newb here with questions for collision guys
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hows it going? I just found this place the other day. Seems like a nice forum so far. Im 25 and been painting since high school and been in shops for about 7 years. Worked at a freightliner dealership for about 4 1/2 years and there was no money and sprayin imron is no fun. Ive went back to cars and ive been at my current place for over a year. Ive never worked in a legit collision shop so ive got some questions. I hear most painters doin around 70-100 hours a week. For the guys here that do this how many actual hours are you working a week?? I feel like im getting the shaft bc i paint about 3-4 cars a day. Not the whole car of course but bumpers and panels/blends, just normal collision painting. im gettin paid hourly and i know the job is paying more than 8 hours of work. I painted the whole side of a 04 duramax a week or two ago and it paid 18 or 20 hours and i did it in 12 and got paid for 12. We prolly do about 10-15 cars a week. Do other collision shops still pay hourly? How do your bonuses work if there is one?
anyone?? Should i move this to another section??
[quote=”getzy” post=20830]hows it going? I just found this place the other day. Seems like a nice forum so far. Im 25 and been painting since high school and been in shops for about 7 years. Worked at a freightliner dealership for about 4 1/2 years and there was no money and sprayin imron is no fun. Ive went back to cars and ive been at my current place for over a year. Ive never worked in a legit collision shop so ive got some questions. I hear most painters doin around 70-100 hours a week. For the guys here that do this how many actual hours are you working a week?? I feel like im getting the shaft bc i paint about 3-4 cars a day. Not the whole car of course but bumpers and panels/blends, just normal collision painting. im gettin paid hourly and i know the job is paying more than 8 hours of work. I painted the whole side of a 04 duramax a week or two ago and it paid 18 or 20 hours and i did it in 12 and got paid for 12. We prolly do about 10-15 cars a week. Do other collision shops still pay hourly? How do your bonuses work if there is one?[/quote]
If you get paid hourly, then don’t worry about it too much. Most independent shops pay hourly, and generally dealerships and some larger independent shops pay flat rate. Bonuses (if any) vary widely.
As far as production goes, it varies depending on skill, shop/equipment and how well the sheets are written. Working a 40 hour week I would expect any experienced person to do 60 hours of work (assuming the shop is busy enough etc.). Some people can manage as much as 120 hours in a 40 hour week.
The best way to not be upset about what you make is to not worry about what others are (or aren’t) making.
If you aren’t happy, talk to your boss nicely and see what arrangement you can make. Telling your boss what others make elsewhere is likely to just piss him off and be counterproductive to your efforts.
Thanks ben i appreciate the info. I like where im at and enjoy my job a lot better than my last so i just wanna come up with something to suggest to him. Because i know one day im gonna just get pissed off an lose it and i dont want that to happen. I like my boss he just isnt the sharpest tool in the shed and it takes a lot of patience to deal with him sometimes. Ill just have to sit down with him and talk. I think we do enough work to justify a pay increase and we dont even get paid vacation or holidaysz, thats gonna have to change also. We have been increasing our profit just about every month we’ve been open. Last month we did $60,000 but that includes parts also. That was our gross income.
I work at an independent shop and am on comission. I have been in the trade for 10 yrs and mostly painted. Now I do combo work and average around 65-70 hrs a week in a 40 hr work week.
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