• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have two friends that are auto techs and they’ve never had a job that pays like this. Where do you live?

    Like another guy said, they get paid based on the estimated time it takes to repair. I think there’s a specific term for this but I forget. One friend recently switched to getting paid a minimum of 45 hours, but could still end up collecting much more depending on how many jobs he can finish.

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      1 year ago

      SRT=Standard Repair Time. There are entire guides for each component that are even built in to work order systems that say how long things should take. It’s honestly insane. All those estimates are taken as if there was no time to move between computer and truck, trace a wire, etc.

      Then again most people in the fleet repair industry are paid by the hour, so when I was fixing their computers they were happy because theygot a break.