So I graduated college
 

I finished college on wed and started work monday. I have a associates in applied sciences and automotive technology. Now Im making............A WHOLE $11 AN HOUR!!!!! WHOOOOHOOOOO:mad: Thats rediculous, the guys at my shop that graduated the year before me started at $12 and the guy they recently hired who has no certs, or ford training is making $18 and hour. So heres where I stand currently, Im going to tell my boss thanks for the raise but to keep me your going to have to give me atleast $13 an hour or Ill quit right here and now. I can continue on at school and get a batchelors in autimotive buisness from penn college $$$$$. Or I can try to get a job with the elevator union that my frinends dad works for and aprentice for $20 an hour, or I could get a job in another shop for more money which I really dont want to do as I HATE HATE HATE being a mechanic, I HATE waking up for work in the morning.
On a better note Im the first one in my family to have a college degree :)
Oh yeah and by no means is our shop slow everyone is there working until 5pm or later.

Congrats on graduating, but I've found my Associates to be worthless!

Yeah Im slowly figuring that out too. Im thinking of applying to penn if I cant get the elevator union to work out. As I dont want the 50k loan :eek:

i have an associates too.... it aint shiz unless you got a bachelors

yeah, now a days your expected to have at least a bachelors

keep working and goto school part time. Milk it for all its worth. Im going to start on my masters in business admin soon, concentrating in finance or banking. I have learned over the past few years that working the hard way sucks, and not going to college is indeed not as cool as it seems. But yeah keep going to school till you get a bachelors then keep going from there. Get a second degree in biz admin and get a job for a big dealership as some kind of service manager. Or whatever! just dont give up on school thats why i did and im paying the price now

congrats..

hahaha, welcome to the crappy world of automotive service :rofl:

If I were you, I'd go for the union elevator job.

I work for an elevator company and I've seen that elevator mechanics can make a real nice living and the work isn't nearly as bad as auto repair. You should get on the list at a union hall.

congrats

congrats. sucks though your makin wat i make and im 19 and havent started college yet.

Congrats man

I was doing worse than that with an associates...thats why I'm back in school. You should just get the job and put in your 2 weeks. In this job market you should make sure you've got something lined up before you leave

I already have another parttime job that I could pick up hours at. Somenights I go from the dealer to my other job. Im going to talk to my friends dad about getting into the union if not im applying to penn and getting my bachelors, I really want to go away to school tho I think that I would be mad at myself if I didnt.

what company do you work for??

Thats because it is lol....In these times so is a bachelors...

+1, im taking another semester (4.5), so if need be ill be closer to the CPA credit requirement

Schindler Elevator

graduation congratulations :lol:

PCT in Williamsport?

That really sucks, especially considering out of my three jobs my lowest paying averages out to about $11/hr. and I just started college.

Yeah it bolws. I posted this on aonther forum and everyone told me to stop b****in and suck it up:moon:great advise, and that Im afrade to have someone say to my face to grow up:moon:

theres a cool automotive school called penn tech. Pennsylvania college of technology also theres a nice one in rhode island called New England Institute of Technology go check those two out. both facilities are great.

No degree here but did manage to get a professional job making slightly more than $11/hr. In my opinion, experience owns credentials.

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Agreed. I graduated in January with my BS in accounting and all I could get is a part time job with a broker/financial planner but my boss is partners with a CPA firm so it hopefully will be an in for me. If only I knew how bad it would have gotten I would have taken another semester to put towards CPA requirements like squirrel.

congratulations!