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Rob
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Woodcroft S.A.
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I wonder if those on higher incomes, make sure they shop locally so that local business doesn't have to compete with cheap labour from offshore? or is it ok to have high income but support low income countries?
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Forgetting that, as a rule I try to spread my pesos around the local shops and if at all possible by Aussie made if you can find it these days. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2013
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Most people who don't really care about their car and is just transport to them would not blink an eye about spending thousands of dollars on their house and the associated trades, yet tell them they need to spend $1000 to fix their car and its the end of the world. they all want their car fixed for next to nothing.
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It's only a couple of bucks for one person but a decent money spinner when you get a few people through the doors. The guys always service my car good but I have caught onto this scheme. Last edited by MITCHAY; 13-10-2018 at 01:05 AM. |
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Join Date: May 2010
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As I said in my post, I work for a company and it has a call centre attached. An 18 year old from the street with minimal amount of customer service experience will start on a rate of just over $25.00, works out to be around 49k a year. Every 6 months the pay is reviewed and they have a cap of 55k they can earn in the call centre. I just do not see how someone who has done 4 years at school plus the 4 years being an apprentice can come out of it with a wage very similar to a call centre worker, someone who has done the training and slogged it out for 4 years should be paid more IMO. |
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One of my sons is a 1st year sprinkler fitter apprentice and even he earns more. He's on $28.50 an hour as a base.
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![]() The good thing is once you have hands on experience over a couple of years, if you move into parts it's easy as and you make your non hands on colleagues look a bit average which is good for promotions! |
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Paramedics are going around saving people's lives and getting paid substantially less than someone building or fixing a house. Same with all the emergency services.
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It's the same in several industries and it's not right. Hair dresser/barbers are similar to mechanics in that they do years of schooling and experience to still get paid less than a 20 year old filling shelves at a supermarket. Hair dressers and mechanics are both trades that most of us use and need regularly, yet we don't value them.
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No Offence intended... Just an Observation from 30yrs of owning a business. |
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Australasia
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Car industry is not the only trade that suffers from people not wanting to spend big dollars, people use to cry & whinge when I use to quote electrical jobs and I have friends in different trades who will say the same. Put simply people just hate paying out big dollars!!! ![]() |
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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I think most of us feel we get ripped off with the high markup on wages.It is generally considered that it cost about 50% more than the employers wages to actually employ them with Super,leave,sickies etc,but a lot of employers put between 3-400% mark up on labour,the worst probably being law firms who are more like 500% markup
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The only 'mechanic' trade worth good money these days is a Refrigeration Mechanic.
They are in high demand and plenty of jobs on offer. Any qualified Refrigeration Mechanic especially with commercial/industrial experience can easily earn $1,500 plus for a 40 hour week and get a company vehicle as well. |
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I just looked up their rates today and fully qualified = $22.03hr!! $3.10 above minimum wage after completing 4yr apprenticeship! |
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Is this something that could easily be learnt is the space of 6-12 months? |
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Not much different from any other course I've done! |
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The main car related work I do now is light car towing on my tandem and make more money than the poor blokes who have to fix them. (That used to be me.)
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Yeah, complete surprise to me. As you say, dealers charge $120+. I would have thought the mechanic would be on $38 to 40. Crap wages for sure.
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Yes indeed. Should be charging $110 minimum, i.e. Three times what you pay your staff. That should cover costs, and give yourself something as well.
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One of my customers rocked in the other day saying he couldn't get a qualified diesel mechanic for $36-$40/hour to do Metro Melbourne and is offering a new company car with a fuel card.
The LV and HV world's two completely different beasts, the HV stuff is actually worthwhile. The money on it would have to be high to compete with mining I guess. |
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Melbourne
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In Australia cars are relatively cheap, warranties are long and once the car is old and starts needing paid repairs, lots of well-off people buy new rather than spend on the old.
People that own old cars can't afford mechanics and tend to do as much DIY as possible. On the other hand, property is worth a lot in Aussie, so people don't mind spending on it. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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$35-40/hr isn’t too flash at the end of a 40 hour week. Especially if they have to get their own way to work and sit in traffic. As opposed to $45-$55/hr on 72-84hr work weeks. Plus food, accommodation, flights and super. A huge difference between LV and HD is that road transport, plant, marine, industry etc need to operate. Any down time costs money. In contrast you won’t be required to stay back 6 hours after knock off on penalty rates to finish old mates EF head gasket. Due to the huge shortage of decent HD techs, the opportunity is also there for sub contracting and working out of the back of a Ute/van with low over heads. Who would want to be busting their **** working on LV when a 17 year old school leaver can get not much less working at Bunnings on the so called living wage. Last edited by smoo; 22-10-2018 at 01:39 AM. |
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