Auto Repair Careers

67Dart440GT said

Flat rate pay is based on the estimate. Say a bumper pays 5 hours to paint. I get paid 5 hours to paint it. If you're efficient you are generally 200% efficient. That means I turn at minimum 2 hours for every hour I work. 24 years of experience is beneficial. Prep and paint 4 bumpers in the morning you just made 10 hours in 4. Do 4 more in the afternoon and you just made 20 hours in one day.

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Having started off in general auto repair many years ago and then becoming self employed and now exclusively only provide services for body shops I can tell you that the labor rates are lower for a collision repair facility but the times are much better as most seasoned and experienced body techs and painters can do a 2 for 1 quite easily and often even more if the work is there and there are minimal bumps in the road......THAT KIND OF RATIO ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS ON THE REGULAR FOR ANY GENERAL AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND OR TECHS.