Posted by mkirsch on March 24, 2011 at 14:29:42 from (64.80.110.74):
In Reply to: Dealer rant AGAIN posted by NY 986 on March 24, 2011 at 13:44:42:
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No, self-respecting farm kid would ever work a parts counter. The farm kid can make more money staying on the farm than working the parts counter for minimum wage.
If you stop to think about it, someone who started at the parts counter 30 years ago at $5/hr, and got annual 5% raises, would be earning over $20/hr right now.
You can't sit there and realistically tell me that parts guy is a $20/hr job.
This is why getting out of school, taking a job, and keeping it for 30 years doesn't happen anymore. Employers have realized that a long-time employee's salary quickly outpaces the value of the job they're performing. Once you've maxxed out what the employer is willing to pay for a certain job function, you either take it and shut up, or you find a different job that pays more.
Parts man pays what it's worth. Anybody smart enough to pick up on the job quickly is too smart for the job and finds something that pays better in no time. Nobody stays in the job long enough to become proficient at it. Those old-timers were most certainly in over their heads when they started out too...
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