New job :)

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Reply #15 – August 22, 2013, 07:44:20 PM

As long as you are happy with the deal, that's what matters. Good luck with your new job.

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Reply #16 – September 05, 2013, 12:47:45 PM

Well, that didn't last long. When I started, I let him know right off the bat that for three weeks, I would have to work around my wife's schedule, which meant some short days and some days that I wouldn't be able to come in at all and he said he was fine with that, that I could work whenever I wanted, as in set my own hours. Today and tomorrow are literally the last two days I was going to have to work around her schedule because she had changed her availability at work so that I could work 9-4:30 Monday-Friday. Well this morning I get a text from him saying that since I can't come in today that he no longer needs me. Oh well, his loss. He doesn't even know how to do mechanic work and the other guy that started the same day I did is even worse than him and I was training him as well as doing my own thing. Guess now it will be the blind leading the blind and nothing will get done. I was turning out 2-3 engine swaps a week, even with my short days and days I couldn't go in. He will never replace me at the pay rate he is offering, that's for sure.

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Reply #17 – September 05, 2013, 04:29:24 PM

Sorry to hear it, but you're better off out of there. Really, you could probably get a job at a tire & lube place that pays better and is easier work (and is probably a little more "above the board", too, meaning you might even be able to make an apprenticeship out of it). Don't know what KY's climate is like, but around here winter tire season is about to ramp up, and all the shops are looking for tire/lube guys...

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Reply #18 – September 23, 2013, 01:44:25 PM

So, I woke up to a text from him this morning saying that the other guy had quit and he reealllyyy needs help and said I could come back if I wanted to. I need the money, so I am considering it, but if I do, I'm going to ask for a little more an hour, just to help compensate me for gas since I drive 30 miles there and 30 miles back in a Jeep Cherokee on 33's that barely squeaks by 12mpg

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Reply #19 – September 23, 2013, 04:58:24 PM

Haha! You are in the catbird seat. Hopefully he appreciates a good mechanic since he knows you can't be replaced in the fly. If he can't wrench he should now know you are the one putting food on his table so he better treat you right.

Good luck and hope it goes well for you.

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Reply #20 – September 23, 2013, 06:28:31 PM

Just be mindful that when things slow down, you can really lose your ass on flat-rate. It's a feast or famine proposition. On average I kick flat-rate time in the balls, but for every candy job (such as a Fusion evaporator temp sensor which pays 6.1 and takes me 1.1) there's that shiznit job that sucks the life out of you and replaces it with despair inducing nothingness, there's the kids-work like oil changes and tires and maintenance, there's the shiznit that puts you in over your head like a rough night involving Italians and concrete, if you're lucky it washes out and you break even on the week. Then there's wear and tear. I'm 33 and I have arthritis in my knees, ankles and a few of my knuckles, and now I hear bout carpal tunnel in my right hand. Mileage is a bitch, and the rate they're paying isn't going to come close to making up for it. God, there's got to be a better way to make a living.

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Reply #21 – September 23, 2013, 07:42:45 PM

I talked to him, the pay will stay the same unfortunately, but for now all I'm looking to do is pay off my debt so that we can buy a house. I'm hoping to buy a house with a 2-3 car garage so that I can go back to working for myself. THAT is where the money is.

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Reply #22 – September 29, 2013, 07:16:33 PM

well, worked 9-5 Monday, Tuesday, and Friday and made $450... Averaged out to $18.75 an hour. Not to bad IMO

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Reply #23 – September 29, 2013, 08:40:18 PM

Since it sounds like you have a decent mechanical skill set why not look into industrial maintenance? It pays well and there is always overtime. Plus if you get in at a decent company chances are they will send you to school to update and improve your skills. Think welding and Plc training