yeah ive made the rounds at a few places...including the maintenance shops mentioned as well as dealerships. on the whole the dealerships are the best payers but highest turnovers and unless youve managed to be there for a long time your job is pretty much in constant jeopardy, as a dealer will have no problem finding willing work.
walmart is stricty per hour, but the easiest to negotiate a part time schedule to work around another job, or if youre young and dont NEED 40 hours solid. the least ive seen someone make at wally worlds tire/oil is 9.50 an hour. which is better paying than what he has at the moment.
pepboys has a per hour basis setup with monthly incentives for higher performance. avg pay is around 10-11 bucks an hour and a small bonus check per month based upon the amount of hours on the jobs youve accumulated. they also have two higher levels of mechanics, one of which is a higher paying per hour job with the duties raising from not only maintenance, but simple motor repairs....alt/waterpump/radiators/alignments/brakes with the same incentive bonus as the level 1 installer. the higher level they have is your basic flat rate mechanic level which takes on all the larger duties such as headgaskets/diagnostics/clutches/motors and gets paid per hour billed instead of per hour worked.
sts is pretty much the same setup as pepboys but theyre very short in the pockets.
sears is weird. they pay very low hourly wages but also pay commission per job. each job is worth a set amount of money ranging to a small amount per job to maybe 20 dollars or so per job depending upon the level the tech and the job is considered. level 1 is battery/oil/tires. level 2 is suspension/alignment and level 3 is brake tech. you can make a nice buck with sears if youre good with alignments.
all of which would provide him enough coin in his pocket for a summer job. if you can get in a dealership that would be a big step forward...if not, then theres no shame in taking a job where he can still get by with
remember bonzo he's asking about summer jobs
