How pay works here.
Every week you are paid the greater of your guaranteed hourly attendance or your flat rate commission. Never both, and never less than your hourly.
A note on wording Being male doesn’t make anyone a better mechanic. I use “he” in the gender neutral sense in the following descriptions for practicality, since the vast majority of mechanics are male. Using the gender neutral sense of “he” is in no way meant to denigrate or lessen the contributions to society by female mechanics.
- Your guaranteed hourly is a floor. Show up and work your hours and it is yours, whatever the week looked like.
- Attendance past 40 hours in a week pays time and a half. Overtime applies to the clock, not to flat rate commission.
- Flat rate pays per billable hour flagged, not per hour on the clock. Beat the book and you earn more than the time you spent.
- Any week you flag more than 20 billable hours, every hour above 20 adds a $10 productivity bonus.
- At the end of the week we calculate both and pay whichever is greater. Never both, and never less than your hourly.
Let’s manage expectations Learning where everything lives in a shop takes a month or more. The tools, the materials, the bolt bins, the chemicals, the laptops. For the first three weeks almost half your time goes to doing without something or asking somebody where it is. That is not a measure of your skill and we are not going to pretend otherwise. It is a good part of why the attendance guarantee exists. You get paid while you learn the building and while you learn the cars we work on. Get good at doing the work, then get faster.
Drag the bars on any of the three scales below. Rates move up and down the sides, hours move across the top and bottom. Whichever figure is larger turns green, and that is the one you take home.
Apprentice
clock $20 to $25 · flat rate $25 to $30 per billed hourAn apprentice is a new mechanic. He may have a rudimentary collection of tools, maybe a small toolbox or a rollcart. His automotive knowledge ranges from knowing nothing about cars to just the basics. He should be able to identify some obvious parts of the car, but not most. He doesn’t know how most of the systems in the car work. He is limited to simple mechanical repairs and mechanisms he can see. For instance, oil changes, tire balancing, wiper blades, bulb replacement, simple inspection and repairs that constantly increase in complexity as he learns. Everything is hard to him. He doesn’t even know what he doesn’t know. He cannot work reliably except with intense supervision and mentoring.
Gross for the week $0
Journeyman
clock $20 to $25 · flat rate $30 to $38 per billed hourA journeyman is not necessarily a new mechanic. He has a workable set of tools, a decent toolbox and a rollcart or two. His automotive knowledge ranges from beyond basics to 90% of the tech on a car. He has done most jobs on a car. He is proficient in reading manuals and current flow diagrams to determine where problems lie in a car. He can do most jobs on a car with moderate supervision and mentoring.
Gross for the week $0
Master
clock $20 to $25 · flat rate $38 to $55 per billed hourA master is someone who has worked in the field for a number of years. He has a vast collection of tools with several boxes and rollcarts. He owns his own scanners, testers, special tools, manuals, etc. His background allows him to quickly understand new technologies, and how they differ from previous technologies. He has experience with both. The master understands all the tech on the cars that he works on. He is analytical in his thinking, and he is constantly studying his craft. He can properly troubleshoot almost anything because he knows how it works. He requires no supervision and will mentor other mechanics of every level.
Gross for the week $0
Where do you land?
Call and tell us what you have worked on and what you have been flagging. Flagged hours do not carry between shops. Labor times differ, the work mix differs, and what you flag depends as much on the role you land in as on how fast you work. Fifty hours a week at a new car dealer is not necessarily the same here, and we would rather say that now than let you find it out the second Friday.
Tell us what you are skilled and strongest at, whether that is drivability, electrical diagnosis, tire and alignment, lube tech, or general repair, and we will be straight with you about which level fits and what the first six months should look like.
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