I am a 19/yr from West Tx in a small town of 100k-140k, I’m a freshman in auto school for associate degree & also plan to stay 1 extra semester for diesel degree as well. Currently 3rd week in working for small dealership for Mazda(only 3 service bay, maybe 4 in future) as Lube tech along with getting training to be basic certified before my 90 day probationary period?(There’s only 1 tech that does everything)

I’ve been surfing the web and a lot of people complain that auto tech paychecks blows booty along that it’s the reason that we have a tech shortage so I’ve been wondering is it possible to get paid & live very well off in this industry? (Maybe somewhere close to 6 figures or enough to have a stay at home spouse?)

I think my total college tuition would be around 15k

Do I keep pursuing and putting work on passion despite the word going around is paychecks are bad? Please hand me your opinions and the pros & cons Auto Vets

  • TestEcstaticOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So far the management looks great & I’ll know who I will be working with if the service manager plans to retire anytime soon. Since there’s 3 service bays and only two tech(I’m 1 of them, but only do lube for now) I think I will be fine on flag rate hours, just depending on how busy the small dealership will get.

    I did 9 oil changes today due to the other tech being sick🫣