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Richard Warren @ Jul 6th 2006 10:45AM
Finding "good" techs has been a problem for years, even when the cars were less technical it was tough to find good techs. What's interesting is back in the late 60's early 70's I was making 28 to 30,000 a year as a flate rate tech. I was making more than my dad who was an engineer at Lockheed.
The automotive business can be a great business and the pay is generally very good. You ignore the comments of peers and do the job. When I was parts and service director for 9 stores in our group in the 80' through the mid 90's my salary and bonus ran between 160,000 a year to a high of 210,000 the last year I was in the retail end of the business.
I still do consulting to dealerships and stay associated with the business. Except for a few years doing something different I've been associated with the business since I was 16 that's 42 years and it's put a lot of meat on the plate.