profrooky
Well-Known Member
Screw HR............what's wrong is just wrong and should be corrected.
Move to Texas where we get paid the big bucks! (consider though it's 105 degrees outside today)I am a Truck/Equipment Mechanic for my county's highway department. When I started, it took 2 1/2 years to get to the top of the pay scale. Shortly after I started, the pay scale was restructured so that it now takes 10 years to get to the top of the pay scale (same pay range, only more small pay increase steps). In our shop, we usually have a laborer come in every day to assist with minor tasks, parts chasing, oil changes, tire repairs, etc. It's always a laborer who is already at the top of the pay scale. This being said, a laborer doing oil changes makes around $3.00 more than me per hour only because he has the "years of service" under his belt!! This really pisses me off, but the Highway Commisioner says he can't do anything to correct this. Pay the MECHANIC more money than the lube tech!!! Time to look for another employer!!
Yep. 105 is just getting started. Find a good place that takes care of you and you'll stick with it. I was an oilfield brat. Been work on pipelines and farms since I was big enough to. Kind of fell into the mechanic thing. Even in the army. I was a grunt/mortar man. My platoon sergeant knew my back ground. Every time something broke id hear "Shade Tree" yelled across the site. Now at 16 years today with a dealership, I'm in a pretty good spot. Might be turning in my truck for an office/shop bay but it's been fun. I still learn every day and that is what makes it interesting. Good pay and benefits make it an easy decision to stay right where I'm at. Respect is a big thing too. My company,boss, management know and see what I do and are always complimentary. I have offers from all over inside and out of the company to move. Makes a fellow feel good to be wanted.
Respect is a big thing too. My company,boss, management know and see what I do and are always complimentary. I have offers from all over inside and out of the company to move. Makes a fellow feel good to be wanted.
Yep... I worked for an excavation company back in the late eighties when they were just getting started, grew with them for a few years. One of the owners sold out to the other at one point. A while later the remaining chief is sitting on a tailgate with me as we discuss repairs on a machine. He looks up, says straight on "Don, the shop never made me a dime, it's just a drain on the company". I pondered that for half a second and told him he might as well quit buying diesel it amounted to the same thing. Gave my notice on the spot but I lasted another year or so before we both couldn't stand it anymore.
So many times I have heard this, still hearing it.
Yet when a production machine goes down, who is out there till the wee hours of the night making it run so that they can "PRODUCE" another day.
Boy, did that hit a nerve or what:spaz