Posted by Buzzman72 on April 14, 2014 at 07:55:53 from (74.138.169.48):
In Reply to: They did it again! posted by Greg1959 on April 13, 2014 at 18:23:56:
I spent a lot of years in the parts biz...and I was damn good at it. These days, parts counter people are paid peanuts...and you get what you pay for. In 1988, I was a parts manager making $500 a week + commission, and my countermen were making $10 an hour + commission. [Commission was based on the gross profit of the parts department, not strictly on gross sales.] In 2007 after the frame plant closed, I went to O'Reilly's seeking a counter job, and asked for $11 an hour...AFTER I received my AAS degree in Automotive Management. The manager of the local store told me that HE didn't get $11 an hour! And then we wonder why competent parts people don't stick around, or even stay in the business.
Adjusted strictly for inflation, that $10 an hour in 1988 would be $17.53 an hour in 2007, and $19.85 an hour in 2014. So that's why parts guys like me left the biz [I left in 2000, for a MIG welding job in a plant making Ford Explorer frames, making $16.29 an hour]. And that's why many parts people today don't have a clue...because we pay them like a burger jockey, they think like one.
As far as hiring older, experienced parts guys goes...I had one interviewer tell me when I was past 55 that he "might" [and DID] hesitate to hire me because hiring an older worker might "skew" their company's insurance costs [technically, that's NOT age discrimination, because it's about keeping their costs down...even though it has the same effect].
Not complaining; time marches on. How many saddlery and buggy whip manufacturers are still in business, compared with 100-140 years ago? Auto parts businesses are competing with Amazon.com as well as other parts houses...and Amazon is just a freakin' warehouse/shipping company.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
2022 John Deere 5045E, 4wd, front end loader and 3rd function with grapple. 120 hrs, 55k new, must sell
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
