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Except they don't actually pay $120K per year. If the auto mechanics were paid a salary of $120K per year for 40 hours per week, they'd be flooded with applica
by bsder 11mo ago
Except they don't actually pay $120K per year.
If the auto mechanics were paid a salary of $120K per year for 40 hours per week, they'd be flooded with applicants.
Instead, that $120K number is if you can work the requisite number of overtime hours and you don't pay attention to having to buy your own tools and ...
- emchammer 11mo agoDo mechanics prefer to work with their own tools, or is this like a restaurant getting away with paying a tipped employee less than minimum wage because they can?
- Spellman 11mo agoGenerally the rule is you buy your own tools and then take them with you if you leave the shop. Lots of mechanics prefer owning their own tools because the community shop tools will end up beat up and not cared for. Plus, another thing locking you down to the location. On the other hand that's yet another personal expense.
- bsder 11mo ago> Do mechanics prefer to work with their own tools, or is this like a restaurant getting away with paying a tipped employee less than minimum wage because they can? Part from Column A and part from Column B. It's also part of the accounting gimmicks to keep mechanics as "contractors" rather than "employees". Which is why all the whining rings hollow.