Ive got a buddy who may be coming to work for me soon.(auto repair shop) He has about a years experiance in the field as a Bike Tech. Id like to set him up on a Flate rate pay scale. It would be a NEW end to our business and I couldnt afford to pay him to stand around. Do any of you guys have a idea on how and how much they are paying for Bike Techs these days. thanks
Usually starts at 40% of the labor rate.... i.e. if you're a $50/hr shop they get $20 per billed hour.
I work at a dealership and our customer pay is $125.00 per/hour and our new techs starting out make from $18.00 per/hour to $20.00 per/hour and our expert techs make $24.00 to $25.00 per/hour
Wow is that a bike dealer? I work at a Gm dealer and journeymen techs make $28.50/hour with a door rate of $100.00. I always thought US rates were better.
After my new colorado wears out and maybe I should do this now. Im gonna build me 2 rat rods one for the wife and one for me . Then I can work on em myself and screw the stealers. As long as they go down the road good and are safe then thats the way to go. No more hi prices to fix shit. Its gettin out of hand. Or maybe at that time ill just get hold of the scooter store www.scooterstore.com and collect my social security if there is anything left. Dave gas prices suck car prices suck ? people getting layed off WTF
Why not pay him commision, In other words he works for a percentage of the labor on the job when the job is complete.this gives him incentive to get the jobs done in a timely manor and gives him the ability to look ahead for the next project.
This is how my local shop does it. it seems to work out good for the employee and employer. you know alot of the billed hours dosent take all the time. changed tire hour min, takes ten minutes. he moves on to the next one. this way your also not having to watch em so much, he talk to who he wants its just takin money out of his pocket. but i must say it takes a cretain personality to make this work well. i do a simialar deal in my home building, bonus based on profit, the mistakes you make and the extra time you take cuts into ypour bonus. it makes the employee tied more to his job.
ydopenthrottle - that's what flat rate is. A percentage of the labor where the labor is quoted from a labor guide. As for me, no one is worth 40% of the labor right out of the gate. Nobody. After 6 months, the guy wants a raise. Then what? Now you're partners. I have bills to pay that enable the shop to have phones and electricity next month. Want to chip in on that Mr New Guy? Didn't think so. Want to bend over backwards to satify that long time customer? I know he'll be back if I make sure everythings perfect but now I have to check your work to make sure that it is perfect. I will probably find something that the new guy didn't do, could have done better, or whatever. When the new guy can take care of all of those little things himself so that when I do check, I don't find much, then we can talk about 40%. But then I'm a dickhead. I'm also the only dickhead in my shop who takes the risk every day.
guess it depends on the cost of living in your area also, here in the cities a guy makes way more tham my bro up in north dakota, but the living wage ratio is about right because it costs less to live out there, he makes 11 a hour n lives like a king vs 20 a hour in the cities. guess what i am gettin at, a guy busts his knuckles 4 a livin, dont let him live in the car. my ol mans a mech for too many years, 18-20 a hour kept him happy and motivated to get up n get to work, no guy should get paid less than 16 a hour inless he is completely worthless and dont get his hands dirty early enough in the morning. lite duty tech, brakes oil changes, misc general, kid outa high school, probaly get away with 11-14 a hour. just my guess. but that around typical wages here, varies all over
the car dealer i work for pays techs piecework (by the job, not the hour). their labor rate to the customer is $70/hr. would it be mutually beneficial/agreeable for you to pay him piecework, mickey?
What kind of work do you do? what kind of work can he do? how many employees do you have? You say that you cant afford to pay him to stand around with no work for him to do usually means there isnt enough work to justify having him Or is it that if you had someone else you might be able to generate more work? I know an auto shop is different but my GFs dad pays his guys 55% of labor. he also has 9 bays and loads of work. His new guys start at $11.00 an hour depending on experience.
He can build bikes from the ground up/ service them you name it...NOW he's only been doing this a little over a year. He did finish MMI so the skill is there just not tuned yet! We do AUTO repair. He would ONLY do Bike repairs so unless he had a BIKE job he would be standing around. Ill let you guys know as we go
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