Quote Originally Posted by craigs380
Thanks for all the advice. Like I said I am thinking about moving on and am weighing different options. I like to consider all my options before I make a job change. Have you ever tried to move a 2000 pound tool box?
It takes a flat bed tow truck.

I don't live paycheck to paycheck and am not head over heels in debt so I don't have to take a job that I don't like. I've been twisting wrenches for over 20 years and have not had a job out of the auto and motorcycle repair industry. I am a professional mechanic/technition and not a parts replacer. I grew up on a farm in SW Nebraska and am not afraid to work. Believe it or not I can read, write, and comprehend a service manual. I do like to get paid for my skill and experience. I probably have a least $50,000 worth of tools. You never stop buying specialty tools to keep up with the harder to work on cars.

I may try to get a service adviser/writer job somewhere but I will not work for less than 25k a year plus insurance. Working on a commission basis doesn't pay the bills when there is no work and you can't get your co-workers to sell the job and get the right parts in a timely matter.

Thanks again for the advice and opinions. Hopefully the weather is good enough to go to the north shoot on saturday. Have fun!
Your co-workers can't sell jobs because nobody has any money just ask me how I know. [wink]

Or it could be your shop sold people all the $hit they never needed and Karma has caught up with them.

The auto industry got so crooked in the last ten years it makes me want to puke. It is coming back to bite everybody in the A$$. I never push anything.... I give my customers my professional opinion and let them make the choice I never push it. The ones that don't take my advice regret it the ones that do are happy that is life. The next problem is 99% of the so called techs out there I would not let work on my lawn mower. In the end the customer pays for inexperience.

My shop motto is "Where honesty is brought back into auto repair" I can not tell you how many customers are thankful for that. I can not even tell you how many times a day new customers tell me that I was recommended because I was "HONEST" the games are over shops have screwed people too long.

I did not start my shop to get rich and I never will but I will be damned if I ever screw people like most shops do. The game is up, too many shops and techs have screwed people and it is coming back to bite them.

I started my shop for one reason and that was because I was tired of seeing people get screwed and shop owners getting rich. I make less money now but at least I can sleep at night. :cool:

Craigs380 nothing I said is directed toward you personally. Your boss will not lay you off because if he does he will have to pay a percentage of your unemployment. Might as well only pay you for what you do instead of pay you for what you don't. Times are tuff and the auto repair industry brought it upon themselves.

Hope to see you at the north shoot weather permiting.... [postal]