suburbanites.
The 60's started to slow me down but around 67 I think was a bigger change and as I get closer to 80 I find I really can't do much so just do what I can and pee on the rest. Needless to say, there is a lot that does not get done any more.
I'm pushing to get our home fully operational. Right now I'm building an electric fence for the dog lot. Keep the dog in and the wild things out. Then I need to get the temp kitchen functioning. Then get started on the 2 car garage so that will be done before winter gets here. Then back inside the house to interior frame and insulate the bedroom. To do those things I need about 3500 board feet of lumber. Which I need to log and mill. But I'm back working so I only have 3 days a week. I'm not young and spry any more. Who ever thot growing old would be so much work