serjik911
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Hello Everyone,
Half year ago I got hired in professional autobody collision repair shop as a car painter . Which was always my dream.
When i had an interview, i was offered 23 $ per flag hour. However, they have the system of everyone working in shop combine their hours and splitting to anyone equally. for example, i got 90 hours per week, and other guy got 110 hours, so we got paid for 100 hours each. On my question how many shop does in average per week, manager gave me an answer that they "aim for 90-100 hours a week for everyone" And if i will be fast, they will raise the from 23 to higher.. So, 100 hours a week with pay 23 per hour was great deal, i thought.
So i started to work , and first thing i figured out, that getting 100 hours a week is pretty tough. I had to work around 11 hours a day to do that. Starting at 6am and finish 5pm kinda gives you no life between monday to fiday. Am i slow in work? I have been in couple facebook groups at autobody , and they claim they do 100-150 hours a week easy. but i dont know how to make myself even faster than i am now....
and first few months showed me that shop average is around 75 hrs a week. So even if i push to 100 hours, i still will be paid for 75 hours. After doing some math, i ended up with 32$ per actual working hour. Which is not bad, but not the way to save some money or sooner retirement. And, by my opinion, 32 is not enough for breathing all the chemicals we do while working 11 hours a day.
Please, dont get me wrong, that im not thankful for job or i want be paid high for doing nothing. I'm very glad that i have a chance to get a job in a real shop, with good spray rooms, great material and awesome people, this all is great, but im talking with my friends who are in different fields, and im giving up. My close friend, who quit autobody half year ago and started tile installation company, now doubles or triple me in wage.
So my question is here: am I on right path right now? should i continue to do a good job, and waiting for chance being as an automotive painer, for better place to hire, or for raise at my current job?
Or do i expect too much from this field? Should I switch career? I have a got chance right now to keep working at place i work and finish my computer science degree and switch in half year to IT. I really dont know, and nobody to ask, but here.
I will appreciate any advice, thank you!
Half year ago I got hired in professional autobody collision repair shop as a car painter . Which was always my dream.
When i had an interview, i was offered 23 $ per flag hour. However, they have the system of everyone working in shop combine their hours and splitting to anyone equally. for example, i got 90 hours per week, and other guy got 110 hours, so we got paid for 100 hours each. On my question how many shop does in average per week, manager gave me an answer that they "aim for 90-100 hours a week for everyone" And if i will be fast, they will raise the from 23 to higher.. So, 100 hours a week with pay 23 per hour was great deal, i thought.
So i started to work , and first thing i figured out, that getting 100 hours a week is pretty tough. I had to work around 11 hours a day to do that. Starting at 6am and finish 5pm kinda gives you no life between monday to fiday. Am i slow in work? I have been in couple facebook groups at autobody , and they claim they do 100-150 hours a week easy. but i dont know how to make myself even faster than i am now....
and first few months showed me that shop average is around 75 hrs a week. So even if i push to 100 hours, i still will be paid for 75 hours. After doing some math, i ended up with 32$ per actual working hour. Which is not bad, but not the way to save some money or sooner retirement. And, by my opinion, 32 is not enough for breathing all the chemicals we do while working 11 hours a day.
Please, dont get me wrong, that im not thankful for job or i want be paid high for doing nothing. I'm very glad that i have a chance to get a job in a real shop, with good spray rooms, great material and awesome people, this all is great, but im talking with my friends who are in different fields, and im giving up. My close friend, who quit autobody half year ago and started tile installation company, now doubles or triple me in wage.
So my question is here: am I on right path right now? should i continue to do a good job, and waiting for chance being as an automotive painer, for better place to hire, or for raise at my current job?
Or do i expect too much from this field? Should I switch career? I have a got chance right now to keep working at place i work and finish my computer science degree and switch in half year to IT. I really dont know, and nobody to ask, but here.
I will appreciate any advice, thank you!