Andy Price

I am just a small shop me and another guy that is just beginning. I pay him a base pay of 12 an hour and give him 6 dollars for every flat rate hour he turns. By doing this if we are ever slow he has a base pay and also initiative to stay busy on other things such as building maintainence etc. He seems to really like it and it works good for me.

I am trying a new approach by paying an hourly rate and then so much per flat rate hour on top of that.

One thing you have that i didnt is this forum i was flying blind. Their is a great group of people here with a lot of knowledge and from what i see they are all here to help. Best of luck to you.

Thanks guys. I just got lucky in finding this guy. I had overheard his mom talking about him being in a technician competition in high school sponsored by Ford and AAA. He then went national competition and finished 14. I called him up and asked of he needed a job he said sure. Two days after he started my other tech put his two weeks on to have his own lawn service. So for the past 2 years it has just been me and this guy while he was going to school he is now graduated from UNOH in Lima and working for me full time. I truly believe the good Lord was looking out for me by placing this kid in my life at the right time.

I am lucky I have a 20 year old kid working for me now that has the maturity of someone twice his age. My only problem is figuring out how to keep him happy. He has a lot of learning to do but I know in the end it will be worth it. Trying to figure out hos pay has been tough he has some friends that have landed good paying jobs and I can't pay him those type wages yet. I did just give him an opportunity to make more by paying him 6 dollars a flat rate hour on top of his hourly pay.

Hopefully I didn't make a mistake I had Mitchell prodemand and manager and it was costing me 260 a month I switch to the napa tracs management with prodemand for 169 a month to save money. I am a small shop and mostly deal with napa on parts since they are a block away and the other stores are 20 minutes away.

Thanks everyone hope your having good a good week.

I am about 20 minutes south of Fort Wayne. Just signed up to be a Napa Auto Care.

Hello everyone. I signed up several weeks back and have been reading all the advice in the forums and have learned a lot. I have a small 3 bay shop that I run and wrench along with 1 other tech. You all seem t like a good group of people I'm sure I will have many questions as I move forward in making my business sucessful.